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« on: April 02, 2013, 11:24:07 PM »
Wow, This is truly amazing. What a horrible winter we have had. I personally have gone through mount hell. My G11 Gemini 1 went out in november, and spent a month trying to get it right, ended upgrading to Gemini 2. Then 3 monthe of winter. Tried last weekend to get M81-m82 and could not get mount to Guide, finally got right ASCOM drivers and worked tonight. Another month would be great to try and get M81. For the record Gemini 2 rocks. Hopefully we can get some clear skys, this has been The worst winter ever.
Dave T
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« on: October 16, 2012, 10:25:06 PM »
Ben, not sure if this will help. When I bought my ST8300C, I had egg stars in the corners. It came from the 56mm rule of focus for refractors. I ended up buying a 10mm, 2mm, and a 1/2mm extenders to go with the 25mm and SFF7 field Flatener. Hope this helps a little. The ST8300 has a 17.5mm backfocus.
Dave T.
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« on: September 19, 2012, 09:31:20 AM »
Congratulations, I saw them in the magazine. You two do amazing things with your rig.
Dave T
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« on: September 19, 2012, 09:28:09 AM »
That is really an excellent shot. Much better than the first. Lots of detail.
Dave T.
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« on: September 13, 2012, 11:51:41 AM »
Hi Bob, the exposure time was around 2.5 hours on each.
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« on: September 12, 2012, 11:34:49 PM »
Hi Bob, I have been laying low on this one because I am from the Light Side. I use an SBIG ST8300C. My main problem is like yours, a serious lack of time to shoot. I am very lucky to get in 5-6 hours a month, so with issues that leaves about nothing. I still have my Hap Griffen modified Canon T1i, and will keep it forever. But the SBIG is a major upgrade, with cooling to -40, and very good sensitivity. To me it's definitly not as good as a Mono CCD, but a major upgrade over the SLR. This kind of an unfair comparison, but might help.
2011 is SV105 with SBIG
2010 is Orion ED 110 with T1i
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« on: September 05, 2012, 09:33:14 AM »
Thanks Jason, I really missed the group.
Dave T
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« on: August 23, 2012, 11:01:13 PM »
Hi John,
I used to have a CGEM and the connection for laptop is from the Hand Remote. You will need these 2 items: From the Celestron Website:
Cable, Nexstar RS-232 Item # 93920 $15.95
Cable, USB to RS-232 Converter Item #18775 $44.95 (or generic)
Hope this helps.
Dave Thackeray
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« on: July 10, 2012, 10:51:00 PM »
I agree, that is one of the best M13, I have ever seen.
Dave T.
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« on: July 10, 2012, 10:47:49 PM »
I think it looks really good. Lots of detail.
Question about the Preasure Tuner, You seem to have a lot of surface detail, Is the PT a must have? Or is the basic tuner good enough.
Dave T.
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« on: July 09, 2012, 10:39:09 PM »
Very nice dave. Can't wait for more.
Dave T
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« on: July 09, 2012, 10:37:22 PM »
Thanks, hopefully I will get better. Looking forward to trying it with the 8" Edge C8.
Dave T.
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« on: July 08, 2012, 11:01:43 PM »
I forgot to post this one. I recently got a DFK21 AU 618 color camera. Nice camera. I took this shot of Saturn with my SV105 with a 2x barlow. If I remember right it was the best 300 of 1200 frames taken with IC Capture, and stacked and processed in Images Plus 4.5.
Dave Thackeray
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« on: July 08, 2012, 10:47:06 PM »
WOW, your pic's are always incredible. I have been lusting after a Lunt for a while now. I recently bought a DFK21 AU 618 for planetary and sun shots.
It looks like the basic Ls60 with the B1200 would do very good with my camera. Keep em coming, thery are as good or better than anything I have ever looked at.
Dave T.
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« on: July 07, 2012, 09:36:53 PM »
Excellent Shot of the Iris nebula. I confess i voted for yours also. Mine had way too many issues. Congrats.
David T
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« on: June 30, 2012, 10:51:10 AM »
Here is my attempt at NGC 7023. I found I had a dew buildup on ST8300C. I did 40 @ 300s subs with my SV105T. ended up cleaning SBIG and redid flats, but that created different issues. Anyhow lots of PS3 edits to try and clean up, but now much luck. But it was fun trying.
Dave Thackeray
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« on: June 30, 2012, 10:41:31 AM »
That is very nice. Have to try it someday.
Dave T
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« on: June 01, 2012, 01:56:01 PM »
Very nice David. Looks like a winner.
Dave T.
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« on: May 19, 2012, 02:59:28 PM »
 Very nice Joe. I really like Narrowband imaging. Dave
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« on: May 18, 2012, 08:29:33 AM »
That's some really great setups. was able to get mine tracking last night.
Dave Thackeray
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« on: May 18, 2012, 08:22:28 AM »
Thanks everyone. Last night I was able to do a really bad allignment, but got it tracking. Put it on Saturn, and held it fine.
The polar scope is awesome.
Dave Thackeray
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« on: May 17, 2012, 06:00:46 PM »
 Hi all, I got my new (used) G11 today. It seems like it is going to be excellent mount, Very Beefy. Hopefully I can figure it out. Here's a few shots of it in my driveway. Excuse the Pink , modified T1i. David Thackeray
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« on: May 16, 2012, 03:27:28 PM »
It looks like you have a winner with the 60Da. Excellent, but I agree you need more data. Are you doing guided imaging?
Dave
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« on: May 16, 2012, 03:24:34 PM »
Very nice C & T. Your images are always perfect.
Dave
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« on: May 01, 2012, 10:03:42 AM »
Very nice shot. Will have to try someday.
Dave Thackeray
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« on: May 01, 2012, 09:57:20 AM »
Thanks Joe. I'm planning on getting Registar ASAP. Everyone seems to like it. I just sold my Orion EON 80mm, and bought a Starizona SCT .75 reducer/corrector. Supposed to arrive friday. Give it a try with my C8.
Dave Thackeray
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« on: April 25, 2012, 10:17:49 AM »
WOW, truly excellent. I like the 2nd one better.
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« on: April 22, 2012, 06:39:22 PM »
Fantastic image. You inspired me to try and sell as couple of things to get the Starizona .75 reducer/corrector for my C8. Hopefully I can get a shot at least half as good. Dave Thackeray
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