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  @pwe1697 күн бұрын

  Hi, How's it going with this project? I've got an 8" Meade that I was going to have a play with. Do you have any of the 3d files I could have a play with as I'm sure I'll have to mod it to fit the smaller diameter

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  @sevenskiesastro6 күн бұрын

  Hello. Yes i do have the files upto now and ill add them to the next video i do on the subject. Clear skies

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  @pwe1696 күн бұрын

  @@sevenskiesastro Thats great - it's will be a good project to do during the summer

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  @jaimenegrete12538 күн бұрын

  Hi Rob, my name is Jaime and I have been following a modification like this since Astrosuhaib made a video about this topic. Your images are very nice and sharp. I think I will give it a try, I have a C11, not Edge, also I have a Skywatcher quattro which it came with coma corrector. I will carefully take the measurements , then need to figure it out how to make your version of adapter to mounting the coma corrector in front of the telescope. Thanks for you excellent work and for documented the modification. Greetings from BelloCielo - Chile.

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  @sevenskiesastro8 күн бұрын

  Thank you Jaime. I am getting back to the conversion soon. I hope it all goes well for you down there in Chile. Clear skies.

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  @SimonsAstro16 күн бұрын

  Nice one Rob, super image! I’ve not done that one before, I will have to put it on my list😀 at least you’ve had some clear skies mate! Nothing but clouds here!

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  @sevenskiesastro16 күн бұрын

  Thank you Simon. Yes had a couple nights so been out every chance i had. Even for just an hour. We just need a run of good weather.Clear skies mate

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  @LogansAstro17 күн бұрын

  Great result Rob. Really managed to capture plenty of the outer Ha ring.

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  @sevenskiesastro17 күн бұрын

  Thanks Logan. There was nothing on each 5 min sub but 5 hrs stacking done the trick. Clear skies bud.

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  @Tony-Elliott17 күн бұрын

  Hi Rob great image mate, love the halo

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  @sevenskiesastro17 күн бұрын

  Thank you Tony I'm really pleased with it.clear skies mate.

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  @lukesastro238017 күн бұрын

  Great Image Rob!!, love the halo. Great job!. CS.

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  @sevenskiesastro17 күн бұрын

  Thank you Luke. Much appreciated mate. Clear skies

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  @larrychristianson224417 күн бұрын

  Nice image. It's a different take on the usual M57 palette I have seen, but I like it very much.

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  @sevenskiesastro17 күн бұрын

  Thank you Larry. Glad you like it. Was hard work processing the image though. Clear skies bud.

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  @dumpydalekobservatory17 күн бұрын

  Cracking image there Rob very impressive mate clear skies

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  @sevenskiesastro17 күн бұрын

  Thanks Tich really happy with it. Clear skies mate

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  @petesastrophotography17 күн бұрын

  That's a fantastic result Rob, you don't often see the outer Ha ring in images.

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  @sevenskiesastro17 күн бұрын

  Thank you Pete. Yes i think it can be easy to see the ring and miss the extremely faint outer. Clear skies mate.

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  @Astro_Shed17 күн бұрын

  Nice one Rob, great final image, you did get some great outer data there….👍🏻

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  @sevenskiesastro17 күн бұрын

  Thank you Stuart much appreciated mate. Im well pleased with it though another 7 hrs worth needed maybe. Clear skies

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  @johnh53917 күн бұрын

  Verry nice image, worth the work.

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  @sevenskiesastro17 күн бұрын

  Thank you John. Yes worth the work and not many images of the outer. Clear skies bud.

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  @dumpydalekobservatory19 күн бұрын

  Nice widefield setup Rob you got some cracking images with that, the Aurora was amazing we're still buzzing about it now although galaxy season for me has been pretty much a washout sadly. clear skies!!

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  @sevenskiesastro19 күн бұрын

  Thanks Tich. Let hope for better soon eh. Been out pretty much every chance ive had. Taking a bit longer setting up both rigs though. Clear skies mate.

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  @petesastrophotography19 күн бұрын

  Lovely widefield rig you have there Rob, and great images as well. I'm looking forward to comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, if it survives perihelion it could be one of the best in recent times. I'm old enough to remember Hale-Bopp and hope to see another comet like it before I pop my cloggs (this one won't match Hale-Bopp but should still be good). As for the aurora, we had a spectacular display up here in Scotland, I too regret not taking a time lapse of it. I did take quite a few pictures but was too busy watching the show to think about taking a time lapse.

