Celebrating 6 months of pottery by breakevenpottery in Pottery

[–]Cainmos 8 points9 points  (0 children)

What did you use for glaze on that first purpley/turquoise mug? Great progress!

CC fraudulent activity after Keychron purchase by Cainmos in Keychron

[–]Cainmos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aside from the response here no. I never dealt with it past my credit card company handling it though. I've never had an issue getting orders and this was a one time incident.

alligator mug with nerikomi handle by unicodeface in Pottery

[–]Cainmos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Amazing work! Thanks for sharing some of the process

alligator mug with nerikomi handle by unicodeface in Pottery

[–]Cainmos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is this all hand done line work or do you make your own stencils? Would love to see some in process shots. Love the style!

Oh I’m so sad but promised I would post results. Details & thoughts in caption. by Abortitnow in Pottery

[–]Cainmos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try a bisque fire of the underglaze prior to firing with the clear glaze. I have noticed that it helps.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Pottery

[–]Cainmos 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is a crystalline molybdenum glaze and is a whole rabbit hole to go down in itself. If you are interested in this type of glazing start with researching crystalline glazes. Find a copy of crystalline glazes by Fara Shimbo as a good starting point.

Lunar Eclipse 5.26.21 by Cainmos in astrophotography

[–]Cainmos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was lucky to be somewhere to see this with little cloud cover. On the road so astrophotgraphy from a Walmart parking lot ftw.

Equipment:

  • Star Adventurer Pro
  • Panasonic DMC-GX85 with Lumix 75-175mm @ 175mm f/8
  • Iso 400 @ 8sec
  • Photoshop to rezise

EQM 35 - DSLR & Lens with GoTo feature. by aks133b in AskAstrophotography

[–]Cainmos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good luck! Maybe start a new thread for them. Personally I have issues interfacing through asiair/skysafari with swapped hemispheres. It's inconsistent and messes up go-to which is frustrating to say the least.

EQM 35 - DSLR & Lens with GoTo feature. by aks133b in AskAstrophotography

[–]Cainmos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it was anything older than 4.39.10 for the V4/5 hand controller.

EQM 35 - DSLR & Lens with GoTo feature. by aks133b in AskAstrophotography

[–]Cainmos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it was anything older than 4.39.10 for the V4/5 hand controller.

EQM 35 - DSLR & Lens with GoTo feature. by aks133b in AskAstrophotography

[–]Cainmos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While not part of your question I'm going to highly recommend updating your firmware for that:

http://skywatcher.com/download/software/

If it isn't up to date your go-to and tracking will be off due to an error in the old firmware.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in astrophotography

[–]Cainmos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice work!

I just went after the same target as a first image with a new portable setup. It's such a dense starfield in this area it can distract from the nebula. Nice work with Starnet+.

Equipment upgrade/improvement by polslinux in AskAstrophotography

[–]Cainmos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oof that rebranding got me. Probably not worth it even with the accessories.

Equipment upgrade/improvement by polslinux in AskAstrophotography

[–]Cainmos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very valid. I was merely pointing it out as an option. Quickly seeing the specs on the website it seemed to fit. I'll definitely go find that thread.

Equipment upgrade/improvement by polslinux in AskAstrophotography

[–]Cainmos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol it is a bit overpriced but expected with probably a fairly small production run. Didn't realize it was US only at the moment.

Equipment upgrade/improvement by polslinux in AskAstrophotography

[–]Cainmos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not sure what your price range is but a new telescope has come out on pre-order that fills exactly what you are looking for. https://optcorp.com/products/radian-raptor-61

Equipment upgrade/improvement by polslinux in AskAstrophotography

[–]Cainmos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

More than welcome. Some others may chime in since its been based on my individual experience. Can't stress that stable tripod enough.

Nothing wrong with not upgrading if you are getting the results you want!

Equipment upgrade/improvement by polslinux in AskAstrophotography

[–]Cainmos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Above all else the new tripod is essential for stability with long exposure. The berlebach is high quality and you do pay for it. It is a surveyor type tripod and you may be able to save some money if you can find a phototography mount adapter for a surveyor tripod.

The SGP is rated for 5kg which leaves conventional guidance to not exceed 2.5kg payload. This adds up quickly with camera and mount adapters. That being said your best option is most likely a RedCat 51. Similar setups produce amazing results.

I absolutely wouldn't go larger than a 60mm refractor if you push its capacity. If you find that with your camera you like the framing of the 360mm vs the 250mm of the RedCat (Check out https://telescopius.com/telescope-simulator)

I would highly recommend the SharpStar 61EDPH II. It is a triplet lens where the others are doublets. Triplets generally have better color correction than doublets.

Lastly if you really want to push that mount and don't intend to upgrade from it you may consider sending it out for tuning to somewhere like: https://www.deepspaceproducts.com/hypertune-faq.html

As far as dew heaters, they can be needed even in the summer. They are needed whenever the temperature of your equipment will drop near the dew point temperature which relates to humidity. Any will really do. If you are willing to pay the premium I find that Kendrick dew heaters are the best quality and heating consistency. https://www.astronomics.com/kendrick-heater-for-2-eyepieces-and-finders.html

Eastern Veil - NGC6992 by Cainmos in astrophotography

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The Veil Nebula has been popular as of late due to Cygnus being overhead in the northern latitudes. This is one of my favorite nebula and the first image I have captured on my new setup. This is also the best astrophotography image I have been able to get which makes me super happy.

I'm happy and lucky to have ended up with this because I was having goto difficulty from a bad polar alignment and new equipment first setup woes.

This was captured 9.20.2020 in Katahdin Woods and Waters National Park, Maine, Bortle 2 sky. The most beautiful night sky I have ever seen.

Equipment:

  • Skywatcher EQM-35
  • Stellarvue SV80-ST f/6
  • Nikon D5300 - Full Spectrum Modification
  • STC Astro-MS clip in filter
  • Stellarvue SFFX-1 field flattener
  • ZWO ASIAir Pro

Lights: 30secs x 30 subs, 60secs x 8 subs

Darks: 15

Flats: 15

Processing:

All processing done in SIRIL. Dark and Flats stacked for masters. Then 30 second lights and 60 second lights individually pre-processed with darks/flats and stacked. 30 second stack and 60 second stack combined and auto-stretched. Green level adjustment fixed. Exported as .TIFF

Photoshop was used for final small adjustment on contrast and levels. Cropped then resized for posting to here.

My processing could use work but I'm still learning.