... to amuse his owner whose mount is in Japan being repaired!!
I guess there is nothing left to do but reprocess then! .
This is not a pure Sid though because I haven't reprocessed ALL the data from the original full frame here. I've zoomed in on the chicken (yes, THAT'S the chicken!) and reduced the depth of the image in favour of colour richness and impact.
Yes I know, to do this properly I'd need to re-image at a longer FL (the original full field is only at F5.5 - 825mm) ... but you get the idea. In fact, I think this area deserves a re-image next year at F11.7! It's quite pretty!
Cheers, Marcus
PS: And, for those who STILL can't see a chicken, see below ...
Last edited by marc4darkskies; 15-07-2010 at 01:23 PM.
Nup, that's deffinitely not the chicken...she doesn't really look like she's running..?
Yeah, I broke it's leg while using the Puppet Warp tool in CS5 ... but yep, that IS the chicken!
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Originally Posted by RB
Not the EM400?
What happened Marcus?
Afraid so - blown RA encoder! I've had a couple of power blackouts while imaging and I suspect a surge accompanied one of them. I plan to run from battery in future. I must say though that Takahashi in Japan have been very helpful and responsive!
Yeah, I broke it's leg while using the Puppet Warp tool in CS5 ... but yep, that IS the chicken!
Afraid so - blown RA encoder! I've had a couple of power blackouts while imaging and I suspect a surge accompanied one of them. I plan to run from battery in future. I must say though that Takahashi in Japan have been very helpful and responsive!
Marcus,
get a computer UPS i have mine on it and if the power goes it will keep it going for a few minutes while you can shut everythng down. they are around 200 dollars worth every penny.
get a computer UPS i have mine on it and if the power goes it will keep it going for a few minutes while you can shut everythng down. they are around 200 dollars worth every penny.
Thanks Dave - is that what you use?
I was actually thinking of a DIY online or dual conversion UPS. Just need a power supply connected to a deep cycle battery and an inverter). I already have a 300w sine wave inverter and I figure the battery (around 50Ah) and at least a 25A power supply would cost around $500. More expensive for sure but you don't have to stop your observing session if the power goes out AND you're always isolated from mains power.
I was actually thinking of a DIY online or dual conversion UPS. Just need a power supply connected to a deep cycle battery and an inverter). I already have a 300w sine wave inverter and I figure the battery (around 50Ah) and at least a 25A power supply would cost around $500. More expensive for sure but you don't have to stop your observing session if the power goes out AND you're always isolated from mains power.
Marcus,
The ups has a battery backup inbuilt lead acid battery. It also has a sine wave conversion to make it a clean supply leaving the unit from 240V power and protects from surges and brownouts. Don’t go the battery method – been there doesn’t work.
Marcus,
The ups has a battery backup inbuilt lead acid battery. It also has a sine wave conversion to make it a clean supply leaving the unit from 240V power and protects from surges and brownouts. Don’t go the battery method – been there doesn’t work.
No, I'm building my own simple dual conversion UPS - the principle is the same as a commercial UPS. A 12V regulated power supply (beefy - 25A min) connected to the mains drives a 300W DC/AC (sinewave) inverter AND simultaneously maintains an AGM battery at full charge. The inverter is connected to the battery so when there's a power outage the inverter just runs off the battery rather than the power supply. I connect all equipment to the inverter of course. The benefit is I can put as large a battery as I like into the system so I can keep ruunning during an outage. Voila, isolated power to the scope and continued running during an outage.
Hmmm, rather OT this ... what did you think of my repro?
Yeah, I broke it's leg while using the Puppet Warp tool in CS5 ... but yep, that IS the chicken!
Afraid so - blown RA encoder! I've had a couple of power blackouts while imaging and I suspect a surge accompanied one of them. I plan to run from battery in future. I must say though that Takahashi in Japan have been very helpful and responsive!
Need an UPS and an inverter
Definitely a guy surfing on the back of the chook's head
No, I'm building my own simple dual conversion UPS - the principle is the same as a commercial UPS. A 12V regulated power supply (beefy - 25A min) connected to the mains drives a 300W DC/AC (sinewave) inverter AND simultaneously maintains an AGM battery at full charge. The inverter is connected to the battery so when there's a power outage the inverter just runs off the battery rather than the power supply. I connect all equipment to the inverter of course. The benefit is I can put as large a battery as I like into the system so I can keep ruunning during an outage. Voila, isolated power to the scope and continued running during an outage.
Hmmm, rather OT this ... what did you think of my repro?
Originally Posted by marc4darkskies;614585[COLOR=blue
Yes I know, to do this properly I'd need to re-image at a longer FL [/COLOR]
Yeah duh, always, thats the pure definition of a "telescope" image. I like the original though, very dynamic, the repro seems just a zoom in .
You have to be carefull of charlitans of the likes of Mike Sidonio, dodgy zoom-ins are no substitute for FL , thats a slippery slope to ordinary hell that is .
Yeah duh, always, thats the pure definition of a "telescope" image. I like the original though, very dynamic, the repro seems just a zoom in .
You have to be carefull of charlitans of the likes of Mike Sidonio, dodgy zoom-ins are no substitute for FL , thats a slippery slope to ordinary hell that is .
Fred, you may wake up one morning with Mike's face smiling near you at IISAC with comments like that
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... but yep, that IS the chicken!
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at IISAC with comments like that
