Popular Post Peter Shah Posted January 30, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 30, 2021 M82 imaged with another one of the scopes I have built in Spain, taken in RGB and Ha, with the 17inch Planewave, L500 mount. Moravian 16803. All 5min unguided subs. just over four and a half hours each in RGB and nearly 6hours in Ha giving a total of 19 and a half hours. Cropped from the full frame. Processing in Pixinsight, Photoshop and Lightroom. Thanks for looking Peter Shah It was actually a crop from a wider field...I did have to deal with a big artefact which is actually on the sensor. It wouldn't calibrate out so the camera has got to go back to Moravian to fix it which is a bit of a pain. philjay, +Graham, +RonC and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Great image Peter, that sure is an artefact!! bad news about the cam, does that mean you have to go to Spain or is there someone looking after it? Ron Peter Shah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Shah Posted January 30, 2021 Author Share Posted January 30, 2021 11 minutes ago, RonC said: Great image Peter, that sure is an artefact!! bad news about the cam, does that mean you have to go to Spain or is there someone looking after it? Ron Ordinarily I wouldn't let anyone else do the work as I'm quite particular how things are fitted. However I have just built a new FLI Kepler KL-4040 Cmos complete with filter wheel, filters , spacers and adapters, it should be arriving any day. It's all built up as one unit so the work is done it just needs to be screwed on and plugged in....There is a chap on site that can do that .....(carefully!!) Then as soon as I can go out there I will fine tune everything. There are a couple of other scopes that need some minor work doing on them so I'm quite keen to get out there.... I don't think it will be until early summer with the Covid restrictions.....but if I can go sooner I will.....I have another 14 inch F3.6 that I'm refurbishing at the moment that I'm taking out there on the next trip so I have to get that finished and tested before I can go. +Bino-viewer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bino-viewer Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Sounds amazing Peter. I've just looked at the specs on this camera.......do you rent this imaging gear and the scopes as part of the remote facility or it it all your own kit ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Peter Shah Posted January 30, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 30, 2021 (edited) 42 minutes ago, Bino-viewer said: Sounds amazing Peter. I've just looked at the specs on this camera.......do you rent this imaging gear and the scopes as part of the remote facility or it it all your own kit ? The Kepler is a very special camera...It will bring that whole rig up another level.... I've installed and built it all with a friend of mine as a massive project, fortunately for me he has funded it all ....It's not rented ..... The only thing that is rented is the building. I service maintain and run the observatory ... To say its a huge amount of work is an understatement! Its taken over 2years so far to get it to where it is....thousands of miles driving to Spain and back...I was doing 10 trips a year until Covid hit....so last year I only managed three trips, fortunately most of the work is now complete. I will have to do a thread on the build showing the various stages.... Its not just been an install either I've had rebuilt and serviced five of the Paramounts fitting new worm gears, Stripped and refurbished several of the scopes. Two of the scope I've designed and built myself..... Now finally I'm getting data from it. which is the most rewarding thing..... I'm very proud of the whole project.... I'm so fortunate to be involved in it, it's a dream come true for me..... Me fitting the 17in Planewave...its a monster!! Edited January 30, 2021 by Peter Shah +Glafnazur, +RonC, +DaveJW and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Again, truss tubes, carbon fibre, lightened ali plates oooooooohhhhhh I shall fetch my coat again 😁 Peter Shah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Wow - telescope heaven, you're very fortunate Pete. 🙂 Peter Shah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bino-viewer Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Mind boggling Peter.....my little refractors and Canon camera all seem rather insignificant after looking at that lot ! 😀 You (or was it someone else ?) mentioned the security issues at these remote facilities....? I take it theres someone on site who lives there permanently ? What an amazing job that would be....! Peter Shah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Shah Posted January 30, 2021 Author Share Posted January 30, 2021 (edited) 48 minutes ago, Bino-viewer said: Mind boggling Peter.....my little refractors and Canon camera all seem rather insignificant after looking at that lot ! 😀 You (or was it someone else ?) mentioned the security issues at these remote facilities....? I take it theres someone on site who lives there permanently ? What an amazing job that would be....! One of my favourite rigs is the smallest there....the little 105mm lens.....😉 what is that saying? ' its not how big it is it's what you can do with it that counts'🤣 Yes there are people there all of the time and we have camera's .. we get notifications when doors are opened...etc ......does it make me feel any better that the kit is all the way over in Spain? not really!!! but I'm constantly checking and tweaking settings so I will know if something is up. 49 minutes ago, Brantuk said: Wow - telescope heaven, you're very fortunate Pete. 🙂 TBH I have to pinch myself ever now and then 1 hour ago, philjay said: Again, truss tubes, carbon fibre, lightened ali plates oooooooohhhhhh I shall fetch my coat again 😁 I do like a good truss and a bit of shiny carbon 😄 Edited January 30, 2021 by Peter Shah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottletopburly Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Wowsa peter what more can I say 👍 Peter Shah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 You are one lucky man Peter. Peter Shah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 That is majorly impressive Pete, no wonder you've been a bit quiet sorting that lot out. More power to your elbow Sir. 👍 Peter Shah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Shah Posted January 30, 2021 Author Share Posted January 30, 2021 thank you all... 57 minutes ago, BAZ said: no wonder you've been a bit quiet sorting that lot out. Trying to find time for anything has been so difficult as you can see..... but extremely satisfying now the data is staring to flow.....and a sense of relief! BAZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Glafnazur Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Great image Peter and what a setup. Totally awesome 👍👍 Peter Shah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithysteve Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Very nice! Great images and an Aladdin’s cave of gems and treasures. Love it! Peter Shah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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