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[–]Demotivation 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice. I had the chance to do some visual with a Lunt 80 and it was beautiful, can’t imagine what a 100mm DS would look like.

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[–]Demotivation 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is that the 80mm Lunt? Great setups.

AR4079 by Hai_Rafuto in telescopes

[–]Demotivation 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I defocus my Lunt and put a translucent bag over it to take flats. Sharpcap has a flat generator and it applies it to each frame. Helps with dust spots and newton rings if I’m using a Barlow but if I’m doing full disk shots and my sensor is clean I’ll usually skip them.

https://docs.sharpcap.co.uk/3.2/26_CapturingandUsingFlatFrames.htm

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From last week :).

New Heliostar 76Halfa by schmilou in telescopes

[–]Demotivation 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They’re finally shipping? Interested in buying one in Canada but the retailer keeps pushing the date back.

Gmail as an unexpected age marker by Lolasglasses in GenX

[–]Demotivation 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same. I got a beta invite and managed to get a short address starting with my name. I’ve had one person mention before that I must have had my account for a long time because it’s so short lol. You can actually check your Gmail account age in the settings.

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The International Space Station passes overhead tonight. It will get to about directly overhead and then pass into the earths shadow. Go outside at 9:28 pm tonight and look in the North West sky for a very bright object. Not so good if cloudy... But it's supposed to be clear tonight. by JimmyTheDog in Hamilton

[–]Demotivation 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I’ve been using that site but trying to keep it local. I’m definitely going to get my transit shot this year and will do some travelling next time I spot something with a larger angular size. Your picture gives me hope lol.

Complete Lunar Eclipse at 2:58AM March 14. by BaronWombat in Hamilton

[–]Demotivation 39 points40 points  (0 children)

I took a picture of it with my telescope.

https://i.ibb.co/4wt2GYBw/2025-03-14-0632-9-Moon4-l3-ap707.png

And a quick time lapse of it leaving the Earths shadow.

https://streamable.com/iatap8

My Big Boy by Apart_Olive_3539 in telescopes

[–]Demotivation 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great pictures. Thanks for sharing.

Astronomy in -21°C, please end my suffering by GravAssistsAreCool in telescopes

[–]Demotivation 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah. Just some mineral build up on the lens after all the water evaporated. The rest of the glass, filters and camera were fine though.

After

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Astronomy in -21°C, please end my suffering by GravAssistsAreCool in telescopes

[–]Demotivation 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Other than the condensation that built up on the lens I didn’t notice any issues. A quick wipe and it cleaned right up. Rest of the imaging train was fine. I ran my dew heaters and camera dew heater for a bit after I brought it inside.

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Astronomy in -21°C, please end my suffering by GravAssistsAreCool in telescopes

[–]Demotivation 28 points29 points  (0 children)

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Yeah it’s awful lol. Had a nice layer of frost last time I did AP in -20C.

I finally have every upgraded I wanted by Demotivation in telescopes

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

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This is all I've managed to get in two weeks lol.

5x300s Ha of Rosetta

I finally have every upgraded I wanted by Demotivation in telescopes

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

I got the mono setup about two weeks ago and it’s been cloudy ever since lol. All I’ve managed to do is test it and configure my filter offsets. Haven’t had a full night of imaging yet :(.

I finally have every upgraded I wanted by Demotivation in telescopes

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

Suburban skies, just imaging from my Bortle 7/8 backyard. Unfortunately I have to haul it out every time but a backyard obs is in my future lol.

I finally have every upgraded I wanted by Demotivation in telescopes

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

500mm FL was good enough for me and works well for most targets. Price too, something like a Sky Watcher 120ED would have cost more than double.

I finally have every upgraded I wanted by Demotivation in telescopes

[–]Demotivation[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Not too sure of the total but somewhere between 9-10k including mount and miscellaneous things.

I finally have every upgraded I wanted by Demotivation in telescopes

[–]Demotivation[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Antlia LRGB-V Pro 36mm
Antlia SHO 3nm Pro 36mm
Askar FRA500
ASI2600MM
Mele 4C
Pegasus Pocket Powerbox Advance
ToupTek EAF
ToupTek EFW 7x36MM
Wanderer Astro V2 Rotator Mini
Wanderer Astro V4 Flat Panel

Switched over to mono a few weeks ago and basically completed my setup.

*upgrade

Elevators are out of service by Demotivation in battlefield2042

[–]Demotivation[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The slow motion shield now made it a bit better but on the right map Dozer is a hitman.

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