[emoji4] I had a brief stint when I was using it for nature/bird photography, just made the scope a little less obvious when waiting for les oiseaux.
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..and. The Clangers know everything we’re up to anyway.
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Pretty much. I was using this scope as it’s a bloody peach, the optics are really good. At the time I bought it the quality of ED80 optics from China was a bit of a lottery.
I struck lucky with this one as it’s proven it’s worth for both Planetary and Deep Sky stuff. Never ever felt the need to change scopes as it’s always been me, not the scope that’s the limiting factor.
I’ve sold all my Deep Sky rig for now but kept the scope as I can’t bear to part with it and it will serve me well once I get back to having a garden/astrophotography site again.
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Looking to do some deep-sky stuff hopefully (once I get hold of a new light pollution filter). Reckon I can get something worthwhile from my balcony as I can polar align the wide-field camera rig.
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In the meantime, I’ve been reacquainting myself with the processing side by reworking some old captures I had never really processed properly.
I combined two separate capture sessions for this image of the Double Cluster in Perseus. (Low quality version for posting here).
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Then reworked s capture of M51 (The Whirlpool Galaxy) to bring out more detail in the arms and address the colour balance. (Crop from centre of the wide-field image)
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Wont be able to get images of objects this scale, will go for slightly larger targets but the processing will be similar.
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My scope had a spotter on it, so u could get in the zone. Course it wasn't computerised. Wasn't very good either but was fun
Here’s the deep sky rig that I used to have..
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That's the dogs Bollocks Tony
Well, have been able to get out and image with the ‘nifty fifty’ for the last two nights.
Practising for a new lens that’s due here soon.
Using the great little Skywatcher Star Adventurer, I have been able to grab some images even in the light-polluted environment of my balcony.
Quite pleased with this. I may even be starting to get the hang of it again. [emoji4]
The North America Nebula region in Cygnus.
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