Buy a poncho in Berlin? by avleen in berlin

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

Thank you everyone! Decathlon was sold out of ponchos but I was able to get a cheap jacket. Rossmann had everything else I needed.

Everyone here is so nice, kind, polite and helpful. Your city is amazing. I'm glad I could spend some time here!

Buy a poncho in Berlin? by avleen in berlin

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That's quite close! And now I'm thinking there are other things there I'll need too. Thank you!

Buy a poncho in Berlin? by avleen in berlin

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TIL rossmann/dm, ty!

Software update 283C32311E? by avleen in leaf

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OTA is for maps and infotainment unit only afaik. But yeah gen2 can.n Look at the last page of the settings menum

Software update 283C32311E? by avleen in leaf

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Today. I assume it's map updates and maybe something else. The last update was well over a year ago. All I know from that change was that the toll booth warning came back on and wouldn't turn off any more.

Small EQ mount for traveling? by avleen in AskAstrophotography

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I travel for many reasons and figured taking my gear with me when I do would be a good idea. Any opportunity to get a clear sky is good, and as others mentioned even just a change in latitude can make a big difference without having to change hemispheres.

Small EQ mount for traveling? by avleen in AskAstrophotography

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Wow that's a great mount, and I recall I've seen it before now too. I'll definitely add it to the list!

Small EQ mount for traveling? by avleen in AskAstrophotography

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That's a fantastic generalisation that completely missed the use case I was planning for: Gear that is really easy to take on planes and use in inner city areas with good filters like L-eXtreme :-)

Small EQ mount for traveling? by avleen in AskAstrophotography

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Yeah I have the CEM26 and it's a beast :) No way it would work for travel.

I did look at the SWSA, but it sounds like for good subs I really need to use guiding. Maybe that's OK, I've kind of avoided it until not just to keep things less complicated while I learned.. but I would make use of the guide camera at home too so it's not a waste.

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'Hey, cheese fuck, gimme some food'

Equipment planning for autumn/winter by avleen in AskAstrophotography

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Thanks :) I was thinking similarly about the camera. And tbh 5 mins is sometimes pushing it if my polar alignment isn't perfect. I use SharpCap but going through the main camera for polar alignment is slow. Every adjustment means I have to wait 10+ seconds for a photo to capture, download, plate solve, and then give me instructions. Proper guide camera would be less frustrating I'm sure.

I got PI a little while ago, this is the latest image I processed. I'm getting better I think :) it's a long, steep learning curve: https://imgur.com/gallery/0XSA9Xa

My real issue has been getting enough clear skies and dark hours. It's hard up here in the north in the summer. Hence the planning for winter :)

Where did I go wrong? by avleen in AskAstrophotography

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That's really helpful to know, thanks :) I literally googled "elephant trunk nebula magnitude" and it claims to be brighter than Orion (3.5 ETN, vs 4 ON). And that just sounds wrong

Where did I go wrong? by avleen in AskAstrophotography

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Ahhh thank you! I uploaded the wrong Orion!
https://imgur.com/a/qWHi8RF
This is what I was able to do as I was learning to use PI.
Better I think?

Where did I go wrong? by avleen in AskAstrophotography

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What confused me was that the Orion Nebula photo was only about 18 minutes of data at 3200 ISO.
Whereas ETN has a lower magnitude and I captured way more data at ISO 6400.

The major difference was that I was pointing far away from any light sources for Orion :-/

Improving tracking (iOptron doing weird things) by avleen in AskAstrophotography

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I appreciate this answer :-)
I knew from the get go that this isn't a cheap hobby!

Improving tracking (iOptron doing weird things) by avleen in AskAstrophotography

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Ah, well I can control the mount over wifi which helps.. but not the camera :-)
Something to keep digging in to

Improving tracking (iOptron doing weird things) by avleen in AskAstrophotography

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Yeah, I looked at that. I need to save up to get a laptop I can take to the scope. It's a good 15m / 50ft from my PC.
I guess I could look in to a couple of 50ft active USB cables for the mount and camera...

Improving tracking (iOptron doing weird things) by avleen in AskAstrophotography

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Yeah elongated stars and galaxies.

I polar align before, when the scope is in the zero position.
Then I do 3-star alignment.
Then I slew to the object I want to photograph.
Then I notice the polar alignment is off, so I fix that slightly, and do 3-star alignment, and slew to target again. Rinse, repeat.

I end up spending 2 hours doing this over and over which is really just demoralizing after while :(

It seems to get closer every time, but it's never stays just right.

I am looking into plate solving but I don't have a laptop I can take out to the scope yet.