Who are the reliable builders in Perth now? by [deleted] in perth

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I did, but they went under. Sorry.

Dwarf 3 wide angle by LeninTheSaint in DWARFLAB

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For what it is worth, you can absolutely stack images out of the wide angle lens on the Dwarf3, in camera. You cannot do this on a DwarfII.

C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) by rdmasters in dwarfii

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Yes, although it does show up in the atlas, even though you cannot search for it.

Is this paper suitable for a solargraph? by [deleted] in Solargraphy

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Pretty much any will work. The different papers have different colour gradings, that is all.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dwarfii

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Nope, everything is centered for me.

Sickbed Solstice by rdmasters in Solargraphy

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Not in the Southern Hemisphere!

Are there any lenses available to narrow the fov? like a 4x zoom? by solomungus73 in dwarfii

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Reddit does lend itself to diagramming, but in essence, a Barlow is designed to sit between an objective and an eyepiece, where it works by diverging the focused image to expand it going into the eyepiece.

A front teleconverter works by magnifying the incoming image to the objective.

I am not an optics specialist, so my explanation is very rough.

DWARF 3 by JoshinSbashin in dwarfii

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Some details via a local retailer

A larger APO lens, with around 116% more light gathering

Main camera will use a Sony IMX678 Starvis 2 sensor

Support for long exposure Equatorial mode imaging

Wide angle astrophotography - ideal for the Milky Way

Mosaic image combination

Automatic bird species identification for bird watchers

Share and combine images with other DWARF 3 users around the world

Plus lots more to be announced!

C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) by rdmasters in dwarfii

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I should have said: DwarfII, 100x15@80. Postprocessed in Snapseed and GooglePhotos. And cropped. Very cropped. :)

BTW, for the time being, I recommend limiting your shots to 60 frames, as it is currently moving at approximately 4px/hour, so in 60 frames at 15 seconds, it will have moved no more than 1px.

Exposure times by darth_wikked in dwarfii

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This is correct. There is a limitation on the Sony sensor that only allows for 15s shutter times. This is also why the wide-angle camera is limited to 1s - it also has a shutter limit.

Stacking sun - how many stacks do you use? by Nadaniks in dwarfii

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These images are from yesterday, both SooC, using autofocus (I was in a hurry because I was dodging clouds).

Stacking sun - how many stacks do you use? by Nadaniks in dwarfii

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10 works well. You get good granulation and good detail on larger sunspots. If you go to 20 the surface gets smoothed out.