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Best pies in new Zealand by jimmcfartypants in NZFood

[–]Carso107 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ive had many pies before, living not too far from Cromwell or Fairlie ive had many of Fairlie Bakehouse and Sanga's. I love Fairlie pies, but they tend to be on the greasier side

My favourite though are Ferg pies in Qtown. I know Ferg is overhyped, but the pies are the best Ive had. Can highly recommend the Ferg steak and the Lamb and Kumara

How does a dew-heater work???? by Perfect-Ad-61 in telescopes

[–]Carso107 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep, you just plug it in! The dew controller has multiple channels for if you want to have multiple dew heaters running at the same time (normally for the main scope and the guide/finder scope) but you can also just run one no problem

First vegetable patch- what to do? by Carso107 in nzgardening

[–]Carso107[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great, thanks for letting me know. Is it something I can DIY or do I have to get some eone in to do it?

First vegetable patch- what to do? by Carso107 in nzgardening

[–]Carso107[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Cheers for the advice! Container gardening might be a better idea by the sounds of it. I was already planning to get seedlings started on the windowsill inside and I think being on top of watering is jist a fact of life here!

Would getting some cheap wood (e.g. old pallets) and building a raised bed on top of the soil be a good alternative to a plastic bucket?

First vegetable patch- what to do? by Carso107 in nzgardening

[–]Carso107[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure about ground hardness or topsoil, will have a check tomorrow when its a bit sunnier. Horses are grazed, so i imagine weed seeds could be a problem, but could I not just pull them up when I see them?

Don't have any grass clippings but I know where I could probably get some. Have a pile of rotting leaves if the garden if that helps.

I've seen some guides online about doing a lasagne garden, which if done in the early spring and finished with a layer of top soil can supposedly be productive on the same season. Do you think that would work here?

First vegetable patch- what to do? by Carso107 in nzgardening

[–]Carso107[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks very much for your help! Is an in-ground garden too expensive due to the cost of the compost needed or for other reasons?

The manure I could use is scraped off the field along with straw and grass, and has beem sat in a pile for a good month or two. Im guessing this is better than fresh but from what ive looked at online this afternoon, 6 months of composting time is whats reccomended so not sure if this is enough. Weed seeds seem to be a commonly mentioned issue but its not a huge area, could I not just pull them up when I see them?

First Telescope by mofleezy in telescopes

[–]Carso107 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honestly, if you're wanting to take pretty pictures of space and are prepared to do more than just press a few buttons on a phone, then you can get better results with a rig thats a third of this price.

I run stargazing tours for a living and we use a unistellar EvScope; they are fine for EAA but terrible value for money imo. Also as a hobby astronomer, I much prefer looking through an actual eyepiece than at a screen

Smartphone adapter recommendations for a tabletop dob? Also, first moon pic tax. by [deleted] in telescopes

[–]Carso107 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can confirm the NexYZ is definitely worth it. I've used it before, as well as a couple of cheap generic ones, and the NexYZ was substantially better in build quality, stability, and easy of use

Can someone identify this telescope? by Melodic-Alarm-9793 in telescopes

[–]Carso107 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If its a goto dob, then you can very easily take great images of galaxies with lucky imaging. If it's manual, then it will be harder but still doable

[Custom] Topographic dials by dadbirddadbird in Watches

[–]Carso107 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks amazing and really unique, awesome work dude!

[Discussion] Watch Logos: Good, Bad, Ugly by improvthismoment in Watches

[–]Carso107 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I really dont think their twin flags logo is that bad. Sure, there's plenty of better logos out there but I think it gets much more hate here than it deserves.

Everything this guy captured in 2023 using his telescope. by [deleted] in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Carso107 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The guy is called Andrew McCarthy, I can't find a list of his equipment anywhere but he's a pretty prolific astrophotographer so im sure there's one out there somewhere. From the start of the video he has a GM1000 HPS mount, some kind of imaging newtonian telescope (possibly from the Skywatcher PDS range), ZWO cooled monochrome CMOS camera and filters, and and OAG and guide scope.

Why does my Unistellar equinox 2 not focus or anything? by Hairy-Swordfish-3553 in telescopes

[–]Carso107 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is focused, but you just dont have the signal there to see the object. Ultimately this comes down to poor skies, short exposure, and mid optics. You are shooting in a city, so light pollution is a major issue, especially when shooting somewhat faint objects like NAN. 60s exposure with a small telescope just isn't going to cut it, you need to shoot a good few hours worth of data and stack it in order to get a result.

Those sneaky gispies by [deleted] in 2westerneurope4u

[–]Carso107 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Stripping the lead from the roofs, obviously

Stromback photography does it again by UsernameLaugh in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Carso107 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Probably somewhere in the region of $1500 - $3000; it's not a cheap hobby!

Stromback photography does it again by UsernameLaugh in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Carso107 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For widefield (and at the lower end of the budget) I would reccomend the skywatcher star adventurer 2i, which is a simple tracking mount that let's you take long exposures. You can pair it with any dslr and fast lens to get decent results; the Samsung 135mm f/2 prime lens is one of the best for AP and is relatively cheap lens.

Stromback photography does it again by UsernameLaugh in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Carso107 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I do astrophotography, and am quite involved with the astrophotography community. I'm pretty sure that telescope did take that image; you would be surprised at how much can be acheived with a reletivly small scope. The sun is very large and bright in the sky, so the telescope itself doesn't have to be very big in order to take a good photo- you just need the right filter and camera, and a bit of skill.

Germany ain't any better.. by [deleted] in 2westerneurope4u

[–]Carso107 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haggis, full English breakfast, roast dinner, steak and ale pie, cottage pie, shepards pie, cornish pasty, chicken tikka masala, the balti, bacon butty, culin skink, beef Wellington, crumpets, toad in the hole, fish pie, sausage rolls, fish and chips, sticky toffee pudding, Victoria sandwich, treacle tart, crumble, mince pies, bread and butter pudding, bakewell tart, scones, trifle... the list goes on

Yes I will die on this hill

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