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    Quote Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony View Post
    Commander Koenig put that up years ago, still going strong

    Tony, why has your telescope got camouflage on it? Is it so the Clangers don't know they're being watched?
    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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    Quote Originally Posted by mightymonoped View Post
    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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    So what's the difference between a spotting scope and a telescope? Is a spotting scope just a more compact, more portable, less powerful version?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony View Post
    So what's the difference between a spotting scope and a telescope? Is a spotting scope just a more compact, more portable, less powerful version?
    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.


    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).



    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)




    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
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    Here’s the deep sky rig that I used to have..




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    That's the dogs Bollocks Tony
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    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”


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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
    That's the dogs Bollocks Tony
    Certainly was! . Hoping to put another together before too long.


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    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.

    The North America Nebula region in Cygnus.





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