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Old 14-06-2005, 12:01 AM
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John,

As my son Jake would say . . . Cooly Awesome!

I love the detail especially around the terminator. Pic 1, 3 & 4 are outstanding

You must have good quality EP's. Mine are 3 crappy Series 500's, one good Unmarked 9mm and my terrific 2" 30mm GS Superview.

EDIT: Oh yeah, and my 2" GS 2x Barlow.
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Old 14-06-2005, 12:14 AM
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Mate...your gonna laugh yer head off! Their all taken with 30 year old .965" EPs!...KELLNERS! Just bought a whole nother set off a mate of mine...& everyone thinks I'm crazy!

EDITh year.. One of those shots was with a symmetrical [.965]

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Old 14-06-2005, 12:22 AM
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I ain't gonna laugh. I still occasionally use my 20 y.o. Kmart .965" Huygenians. I made an adaptor so they fit in the focuser. 2 are very good and 1 is crap coz the sun melted it!

I was told that F5 Dobs of large aperture (and not many other scopes) love Huygenians. Something to do with radius of curvature of f5 mirror and curvature of Huygenians being a match.

So, not so crazy!!
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Old 14-06-2005, 12:32 AM
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Here they are on the right in this pic! A couple of bucks each at Kmart!
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Old 14-06-2005, 12:44 AM
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Here's my collection....The set of .965s I just bought are not in the shot though...
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Old 14-06-2005, 12:47 AM
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I get a LOT of coma if I try to use a .965" Huygenian...& mines F5 as well....hmmm. Interesting.

edit..If it's smack in the centre of the FOV they would be ok for photography....The less lens in a EP the better..

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Old 14-06-2005, 12:53 AM
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Well John,

I think we should be an inspiration to newbies (even some oldbies).

We have proven that you don't need a lot of money to start out in Astrophotography!

Just a basic cheapie pocket digital camera and almost any kind of EP's and click, click hand-held and away you go! I didn't expect the results I have gotten so far. They are nowhere near the big guns but at least I can take Space piccies with what I have got.

Go for it newbies or anyone without a camera.
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Old 14-06-2005, 12:58 AM
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If you mount the camera onto your scope, you'll get even better results! Yes, I tried to tell some of the boys in CN about 'shoe-string' budget astrophotography....to no avail..gotta have the best etc etc.
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Old 14-06-2005, 01:01 AM
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Hey! I know what I'm gonna do! get the box brownie out man!
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Old 14-06-2005, 01:04 AM
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Hehe!

I started making a mount that Phil showed me but I keep making changes to it. None of the original is left and it is nothing like the original. I keep simplifying the way it mounts onto the EP. I will finish it soon.

Total cost of parts, Zero.
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Old 14-06-2005, 01:11 AM
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THAT'S what I like to see!...total cost: ZILCH! I have a few posts kicking about on here to show people how to do some things on the cheap....most agree, some dont..read my cheshire collimation post if you want a laugh!
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Old 14-06-2005, 01:24 AM
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I will.

Here are pics of our cameras so people know what models we are talking about.

My little Kodak CX7310 is on the left and Johns Kodak DX6340 on the right.
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Old 14-06-2005, 01:37 AM
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Yep! That's them. Now if they just had decent time exposures on them.....my one & only DSO!! [& another 'big-joop'].....965" EPs naturally!
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Old 14-06-2005, 01:44 AM
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Read collimation post. LOL! I've got a Cheshire.

Luckily it was only $29 from Andrews. I been using the film cannister method and it always seemed spot-on but Cheshire proved me wrong. I wasn't too far out though.

I also stuck a 'cheap or free' idea in here. About a Zero Mag Quickfinder-scope. Don't know if anyone has tried to make one yet but mine works OK. Cheap is good!

Here it is for those that forgot about making one.
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Old 14-06-2005, 01:52 AM
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Yeah. Must admit I would like to get a cheshire, just to confirm some suspisions...Yep, read your post about the finder! Nice one. I'm about to get booted..[10 hr max. care of bigpond]...I certainly have enjoyed our little chat Ken! I'll see-ya around!
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Old 14-06-2005, 01:53 AM
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John, Those pics are brilliant.

Pay attention everyone . . . Cheapies can even do DSO's!
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Old 14-06-2005, 07:22 AM
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just saw both of your posts, come on guys nearly 2 am! I have never seen such a case of mine is worse than yours for quite some time! to actually admidt that you have the 0.96ers is a tragedy!
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Old 14-06-2005, 01:15 PM
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Houghy,

Remember the saying that gets mentioned in here a lot! The best stuff is the stuff that gets used!!

Wanna buy some Kmart EP's, only $20 each.
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Old 14-06-2005, 06:34 PM
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Houghy,

Remember the saying that gets mentioned in here a lot! The best stuff is the stuff that gets used!!

Wanna buy some Kmart EP's, only $20 each.
funny you say that i may know of a bloke who may want some
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Old 14-06-2005, 06:39 PM
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The price just went up!
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