I Did It! I Actually Did It! Deep Space without tracking!!!

[xelasnave]

I knew that you had one, lucky lucky but you deserve it, my way of saying whats the current position, I expect I missed you saying that here. Been working on an English Equatorial mount design with a guy from astronomydaily cause I cant see buying a titian or the like.. their cost equals the cost of three cars for me
alex

[ving (David)]

english EQ... never heard of it.

yeah I am just ironing out a few bits and pieces off having it going. the mount was made for a 10"

[xelasnave]

The concept is that the polar axis is supported at each end, which means in most cases with this design one cant see the pole. Ours is a little different but here is a drawing I found on http://home.earthlink.net/~indig/Des...Mountings.html

[ving (David)]

i know i say this just because its different, but man that loks weird!

[xelasnave]

Here is the thread we have been chatting with others in the forum you can see our specific approach. I see the advantages as being greater stability.. plus these Germans have had the lime light for too long.. chuckle chuckle
http://forums.astronomydaily.com/vie...r=asc&start=15
alex

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Originally Posted by vingo

I do have one now alex
just waiting for some counterweights to come in

What happened to getting some weightlifting weights, David?

[xelasnave]

Make some with lead you can make a mold out of anything and get the exact weight desired in lead scrap melt and cast it, add some tin if avaialable, paint it or cover it with resin. You can cast in a nut (or two) I plan to do this as in the process I recon you can lose a few pounds from standard weights. (one is not enough and two is heavier than needed...and every little reduction helps I believe.
alex

[asimov (John)]

Nice job Ken. I've only managed 4 in the trap with the unmodded toucam. Is that taken with the long exposure mod mate or not?

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Originally Posted by asimov

Nice job Ken. I've only managed 4 in the trap with the unmodded toucam. Is that taken with the long exposure mod mate or not?

No John. It was taken in normal mode in Philips Vrecord. I haven't worked out how to use Desire (DSO program) yet.

These are the settings I had the Toucam set on for Orion & 47Tuc:

Image Settings
Frame rate - 5
Brightness - 100%
Gamma - 30%
Saturation - 100%

Camera Settings
Auto
Shutter - 1/33rd
Gain - 80%

As you saw, 47 Tuc came out terrible but I have re-stacked it in Registax and then reprocessed it in Photshop and fixed it. I will be posting it in another thread.

[Striker (Tony)]

You should get some tips of Ken...he just posted a much better image then yours.

[ving (David)]

Originally Posted by ballaratdragons

What happened to getting some weightlifting weights, David?

rebel ran out so they are getting them in

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Hey David,

Must be a lot of people who read your counterweight thread and went and bought them all for their EQ mounts LOL!

I can imagine the headlines in the newspaper: Weightlifting amongst Astronomers gains popularity as Rebel Sports report claims "all our weights sold out to the Star-gazer fraternity"'

[ving (David)]

i love it!

[TidaLpHasE]

Good on ya Ken, i was stoked at my first ever pic of the Orion Neb, it was a really bad pic, but the buzz i got made up for it.

You are now on your way, and your images will only get better and better