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  @sevenskiesastro19 күн бұрын

  Thanks Pete. I remember Hale-Bopp well. Also remember Hally. Tho was a little disappointed with that one. I have high hopes but many have promised but sadly broke up or just not shone. This is a pristine one so its anyones guess i suppose. Loved the Aurora so much tho you may have more chance in the future in bonny Scotland. Thanks for watching mate and clear skies.

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  @SimonsAstro19 күн бұрын

  Cracking setup Rob! Excellent images there mate, I particularly liked your Needle galaxy, and the comet clip👍Clear skies mate!

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  @sevenskiesastro19 күн бұрын

  Thank you Simon. Yes im pleased with the needle galaxy and im hoping for some clear skies. Clear skies mate

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  @LogansAstro19 күн бұрын

  Nice portable widefield setup there Rob. Looking forward to seeing more captures from this rig. I think you are very right that the recent aurora activity has made a dent in the tourist trade to far north countries. Clear skies.

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  @sevenskiesastro19 күн бұрын

  Ha ha yes they won't be happy. All i need now are some clear skies. Only thing with summer is it takes many nights to capture some decent hours worth. Thanks Logan and clear skies bud.

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  @Tony-Elliott19 күн бұрын

  Hi Rob nice looking wide field set-up mate glad you managed to see the Aurora your pictures look excellent mate , looking forward to seeing you what this set up can do

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  @sevenskiesastro19 күн бұрын

  Thank you Tony for your continued support. Really appreciate it mate. All we need is the good weather and was well humbling seeing the aurora mate. Clear skies.

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  @Astro_Shed19 күн бұрын

  Nice new set up there…Look forward to more images with it…also you are alway better to have more weight on your CW bar higher up the shaft, then less weight lower down, it’s far better for the mount, gears and motors as the moment arm is shorter and less torque is needed to move the mount, so you have done the right thing there with a bigger weight…👍🏻

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  @sevenskiesastro19 күн бұрын

  Thank you Stuart. Yes looking forward to getting some decent imaging time with it. Definitely better to have the weight more to the centre axis. Inertia certainly accounts for guiding i think. Clear skies mate.

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  @jesuschrist2284Ай бұрын

  Would love a video on your 72ed set up

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  @jesuschrist2284Ай бұрын

  After re watching might have heard wrong and its a 100ed?

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  @sevenskiesastroАй бұрын

  It was the 72ed. I shall do a video on my setups im using. Thanks for watching. Clear skies.​@@jesuschrist2284

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  @jesuschrist2284Ай бұрын

  @@sevenskiesastro cool i have same scope, hence my interest in seeing what a pro does with it :)

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  @sevenskiesastroАй бұрын

  ​@@jesuschrist2284thank you for your kind words. All my wide field images are taken with the 72ed. Clear skies

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  @LogansAstroАй бұрын

  Great video and tiki tour through some globular clusters. Nice to see them getting some asto love as they don't often feature in videos. Got some excellent star colours and definition there. CS

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  @sevenskiesastroАй бұрын

  Thanks Logan. Yes they do get overlooked and its nice to look at something different and very old. Not like when i look in the mirror lol. Clear skies bud.

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  @petesastrophotographyАй бұрын

  Great images Rob and nice to have some background info on them as well. It's a pity that our generation will never know if we get a reply or not (however unlikely that is). Any planet orbiting a star in these clusters must have a pretty spectacular view!

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  @sevenskiesastroАй бұрын

  Thanks Peter. It would be nice to think that. It reminds me of the Isaac Asimov's story Nightfall. A planet in a system with six suns and once eyery x amount of years all the suns set revealing they live in a gobular cluster. Unfortunately the civilisation loses its collective mind when it happens!. A great read. Clear skies.

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  @dumpydalekobservatoryАй бұрын

  I do rather like a globular cluster although I've only ever imaged M13 lol, I'll have to get back to them someday, clear skies!!

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  @sevenskiesastroАй бұрын

  Thanks Tich. Bit overlooked but cerainly worth a look. Clear skies.

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  @SimonsAstroАй бұрын

  Great video Rob👍 Very interesting mate, although I think in 22 thousand years are DNA will have changed, we’ll all be AI robots🤣 Some real nice clusters there Rob! Great work and clear skies!

