Bottletopburly Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 iss transit of the sun next sunday all being clear Tweedledee and Orion 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 You're going to be ready and waiting for that then, 'w' word permitting. Bottletopburly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottletopburly Posted April 22, 2017 Author Share Posted April 22, 2017 hopefully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bino-viewer Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Amazing what there is available to calculate these passes. Do you have a link for this info please David ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottletopburly Posted April 23, 2017 Author Share Posted April 23, 2017 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Bino-viewer said: Amazing what there is available to calculate these passes. Do you have a link for this info please David ?? Here you go i think i came across it on SGL may have been on here can`t remember now best i have come across yet http://transit-finder.com/results click on where it says home fill in location details and bobs your uncle Edited April 23, 2017 by Bottletopburly Orion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bino-viewer Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Good on yer David. Thanks, i'll check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottletopburly Posted April 30, 2017 Author Share Posted April 30, 2017 (edited) Well that was a waste ,que the pc playing up ggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr ,time out error in eqmod will need to set the mount up and check cables ,seemed ok up to the last time i updated eqmod , update on that my mate lives 2 min away he didnt get it i think we were to near the edge of transit ,but he has a mate 4 miles away and he was more or less in centre of disc and got it Edited April 30, 2017 by Bottletopburly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 3 hours ago, Bottletopburly said: Well that was a waste ,que the pc playing up ggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr ,time out error in eqmod will need to set the mount up and check cables ,seemed ok up to the last time i updated eqmod , update on that my mate lives 2 min away he didnt get it i think we were to near the edge of transit ,but he has a mate 4 miles away and he was more or less in centre of disc and got it Oh well! Good try, but there'll be others when everything goes to plan. Bottletopburly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottletopburly Posted April 30, 2017 Author Share Posted April 30, 2017 28 minutes ago, Tweedledee said: Oh well! Good try, but there'll be others when everything goes to plan. Yes ,my other problem is i need to get full disc of sun to be able to use the qhy5,as i only have the 1000D dslr ,my mate on the other hand has the 1100D that has video so i need a way of getting the disc i could possibly use the qhy guide scope whether i could get focus sharp though not sure ,or maybe get a c-mount to ef adapter and use a camera lens , not sure how big Fov would be though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 4 hours ago, Bottletopburly said: Yes ,my other problem is i need to get full disc of sun to be able to use the qhy5,as i only have the 1000D dslr ,my mate on the other hand has the 1100D that has video so i need a way of getting the disc i could possibly use the qhy guide scope whether i could get focus sharp though not sure ,or maybe get a c-mount to ef adapter and use a camera lens , not sure how big Fov would be though Post up your scope aperture and focal ratio, and all the chip sizes / camera details and I will calculate the FOV for you. Bottletopburly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 (edited) Not being an imager, I'm not 100% sure what you are trying to do, but have calculated the following... Using your 200p at prime focus with the QHY5 colour, then you should get a field of view of 0.23 degrees x 0.17 degrees which is 0.29 degrees across the diagonal of the sensor. The sun is half a degree across, so you won't get the full disc. Using your 200p at prime focus with your 1000D (or 1100D), then you should get a field of view of 1.05 degrees x 0.67 degrees which is 1.25 degrees across the diagonal of the sensor. HTH. Edited April 30, 2017 by Tweedledee Bottletopburly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottletopburly Posted May 1, 2017 Author Share Posted May 1, 2017 9 hours ago, Tweedledee said: Not being an imager, I'm not 100% sure what you are trying to do, but have calculated the following... Using your 200p at prime focus with the QHY5 colour, then you should get a field of view of 0.23 degrees x 0.17 degrees which is 0.29 degrees across the diagonal of the sensor. The sun is half a degree across, so you won't get the full disc. Using your 200p at prime focus with your 1000D (or 1100D), then you should get a field of view of 1.05 degrees x 0.67 degrees which is 1.25 degrees across the diagonal of the sensor. HTH. Yes i can get sun disc in 1000d but my camera doesnt have video mode which i need to capture ISS passing the sun/moon so what i need is a way of using the qhy5 to get full disc ,so if i got a c-mount to ef adapter and used say my nifty fifty or the stock lens 18-55 could i do it that way (appropriate sun filter of course) or i upgrade to a 1100d and sell the 1000D i suppose i could do that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottletopburly Posted May 1, 2017 Author Share Posted May 1, 2017 (edited) Here is the captured image from a few miles away in Stanion Edited May 1, 2017 by Bottletopburly Orion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 57 minutes ago, Bottletopburly said: Yes i can get sun disc in 1000d but my camera doesnt have video mode which i need to capture ISS passing the sun/moon so what i need is a way of using the qhy5 to get full disc ,so if i got a c-mount to ef adapter and used say my nifty fifty or the stock lens 18-55 could i do it that way (appropriate sun filter of course) or i upgrade to a 1100d and sell the 1000D i suppose i could do that No problem but the sun will be much smaller. FOV at 18mm about 15×11 degrees FOV at 50mm about 5.5×4.1 degrees FOV at 55mm about 5×3.7 degrees Bottletopburly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottletopburly Posted May 1, 2017 Author Share Posted May 1, 2017 maybe upgrade the camera will be the better way to go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 3 minutes ago, Bottletopburly said: maybe upgrade the camera will be the better way to go More money to spend Is that guy Tony (Magnatone) still running the Stanion Stargazers? He announced he was starting a the new group way back in 2013 and we don't seem to have heard from him since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottletopburly Posted May 1, 2017 Author Share Posted May 1, 2017 Just now, Tweedledee said: More money to spend Is that guy Tony (Magnatone) still running the Stanion Stargazers? He announced he was starting a the new group way back in 2013 and we don't seem to have heard from him since. im not sure my friend Damien weatherley runs it with i think the chap that took the iss picture graham ,tony started it ,not sure what happened with tony,Damiens mad for it i did say to him to put his club details in here ,it is now stanion astro http://www.stanionastro.com/ they do have speakers regulary i believe . Orion and Tweedledee 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Thanks for that update. Looks like a very active club then. Bottletopburly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 Here is the captured image from a few miles away in Stanion Fantastic picture. Great detail in the ISS shape. And that was a 200mm reflector with a 1000d? Is that a single shot? If so, did you have the shutter release running off as many shots as you could, at the time of transit? There's another solar transit coming up 5 May, 09h27m:33.2-43.0s. I'm on the centreline in Loughborough. I don't have a full aperture filter for my 8.75" but I have a Mylar film for my 70-300mm lens. I get a reasonable size disc at 300mm. But the ISS will be a speck. I can run video with it being an 1100d though. Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottletopburly Posted May 2, 2017 Author Share Posted May 2, 2017 39 minutes ago, Orion said: Fantastic picture. Great detail in the ISS shape. And that was a 200mm reflector with a 1000d? Is that a single shot? If so, did you have the shutter release running off as many shots as you could, at the time of transit? There's another solar transit coming up 5 May, 09h27m:33.2-43.0s. I'm on the centreline in Loughborough. I don't have a full aperture filter for my 8.75" but I have a Mylar film for my 70-300mm lens. I get a reasonable size disc at 300mm. But the ISS will be a speck. I can run video with it being an 1100d though. Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk Not my picture sadly ,i think off the top of my head the chap graham used a 1200D, scope i am not sure of and i believe it was in video mode as thats the better way of capturing Orion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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