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Old 07-02-2013, 06:08 PM
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That's as exposed as it gets, no trees around to dampen any gusts.

It's a tough sport imaging, everything needs to be right ... no light pollution, no clouds, no rain, no wind, no snakes and on and on and on. We deserve a medal
I second that ..at least I am not lugging ALL of THIS an hour out of town every night for 7 nights over a 2 month period to get THIS anymore... with a bigger faster scope now, I can do as good or even better and in my own back yard in just a night or two

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Mike you could probably knock up a simple pine frame and a bit of 2nd hand galvanised corrugated sheeting on 3 sides to create a wind shelter for minimal expense. Pin it to the ground with a few metal star pickets and screw the frame off to them. Make it about 300-400mm taller than your scope pointing to the zenith and you should be right.

It might tide you over until you get your dome.

I used to get frustrated often at my dark site by wind as well. The 12.5 inch RCOS sat in the back of the car on many a weekend and thats with an observatory.

I had another look at your image. Its really very nice. I particularly like the small orangy neb near the bottom. That often can look very dull and uninteresting and it looks great in your image. Those tendrils are one of the nicest objects in the southern hemisphere skies.

Greg.
Thanks Greg and yes I have considered something like that, I deliver to cosntructions sites all day and I am eyeing off those construction fencing panels, 4 should do it ie 2.4m X 2.4m and 1.8m high - should do the trick until I get my slab, pier and Sirius dome up...

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Old 07-02-2013, 06:23 PM
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Stop sooking Mike, just stand upwind of your setup.

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Old 07-02-2013, 06:25 PM
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Stop sooking Mike, just stand upwind of your setup.

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Old 09-02-2013, 06:44 AM
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Eerr?..I did add RGB for the stars

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O'boy, sorry, I hate it when somebody doesn't read the lead post properly.

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Old 09-02-2013, 04:19 PM
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O'boy, sorry, I hate it when somebody doesn't read the lead post properly.

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Ah sigh.. too many posts...not enough time

It must look to you like no RGB was used then..? It is largely a narrowband image and I didn't want the star colours to be saturated, so it remained somewhat narowband-ish in appearance...if that makes any sense

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