johnst Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Hello all, visited the site at Belper which is only a few miles from where I live last week and was there with my son and grandchildren, couldn't resist getting up at 1 am and having 90 mins with my phone app. Found out about this forum so have joined - hope it's as good as SGL. Have been a visual for years and done some basic imaging but now trying a bit of serious stuff before I get past the sell by date! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Glafnazur Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Hi John, welcome to the forum, if you have any questions then just ask away. What equipment have you got? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnst Posted June 8, 2021 Author Share Posted June 8, 2021 Currently I have a - WO Megrez 72 6" homemade Dobsonian Celestron 15x70 Skymaster Pro Binos Carl Zeiss 7x50 Binos Star Adventurer with WO mod wedge Canon 700d Modded Canon 70-210 F4 Celestron xcel 25 & 12.5 eyepieces Borrowed Nagler 31mm eyepiece Panoptic 24mm eyepiece Several Hyperion eyepieces ASIair Pro Bundle - recently aquired. Sold some of my gear last autumn (scope & mount) to reinvest for imaging. Hope I've done the right thing, still learning massively especially with the ASIair and the short nights aren't helping. Getting geared up ready for the partial eclipse on Thursday!! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Type-R Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 (edited) Hi and welcome to the forum, I’m the chap you spoke to on the phone yesterday evening. Glad to see you made it here. 👍 Edited June 8, 2021 by Daz Type-R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Hi John and welcome to EMS 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Hi John, a warm welcome to the group. Have a look round and make yourself at home. I look forward to meeting you in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Hi John and welcome to the forum... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Hi John welcome to the EMS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuckstar Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Hi John, welcome aboard. I'm just a visual monkey but there are plenty of helpfull APers on here. Just shout in the right thread and you'll get all the help you need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnst Posted June 9, 2021 Author Share Posted June 9, 2021 Won't have time to look around today as we're heading off to Bridlington on the east coast tonight for a couple of days for the eclipse, so can I ask what image quality do I set my dslr at, it has been on RAW lately. Thanks for any comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 My Canon is always set to RAW + Large JPG, you've got the choice then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnst Posted June 9, 2021 Author Share Posted June 9, 2021 Thanks for that, Clive👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Welcome, John. Wth your kit, the only problem is knowing what to use, how and when. There's loads of things you can do with just your Canon and Star Adventurer mount. One object I think you should try is M4, a globular cluster in Scorpius. I think if you can get it for about 10-15 seconds exposure about ISO 800 you should get a good shot. A bit later in the year, there's M8, M20 and M22. Difficult but not many people do M22, so I would be very interested to see what you get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Welcome John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8472 Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Hi and welcome, John. Many experienced imagers here, so you've come to the right place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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