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rxdeath

nice, glad it all worked out. the zwo camera are the best bang for the buck you can get nowadays in my opinion. many people on here use the 174 (more expensive, bigger chip) or the 120 (you can get this one for like 200$), buyt it won't do full disc natively so your full disc will be mosaics or you ...

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looking good as always

rxdeath

thanks so much. here's my first try, i need a lot of work, but its good for right now. sorry the computer decided to eat your time.

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i got another one, this was a much larger apparent diameter, but i couldn't reach dead center since it was in the middle of a field. as always 99% of credit goes to calsky. 08/16/2016 14:29:40 PDT 39.168770, -122.160788 transit-duration: .66s, path width: 5.96 km. diameter of ISS: 59.25" howeve...

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yea not good indeed...zwo has already told me to send it in for inspection, which i can't do until next week. everyone cross your fingers this thing works, i have some cool stuff going on this weekend, i'm going to try and beg/borrow a cheapie 1.25 0.5x focal reducer so my 120 will handle stuff if n...

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for anyone else this likely means your usb connection is coming loose, so it is not a good thing. i sent an email to zwo to see what can be done. when i wiggle the cord it comes and goes with 2 different cords. with those same cords the 120 runs just fine, so that has to be the culprit. if i kind of...

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added pictures...

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to add to the frustration of the asi174 acting up, today was the single best day of seeing i have probably ever had. i was transported to the south of france for a short time, here are my ssm logs, is this real or do you think this is bad data? i didn't take many pics because it got hot fast, but wh...

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does anyone know what causes this and if it means my 174 has a problem? i hope not i have some stuff going on this weekend that i need full disk. i have a 120-s as well and that is working just fine. i've used both of these many days, and then all the sudden today this shows up. i haven't reinstalle...

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nice as always! number 4 is my favorite, much better seeing for this one? the fine line detail you always get is elusive to me. do you have a recommendation for a thread to a non destructive mod using a c11edge and a pst etalon similar to your setup? i have a c11 and your images inspire me to use it...

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this is gone...just wanted to mark it as such

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also-
almost all browsers will now zoom in and out with your mouse if you have a scroll wheel that you use to move the page up and down

if you hold the control button, it will control zoom also

rxdeath

thanks for all these pictures what as nice place to do something so fun...the near perfect seeing doesnt' hurt either the stability and eveness of your timelapse is impressive did that take a lot of work post recording or did genika do most of the work in recording? if i saw .7 on my ssm a this poin...

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onboard for there's so many ways for users to handle this besides flushing that much more cash down the pipes. the limit does seem silly and rather arbitrary...130 isn't enough enough for a decent pdf in some cases. the only major downside i can see is ending up with empty threads if someone deletes...

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ok you two are awesome. i want one. i'm in sacramento so this could be interesting because i'm quite a bit farther away. if i do one and we can get someone in oz interested that would be close to the DSN! i have power lines behind my house at 400v (typical for normal res power lines in the us, steps...

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getting this kind of data is really awesome...can we see a picture of your instrument? that would be really cool to have one, i've been thinking about ham radio so i can listen to the 10cm band, this would be awesome too, did you build it or is this a commercial device? can you reference where you g...

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nope

and tbh i'm not sure if you even get full disc all the way zoomed out

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they will sort you out as quickly as possible i'm sure. you'll be soooo happy when you get it back i still remember my first ds image, it looked like the sun needed a lint roller because of the additional detail, proms are so much darker :) ps pedro, that is the best detail and contrast i've ever se...

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thanks i actually felt like i've been improving lately.

nope these are website links not attachment uploads

rxdeath

another day with meh seeing because of the hot summer temperatures here, but some good prom action and a reasonable wl shot. i'm ok with the ha fd, but it's not that good. the cak close up spot shots were garbage though, looks like a blind monkey was at the focuser, and same with Ha closeup, just no...

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all of your stuff is so ridiculously good, so good, i still can't decide if it's inspiring or discourging :) between you and valery (and many others) i often contemplate just burning my telescopes....and i wonder what squatters rights are in portugal, if i sit in front of your observatory, how long ...

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yes, having it down for a bit put it in perspective, not having like minded individuals to share things with is sad, i love my family and friends, but i think i could show them a picture of a potato on a stick and they would say it looks good :) although everyone is (probaby overly) polite here, get...

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lunt wedge, definitely using uv/ir cut and solar continuum in the wl ones, sorry i didn't state that, but i'm bummed you couldn't tell since it sounds like a huge difference. honestly i think this is one of the best pictures i've taken and don't see much fluzzy, just in the spot edge detail... unlik...

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awesome! feels very snappy compared to the last host, everything loads very crisp and clean (no hung parts or spinning wait indicator) i've used *nix since around the release of xp, the stability will be great, and ssl will hopefully send all the spammers and malhackers straight to he.. i mean disco...

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well following pedro is a lot like playing after the beatles, but here's my shots at triple band today...first light for the b1800cak. Ha was garbage by the time i got to it, close to noon here and too hot for anything good, but i included it just for the variety. i don't know what or how people dec...

