NGC 3981 The Disintegrating Galaxy

[Leo.G (Leo)]

That's absolutely beautiful Mike!
I think I know why April/May, because June, July and August are going to be too cold and the dome will be buried in snow?
I remember Canberra in Winter, i travelled there every week for several months for my sons hearing tests/specialists and hearing aid when he was 4, BRRRRRRR

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by Cosmic

Always loved your work Mike �� what a flex

I have the AG10 to play with now, so naturally I'm inspired by your captures. Finally sorted out the little problems I had with it. Things are looking promising now.

Keep up the awesome work and stay warm.

Cheers Daniel

An AG10 huh? New one? once tuned and if you are lucky enough to get an optically sounds unit, the AG10/12 are arguably the perfect compromise deep sky OTA's IMO.

Originally Posted by Leo.G

That's absolutely beautiful Mike!
I think I know why April/May, because June, July and August are going to be too cold and the dome will be buried in snow?
I remember Canberra in Winter, i travelled there every week for several months for my sons hearing tests/specialists and hearing aid when he was 4, BRRRRRRR

While we get the odd decent dump, luckily we don't get toooo much snow, basically only enough to stay "rather quaint and pretty" when it occurs , rather than being that constant drag that living in a snowy environment could be, like getting bogged in it I get good transparency through winter and the humidity can stay surprisingly low, with minimal frost. Generally the temp drops around 5 deg with the drive up the mountain...I would have thought Lithgow's cold would be pretty similar to Canberra's..?

Mike

[Cosmic (Daniel)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Cheers Daniel

An AG10 huh? New one? once tuned and if you are lucky enough to get an optically sounds unit, the AG10/12 are arguably the perfect compromise deep sky OTA's IMO.

Yeah kind of, well is older ag10 from another member on the forum. https://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/...d.php?t=191343

Haven't used it anywhere near as much as I would have liked to. I have struggled in the past with star shape for sometime and only recently fixed much of the sensor tilt. I'm now at 5% tilt which l feel is the best I can do, without the help of proper equipment to adjust it perfectly. I think ill have to settle on that number. I can still see the image isn't perfect, but Ill get stuck into imaging and hope pixinsight can meet me in the middle. I've done the best I can do so, ill try make use of these bortle 2 skies

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by Cosmic

Yeah kind of, well is older ag10 from another member on the forum. https://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/...d.php?t=191343

Haven't used it anywhere near as much as I would have liked to. I have struggled in the past with star shape for sometime and only recently fixed much of the sensor tilt. I'm now at 5% tilt which l feel is the best I can do, without the help of proper equipment to adjust it perfectly. I think ill have to settle on that number. I can still see the image isn't perfect, but Ill get stuck into imaging and hope pixinsight can meet me in the middle. I've done the best I can do so, ill try make use of these bortle 2 skies

OK, wish you the best of luck with sky time! ...this Saturday is a good one, winter solstice, you will have over 11hrs of total Astronomical darkness!

Mike