Alexandra,
What do mean by a black card in the nosepiece of the camera?

Jack

Love to know myself.

Gorgeous

Gorgeous

Gorgeous

I’m excited

Wow! They both did great!!
How did you occult the sun on the larger prom shot?

Jack

ND I have the original serial number from the black box.

Good news for you beauty nerds. I found the tuning ring so the scuff marks on the ETALON are covered. I will ship everything in the initial post except the self centering adapter and the glass path and BF5.

Here are the photos of the ETALON after I have removed the gold tubes. The ETALON looks clean but I want to make sure you know you will not win beauty awards with your mod. The ETALON has some teeth marks on the surface but that does not impact performance. I will ship with both gold tube "exte...

Ouch! I just found these offers so I will contact you in order. So sorry I had not gotten the messages.

BTW, the BF5 is sold and the gold tubes are removed and the self-centering adapter is now repurposed.


Stay tuned,
Jack

Great and interesting explanation Simon.

I never considered binning the sun since I equate binning with decreasing exposure on do objects.

Mark and Rainier, It's the physics and the math which confuses me so I get lost in marketing hype. I appreciate the insight. If the primary difference is for visual then I can consider I rarely am visual. If my camera limits me then that's another issue. I neli3ve it was you , Mark, who turned me on...

I want higher mag for my DSO, Lunar and H-Alpha work (and whitelight too). I have: - 80mm Orion ED f7.5 - 152mm acrho Explore Scientific f6.5 - Quark - ASI 174mm for Solar and Lunar - Mallincam DSC10c for DSO I RARELY do visual anymore. So... -Should I consider PowerMate or Barlow -If PowerMate, is ...

I'm parting out my PST Stage 2 Mod. $99 gets you my Coronado (pre-Meade) Etalon #95471 (and the attractive portion of the original gold tube which I adhered to the Etalon as a nosepiece into a 2" focuser). The Glasspath is already sold. If you'd like the extension tube you are welcome to it (it...

camera is alllllll clean

Thanks, all! I"m convinced! Sadly my first spin was less than enthralling, but I'll keep at it. I have the Baader Photo Solar film (3.8) and the Solar Continuum. I'll bet tomorrow it will pop into amazing! I did see the one larger and 3 smaller sunspots. Oh and of course, my camera dropped out ...

My Debbie gave me a Solar Continuum filter and Photo Solar Film for Christmas.

Do I need the 1.25" or 2" filter? I can utilize either format, but don't want to vignette in white light imaging.

-152mm f6.5 refractor
-80mm f7.5 ED refractor
-ASI174 camera

Thanks,
Jack

I add a focal reducer on my refractor rigs up at the camera successfully to widen the field.

Jacj

Crystal clear on all features.

Yesterday another good example...several days came all bunched up.

And I am happy to help test.

I receive updates to forums and watched threads. But recently delivery has been spotty and I can go for several days without an email.

Jack

I’d be thrilled with that image!

Great presentation