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  @sevenskiesastroАй бұрын

  Thank you Simon. Yes not sure we be around then as a species. Clear skies mate.

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  @Xio2011Ай бұрын

  Great images Rob. Globular clusters are impressive objects to view. I was observing last night (into morning) and viewed a few of the same globular clusters, until the inevitable high-cloud stopped play 🙂 I moved from visual observing to EAA a few years ago. Wow! What a difference a camera makes to observing. I always enjoy watching your videos, keep up the great work.

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  @sevenskiesastroАй бұрын

  Thank you Peter. Yes they look great in a telescope and quality eyepeice. Unfortunately my eyes are not the best now in low light and EAA is a great option nowadays. Thanks foe watching. Clear skies.

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  @Astro_ShedАй бұрын

  Nice one Rob, cracking set there mate…it’s something I have never imaged…👍🏻

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  @sevenskiesastroАй бұрын

  Thank you Stuart. Often overlooked i think sometimes. Clear skies.

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  @Tony-ElliottАй бұрын

  Hi Rob nice set of images mate and great information thanks for sharing your work

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  @sevenskiesastroАй бұрын

  Thank you Tony. Much appreciated bud. Clear skies

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  @avt_astro206Ай бұрын

  Great tutorial. I had a 76mm F3.9 Newtonian, I literally never had perfect collimation for it, lol. I had remember spending nearly 40 minutes, and i still got it slightly off, i mean definitely easy to collimate my F5 newt. This was a nice video!

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  @sevenskiesastroАй бұрын

  Thank you Avanteesh great to hear from you. Clear skies buddy.

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  @yobb89Ай бұрын

  very good experiment, looks like there is room to try different designs, , i've been looking at the celestron hyperstar to adapt to a meade acf, not sure why they are not compatible , maybe different sized holes in the corrector ?

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  @sevenskiesastroАй бұрын

  Yes maybe but i have a guess copyright issues could be the cause. Celestron and meade had big falling out in the day so who knows. Dont own a celestron so i dont know. Thanks for watching and clear skies.

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  @kc9161Ай бұрын

  Thanks for posting this. I actually tried this approach on my new 8”Meade with ACF and learn that it wouldn’t work with their new RC like optical design. The image on my 533 was blur and moon shot has halo, even with a 2” GSO coma corrector. I’m trying a different approach to use dual 0.63 reducers from Celestron to bring it to 0.39X. Initial image seems much more acceptable.

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  @sevenskiesastroАй бұрын

  Yes i can see how it may not work on an modern 8 inch. With the 10in the focal length is 500mm from mirror to corrector which is closer to the 800mm f4 aplanatic coma corrector im using. Still more experiments to do. Backfocus distance for one. Hope you get some clear skies for it. I plan on getting back on it soon as i can. Clear skies.

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  @oetm68232 ай бұрын

  I have a little issue, my eye cant focus the haircross of chesire what is the correct position to see trough the hole of chesire to easy center

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  @sevenskiesastro2 ай бұрын

  Hello. I would make sure the Cheshire is turned towards a light source. It sometimes helps to back your eye off it a bit. Also have drawtube fully extended can help to. Maybe use your phone camera though its best using you eyes. Clear skies

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  @oetm68232 ай бұрын

  @@sevenskiesastro use my camera 🤔🤔 omg great idea i can move the dial to focus the cross and the camera would be on correct angle to see through the hole. Clear skies too

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  @LogansAstro2 ай бұрын

  Beautiful result Rob. Love the detail, especially on the right side with all those projections of nebulosity. Haven't imaged this target before but keen to put it on the to-do list after seeing yours. Clear skies.

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  @sevenskiesastro2 ай бұрын

  Thank you Logan. Pretty faint target for sure. Often overlooked i think. Clear skies bud.

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  @lukesastro23802 ай бұрын

  Beautiful image Rob!. Clear Skies!!

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  @sevenskiesastro2 ай бұрын

  Thank you Luke .clear skies bud.

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  @jimwaters3042 ай бұрын

  Good video. Where did you get the fan assembly?

