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Old 06-11-2013, 11:35 AM
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I'm now well into the swing of using it regularly for astrophotography and have already had two groups through.

1. Up on the observation deck at ASIGN Observatory II, processing the data collected through the telescope over the past few nights.

2. Downstairs, putting the finishing touches on the astrophotograph from the previous night.
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Old 14-11-2013, 10:34 PM
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man, great pictures Baz, gave me a big grin

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Old 14-11-2013, 11:10 PM
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man, great pictures Baz, gave me a big grin

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Old 19-11-2013, 10:27 AM
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I like that shot with the scope Baz.

"Hows the serenity up there"
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Old 19-11-2013, 03:49 PM
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I like that shot with the scope Baz.

"Hows the serenity up there"
Mate, when I come out of the sound-insulated building in the morning, the world is so darned loud!
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Old 06-12-2013, 02:06 AM
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Finally! Two years of building - 12 hours of rooting around with video editing programs of which I have no clue how to use - and It's done!

I give you the complete construction of ASIGN Observatory II with a spine-tingling soundtrack.

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Old 06-12-2013, 07:41 AM
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Well that was pretty cool Baz. Nicely done.
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Old 06-12-2013, 10:14 AM
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That's just sublime work there, what a great obs you've made. Very impressive and great looking!
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Old 06-12-2013, 05:11 PM
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Well that was pretty cool Baz. Nicely done.
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That's just sublime work there, what a great obs you've made. Very impressive and great looking!
Thanks guys. It was a ton of frustration and fun all at once.

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Old 07-12-2013, 06:03 PM
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A great record of the hard slog, nice work
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Old 07-12-2013, 10:31 PM
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Well done on all counts Baz. You should be very proud of your efforts.
I'll come to check it out one day....
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Old 08-12-2013, 12:26 AM
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Well done on all counts Baz. You should be very proud of your efforts.
I'll come to check it out one day....
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Old 11-12-2013, 07:45 AM
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Finally! Two years of building - 12 hours of rooting around with video editing programs of which I have no clue how to use - and It's done!
An excellent result, it looks great. Well done.
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Old 23-12-2013, 07:04 PM
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WOOT! With the sale of all the photography gear, the EQ8 has now been bought and installed! The new RC12 Carbon fibre truss telescope arrives late Jan to mid Feb.
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Old 24-12-2013, 10:27 AM
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Sound like an awesome setup.

It should be perfect in the Obs.
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Old 24-12-2013, 10:48 AM
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Sound like an awesome setup.

It should be perfect in the Obs.
I think I'll be pretty happy with that for a long time Ric.

Baz.
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Old 24-12-2013, 06:56 PM
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WOOT! With the sale of all the photography gear, the EQ8 has now been bought and installed! The new RC12 Carbon fibre truss telescope arrives late Jan to mid Feb.
Looks the goods Baz. At least I know who to blame for the haze, clouds and poor seeing at the moment !!!!!

(though to be fair I'll accept a little of the blame this week ..... being Finnish we had our Christmas today and Santa was very good to me )
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Old 08-02-2014, 11:48 PM
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New acquisition at the heart of ASIGN Observatory II.
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Wonderful Barry. Lost for superlatives... Amazing what's possible in the right hands.
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Old 13-02-2014, 10:38 PM
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Wonderful Barry. Lost for superlatives... Amazing what's possible in the right hands.
Bless ya mate!

Can you believe this? I sold all my pro photography gear to buy all this, then I had to get a pro photographer in to take these photos for my website and Facebook group.... go figure...
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