Guest Kheldar Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 So I might be a little premature in putting the scopes out, but getting a little excited for first light tonight (Plus cunningly cheap USB hub / adaptor combo!) Let's just hope NATO aren't doing low pass-overs today ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Looks the business Stephen!! Hope for good photo's on your first light!! Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red dwalf Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Looking nice steve, let is know how the imaging goes with the starwave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Looks teriffic Stephen - I do like that ADM sbs arrangement .... hmmmm........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Aggggh! Jealous! Lovely stuff Stephen. Looking forward to seeing the resultant images Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Strings Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Nice set up Stephen, the dark side truly has you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Yup, you are so dark now we can only see you in infra red! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kheldar Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 (edited) Thanks all Was a bit hit and miss last night, spent far too long trying to get Alignmaster to .... well align! Once I finally gave in and pointed the scope manually (I'm sure I bought that GOTO upgrade for a reason ....) all was well. 90 minutes on M101 to process later but in short: The 80ED feels brilliant. It's beefy and solid and gave me no issues all night. I'm not convinced it's a travel scope though unless you have gorilla like arms. The reducer is a bit finicky trying to put 2" filters into it. There's not enough finger room! I ended up double stacking a 2" filer to reach the thread ..... Reducer + supplied adaptor/spacer + M48 ring + DSLR (didn't measure up yet) gives a rough 11-14% curvature. I'm not sure if this is good, bad or indifferent yet. More testing to be done. EQMod is the best thing since sliced bread. However for pulse guiding you have to turn the rates up to 0.9x else it won't move the mount enough. CDC is going to take some learning, but I'm sure it will be worth it in the end. Alignmaster .... well let's just say I'm not overly impressed at this point. I shall recheck my home position, and make sure I properly polar align next time before attempting to use the software. DIY mini non powered USB hub ran fine all night, no issues at all (meaning three long cables all in, power to pc and mount, usb from pc to mount) 1M USB cables connected to hub on side of mount did not snag, pull or give any issue with the scope slewing around all over the sky. Granted I didn't point at anything due south and low, but I don't see that being any more of an issue. Despite thinking I had my worms adjusted correctly, there's a couple of binding patches that I will need to address. In summary, the call from the dark side is indeed strong .... Edited March 12, 2012 by Kheldar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkil8r Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Excuse me while I sit here in the corner drooling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Glad the Starwave behaved! I've only done a few solar shots using the Baader zoom into the diagonal but results are pretty good. Looking forward to seeing your results! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Type-R Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Excuse me while I sit here in the corner drooling Excuse me while I sit here in the corner completely confused. Hardly understood a word Stephen said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I agree it looks the part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ibbo Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Looks good the Ed 80 is the grab and go rig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkil8r Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Excuse me while I sit here in the corner completely confused. Hardly understood a word Stephen said. Neither did I, I just look at the pictures lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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