hello rob, i called steve about this too a month ago and he led me through the procedure. the normal masking in the camera is only for surveillance privacy and...
Happy New Year everyone, I too have wondered how steve did this. Also which H-alpha filter did you use Steve? Also, I can't use the filter selector with the...
Hi All, Have been bored of late with the bad weather and all, so decided to try and create a few 3D images from some old Gstar images. With some help from...
Hi All If posting a reply to RE Solar Flare Movie could you pls change subject title to RE Solar Flare Avi as the Yahoo filters are treating this message as...
Sure. Although I can see a competition happening to see what words google will or won't let through though. :-) Will Uranus get through? Rob. _____ From:...
Hi Dave, Thank you for the very kind welcome. I have been doing video astronomy for almost 5 years now. I've had various cameras and upgrades. Our local...
Thats excellent Darrin, Great image and looks fantastic in 3D. Took me a few attempts it has been a very long time since I needed to go cross-eyed hehe. I...
Hi Neil re>>>Also which H-alpha filter did you use Steve? On those ones I used the Thousand Oaks system with energy reduction filter fitted to my old Vixen...
Yep.. I agree Bill - looks really good. Those red dots at bottom certainly help. I usually find these things quite hard to view. So you were rendering 3D in...
... by ... other ... like ... nosepiece ... f/10 ... know ... not ... alt/az mount.I found my on screen view seemed better without the diagonal.Hope this...
Thanks John - You covered the answer well. Yes Rob, not so obvious. I should probably do an update to the main users guide on the website. Cheers Steve ... ...
Hi All, I am not sure how many of you know about bahtinov focus masks, but I made one yesterday and It is the easiest way to focus a scope. Well easier than a...
Hello all, Just uploaded 2 new pics. Improving in quality - I hope! ESO 208-31 is an edge-on spiral that is very thin and was a challenge to find. It is in...
Hi Steve, AAh yes but while PC's in the early to mid eighties only had 4 or 16 colour cards and went beep. We had commodore Amigas. And some very expensive...
You're on the money there Bill. I made one for my 12" dob out of mdf, works a treat, so easy to get exact focus. Cheers Michael ... I ... of me ... took ... ...
Hi Bill. You certainly have to do a lot of cutting for some Diffraction spikes. I have a simple Hartmann Mask with only two Triangles which also gives you 6...
Hi Martin, Aah ok I was not sure about the modified hartman masks. I had read about it but the person who posted it said he still suffered from the same...
Bill..it's still a very good movie you put together there though. Really shows quite vividly how the system works. But yes, it looks like a lot of measuring...
Hi Bill. The Diffraction Spikes are there pretty much all the time. On my SCT I do all my preliminary set-up with a diagonal and 25mm EP, I then remove my...
There are some very nice images there Martin. I have to stop building things and start developing my photographic skills (pardon the pun). Anyway My ED80...
Hi All, I may have cracked the Holy Grail. Have managed to cool my Gstar-Ex with intial good results. I have posted some pics of the modification and the...
Hi All, Furhter to my previous message, please refer to my album under photos Michael Clark (click_900) to get a large view of the cooled/uncooled dark frames....
Hi Michael. Well done on the prototype Cooling system. Yes, dewing on the chip is a concern and I'm sure you will eventually sort that one out too. Have you...
Hello Martin, No I haven't tried it with a filter yet, still have all my field testing in front of me. I guess all the add ons, filter slider etc as well a...
... Great job there looks like a lot of work has gone into the project. You can certainly see the effects and improvement with the cooled image with the...
Very nice job there Michael. I basically made mine out of a thin sheet of plastic that I could cut with a cutting knife. Wanted to make sure it worked as well...
Hi Bill, Used a router centred to cut out the frame of the mask, cut in a shoulder at the same time to allow easy fitting on the front of the scope. Then cut...
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