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  @sevenskiesastro2 ай бұрын

  Hello Jim. Its a Astrerion NT Active Cooler for Newtonian telescopes. Got it from first light optics but they dont sell them anymore. A google serch brings up some europe sales sites. Hope this helps. Clear skies

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  @KJRitch2 ай бұрын

  Question. You have a OSC 533MC. You took three hours with a filter, L-Pro. I understand that. How do you get RGB for an hour. Did you just remove the L-Pro filter? How do you capture the Ha with a OSC? Did you use another filter? I’ve seen others use L-Enhance on OSC. Can you explain this in more detail. I’m pretty new to this. I have a ASI071MC and would like to try your process. Beautiful results. Thanks.

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  @sevenskiesastro2 ай бұрын

  Hello. I think you missed it in the beginning. I was using the player one saturn M which is a mono camera and rgb filters. You can capture data with a one shot coloue camera using a h alpha filter then add it into you rgb. I used the L Pro to capture my luminance as the light pollution is pretty bad here in London. Hope this clears it up for you. Ps thats a nice camera you have. Clear skies

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  @KJRitch2 ай бұрын

  @@sevenskiesastro Thanks. That clears that up.

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  @rickcrume7392 ай бұрын

  can you turn the volume up

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  @sevenskiesastro2 ай бұрын

  Ill try to in new ones. Thanks for watching. Clear skies

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  @DSOImager2 ай бұрын

  Great shot Rob! CS!

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  @sevenskiesastro2 ай бұрын

  Thank you James. Clear skies bud.

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  @lukomatico2 ай бұрын

  That's a stunning shot Rob mate, wow! :-D Well done on that capture!!

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  @sevenskiesastro2 ай бұрын

  Thank you Luke. Clear skies my friend

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  @dumpydalekobservatory2 ай бұрын

  Nice image that mate one of my favorite targets to capture. Clear skies!!

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  @sevenskiesastro2 ай бұрын

  Cheers Tich. Yes definitely one of the most imaged. Clear skies mate

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  @SimonsAstro2 ай бұрын

  Cracking image Rob, nice amount of detail in there and nicely edited mate👍 Clear skies!

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  @sevenskiesastro2 ай бұрын

  Thanks a lot Simon. Clear skies mate

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  @hunglikeamaggotseyelash2 ай бұрын

  Brilliant video rob! Unbelievable image 👍🏼

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  @sevenskiesastro2 ай бұрын

  Thank you Tony. Clear skies

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  @petesastrophotography2 ай бұрын

  That's a great result Rob, M51 is definitely one of my favorite galaxies. The Ha filter really helps bring out the nebulosity in the spiral arms.

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  @sevenskiesastro2 ай бұрын

  Thank you pete i really like the end result. Not overly blue. Clear skies mate

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  @Tony-Elliott2 ай бұрын

  Really nice image and great detail Rob, what focus length was that taken with

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  @sevenskiesastro2 ай бұрын

  Thank you Tony. The 120 ed native is 900 mm. Thats what i took it as. Not even a field flattener. Clear skies mate

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  @lukesastro23802 ай бұрын

  Great looking image Rob!!

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  @sevenskiesastro2 ай бұрын

  Thank you Luke. Clear skies mate

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  @DSOImager2 ай бұрын

  Wonderful shot Rob!

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  @sevenskiesastro2 ай бұрын

  Thank you James really appreciate it. Clear skies bud

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  @nbw5552 ай бұрын

  Lovely image Rob, nice to meet you at the show as well mate.

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  @sevenskiesastro2 ай бұрын

  Thank you very much. Clear skies

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  @hunglikeamaggotseyelash2 ай бұрын

  Great video rob. The telescope set up looks amazing. Lovely image at the end 👍🏼

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  @sevenskiesastro2 ай бұрын

  Thank you Tony mate. Clear skies

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  @ScottDavies2 ай бұрын

  Awesome image 👌

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  @sevenskiesastro2 ай бұрын

  Thank you Scott for you kind words. Clear skies

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  @dcharlton072 ай бұрын

  Did you use 5 min subs? I'm trying to dial in the best amount of time and gain for galaxies, some are recommending shorter sub time to get more detail. I'm going to play around with 3 minute subs and keep gain at 100. Great pic! I'm loving my Skywatcher ED100. Supposedly these are too slow for astrophototgraphy but I'm really happy with the pics so far.

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  @sevenskiesastro2 ай бұрын

  Hello David. The rgb subs were only 2 mins long. M81 was pretty much overhead so that helped. Unity gain for that camera was 125. Its all about just getting the histogram off the left hand side. Even if it means 60 sec subs and dither every 3 say. You'll love the 100 ed as i love mine. Clear skies bud