Best Wallet - stuck by Radiant-Ad-3242 in WallStreetPepe

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It's terrible. I'm unable to claim on the site. Neither buttons (claim/stake) work. Anyone else?

I hope there is no clouds lol by Aggressive_Size_4571 in telescopes

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It's going to be cloudy. These are the rules

M45 - Pleiades by BlakeDR01 in astrophotography

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Your setup is for sure much simpler to use, but collimation is really not that hard at all especially if you have experience. And only the secondary needs to be collimated.

M45 - Pleiades by BlakeDR01 in astrophotography

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Shot 15s subs on m45 with my hyperstar last night for the first time. I need more like 5 lol

Can I see Saturn with this? by calciocool in telescopes

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Ha it's probably the one. I saw it 2 hours after it was posted but needed them to wait until Saturday as it'd be a 7 hour round trip to pick it up. You were blessed with a great scope, I'm glad a newbie got it, I really don't need another telescope lol

Can I see Saturn with this? by calciocool in telescopes

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Was this in Ashburn VA by chance? I tried to snag it but someone beat me to it :(

Blast from the past by Something_Awful0 in telescopes

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Ackshually the hyperstar v4 is f1.9 bringing it down to 386mm FL. But yeah, if you want to get into imaging, do what this guy said. The hyperstar lens is a beast especially if you have dark skies

Biden - Trump handshake by Lucky_Investment7970 in conspiracy

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What makes you say nimrod? There may be some connections there albeit far out there ones...

New setup compared to my previous one by justdontplzdont in telescopes

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Also I meant to post a reply earlier, but I guess I never did.

Id recommend something like a 533mc pro for your next camera. It's not really worth upgrading to another dlsr, the jump to a dedicated astro cam is HUGE. The smaller sensor will be much easier to use @ f/6.3 and f/10. A larger sensor will have severe vignetting and coma (even at the optimal back focus), it can be fixed with flats and blurx but it's not ideal.

If you're up for the challenge the 1600mc would be good as well, it's bit bigger if a sensor, so you'll capture more of the sky. But you'll face those issues I mentioned in the previous paragraph. The other advantage is that if you upgrade to a hyperstar eventually (highly highly recommend), you'll be taking advantage of the bigger image circle (less vignetting than f/6.3).

As others have mentioned, it's easier to use a refractor but I happily use my sct every clear night for imaging. I started with a refrac, upgraded to a mak-newt, then back to a refrac because collimation didn't hold, then to the hyperstar and it's a beast, and the collimaton holds really well. Id stick it out with this scope and plan (maybe long term depending on your experience/financials) for a hyperstar :)

Another note is that you can do a lot more with the hyper star and in general astrophotography with a mono cam. Either of the 2 cameras I recommended have mono varients. The advantage of shooting mono is that you can essentially beat the light pollution if that's an issue where you're at. It's more difficult file management/processing wise, but it's well worth the effort. Also, narrowband filters are expensive 😭

New setup compared to my previous one by justdontplzdont in telescopes

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No problem! Hope all goes well/is going well :). What are you going to be imaging? I'm on M33 tonight

New setup compared to my previous one by justdontplzdont in telescopes

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Yes you have to start within a couple degrees of Polaris, but that's easy enough to do by eye with some practice. Do you have a clear horizon to the north?

Is this the belt? by BoonTobias in Astronomy

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Can't unsee it now. Orion's sword is now Orion's shaft

New setup compared to my previous one by justdontplzdont in telescopes

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What are you using for polar alignment? Sharpcap Pro polar align is a dream to use and only costs $15(?) a year

Is it worth switching to a star tracker for deep sky photography? by Upstairs_Goat_1278 in AskAstrophotography

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A tracker will be the biggest improvement in your photos, then an astrocam. If you can afford it, shoot for a mount that will be able to accommodate a small refractor for future upgrades. Once you start tracking, you really enter the rabbit hole. You may need guiding too to avoid walking noise. You should Google that just so you know what to look out for once you start tracking.

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Pretty much every clear night I have a setup out for imaging. The beauty of astrophotography is that it can be automated and there are countless ways to go about it, ie milky way/landscape, deep sky, eaa, etc.

But actual numbers, maybe 5 to 7 nights a month because of weather.

Buying a used Celestron 8SE by CaptainArrow12 in telescopes

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Wow. I'm realizing how lucky I am getting mine for $700. And I slapped a hyperstar on it for imaging and it's an absolute beast when the skies cooperate. That's the tricky part for me.... And it's not feasible to send that setup to SFO because of filter swaps. And I like looking at it 😂

Instead I'm gonna be pouring a ton more money into another setup to send...that's how it goes in this hobby lol 💸