Hi Jennifer, So I took your advice and modeled my optics in Stellarium. It looked like I could get a lot through my 80mm APO and decided I would give that a shot. Then Isaias rolled in and brought all

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Thanks Jerry! That explains it; it is an artifact... Live and learn. So nobody else go hunting for it; it only exists in my image train :)

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Hi All, so it's been cloudy here for months, it seems. Finally gave up on completely clear skies because I wanted to get out and test out a few things. Vega was just about the only thing not covered b

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Beautiful shot Jenni! I tried this target a week or so ago, but the only thing I had with a large enough fov was my 50mm APO guide scope. ehhh, I didn't bother to post it :) I didn't have a flattener

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Jeff, Nice set up. Love the ingenuity with the tool boxes. I was just thinking about getting some cases to transport equipment safely and your tool boxes are a great idea! Hope you have a great campin

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Finally was able to get some shots of the NEOWISE Comet last night. I like the larger crop, you can see some trees at the bottom (not sure if those are visible in the JPG). They give some perspective

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Hi Dave, Your nebula shots are fantastic! Are you using any filters? I use a Baader Moon & Skyglow filter, which works well, but it's not narrow band. I think my focal length on the M51 shot is about

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Thanks Wes! I asked my daughter and son-in-law which they liked best and they picked number one, but neither of them are in the hobby. This made me think of a conversation on the OpenGoTo Community po

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We had a couple of days of clear skies, so I went out and shot one of my favorite targets, M51. I can't decide which post processing I like better. These are the same shot, but one with more vibrant c

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Hi Mr. Polynomial, That's an interesting article. Do you think something along the lines of procedure 2 (balancing the image) would work for collimating an SCT? This sounds like a neat project. I've n

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Hi All, Here's an annotated picture of my wiring harness. I have a Losmandy D type dovetail on my SCT, so there's a Farpoint adapter that I have on the old saddle. All of my wires meet at the point of

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Totally agree on the cable management. It can make all the difference for refining your guiding/drift. I route all of my cables to the center of the mount and then straight down, with enough slack all

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Hi Zernike Polynomial (nice!) I have no problems using this mount with my 8" SCT. It sort of looks like a 200mm newt with the dew shield on it. On top of the SCT, I have my 80mm APO riding piggy back

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Hi Gernot, Thanks! I'm glad it is useful. For focusing at long focal lengths, I'm going to say the most important factor by far is the "seeing". I've tried automated focus routines, like the ones in t

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Hi all, I got some decent footage of Jupiter and Saturn last Friday (early in the morning, like 4 AM). I wanted to share some of the technique and processing steps. The set-up was: Scope: Celestron C8

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Hi Bob, That last part "I park the scope again..." is an unnecessary step and I suspect may be where your problem arises. If you loosened the clutches at that point (or any point) after the alignment

Hi Matthew, Sorry, no real help here, but I was thinking about getting one of these a while back, but decided not to, since it would not work with SharpCap at that time (not sure about now). SharpCap

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Hi Dave, I saw you posted "Bubble final 3 .png" It looks awesome! Lot's of 3D looking detail in there. The center plume just sort of jumps out. I use an ASI294MCPRO as well... love that camera.

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Hi Doug, yes for CDC, no for POTH. The ASCOM POTH is really just an interface with limited scope commands. It is primarily for networking multiple applications to your mount. I don't use CDC myself fo

Edwin, So one thing crossed my mind. If your peep hole is closed when the DEC is rotated 90 degrees from "home", then your tripod is not pointing to the North, which would be a huge problem.