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ha, i mentioned the annoyance of ghosts with the tilt ds in our pms, but i never thought that could be the problem. from what i've seen here and experienced, lunt equipment is rarely just bunk and this being the problem would correspond to life in general: you make most of your own problems :) my gh...

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wow. when it rains it pours. here's my thoughts: i think about what we would lose if this website wasn't here, and what it's worth to me and society. in that light, it's obvious what it's time to do. i think about 1% of what i've spent on solar equipment is $-wise, then i feel disgusted i haven't do...

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i'm wondering if the camera has the dynamic range needed to be good for solar imaging, but idk.

ds looks like crap
ss looks better, but not quite right

hopefully one of the gurus chime in, maybe let us know if this is a brand new setup or did you get it second hand, etc...

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trying to help with picture upload, not sure if the site is having problems: ss: http://www.rxdeath.com/pics/astro/pt2.jpg ds: http://www.rxdeath.com/pics/astro/ds2.jpg ds: http://www.rxdeath.com/pics/astro/sun6ds.jpg http://www.rxdeath.com/pics/astro/sun1.jpg http://www.rxdeath.com/pics/astro/sun29...

rxdeath

yea, ds took me a while to sort out, but there's only 2 things so its not too hard to go through all the options 1/4 or 1/2 turn at a time. i definitely experienced some 'red ball' issues where i got no detail because of the current tuning, but fiddling got rid of it, and i never had focus issues wi...

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very nice work, if we all don't work to turn the next generation into not-morons then we are all screwed! i have to ask...is that a 152 and an 80 on an avx mount? you must be very brave if so, what kind of weights do you have on it, and what is between the saddle and telescopes to allow for both to ...

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well ds will certainly be dimmer than ss, that is normal and expected, but it shouldn't be enough darker that it's a problem. i'll skip asking all the questions since you sound experienced and maybe just recommend you post some pictures of the views, probably not me, but some on here can see a pictu...

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your white light images really got me, i'm now addicted to granulation and am going to focus on that after my iss transit obsession is done. this image is also very inspiring, and of course the h-alpha is above par as well. i know your skill is the major contributing factor to the quality of the ima...

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ah yea it was probably 1800usd all said and done, in the realm of laptops i guess that is on the expensive side, but it runs like usain bolt, and is pretty resiliant to stupid moves (ie: tracking mount slowly pulls it off the table outside and it hits the cement from ~1m and i can't even find a mark...

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the lenovo 450s is such a machine, i use it everyday it's blue out. 512gb (samsung) ssd and every port on it is usb3

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i have something going on soon that it would be advantageous for this to be gone, so i'm reducing the price temporarily. i've lowered it by 300$ on astromart, but for all the solar nuts here i will go 500$, if you live close, possibly we can work out something even a little better for a meetup. that...

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i think a couple of us were interested in hearing more about their tilt adapters, you mentioned you carried them, but they weren't on the web yet. are you still in stock with these, can we see a picture and/or buy them?

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ha- the 100 was a little much, so if you can drag the 152 to catch it, you're a better man than me it shows the centerline and the closer you are to that, the closer to the center of the disc you are, if you get too far outside the path, it will just skim the edge rbenton met me there for this one, ...

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today was a fail as far as capturing video, firecapture kinda screwed me, but my whole family from out of state was with me and saw it. i'm going to aim for 29th to capture a 55'' iss on the disc, but we'll see, it happens during rush hour and that might not work out. thanks for your kind words, i m...

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this is the first i've caught and i'm stuck in processing but i had to show this video. i have 2 more in the next week in my area i plan on hitting, its a thrill to watch it appear and streak through. another one tomorrow ~50 miles away but the iss will be double the size (nearly 60' instead of the ...

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i too got crappy seeing today, but here's my shot at the spot and the proms

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LMAO

here's a funny statistic:

amount spent on just solar telescopes (not mounts because i can't estimate value) in 4 pictures ~12-15k
amount spent on materials to make viewing comfortable <200$ (although i may be undervaluing the towel)

rxdeath

nice image! i find that looking at a thumbnail or preview of an image (small size) really makes the NR apparent. there's a score of a tilt adapters out there to buy, or if you're handy, not too proud, and patient you can build one ridiculously cheap. good: **pretty even illumination **proms at 11 lo...

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here is what i use for my workstation, i think portable, positionable umbrellas work great http://www.rxdeath.com/pics/astro/hasetup.jpg if you mean what you use to visually look without getting roasted, here is my extremely high tech device, i am selling these if you are interested :) http://www.rx...

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yes, as i said i made some mistakes, and i'm hardly an expert, but a 40 second sun capture is very rare for me, i would guess i had the limit set to a certain size file, and because of the tiny roi it took 40 seconds to reach it. this is far from an example of how to use a camera best, rather just a...

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your work is always impressive, and your observatory is what my dreams are made of, very beautiful area. today i comment because i find it interesting that your lunt152 is being used in only white light config? is this because of poor seeing, or just like your other setup better? i also do the dual ...

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thanks! my illumination and contrast is very uneven, but due to the SSM module from airylab in france, i now know my seeing is horrible today :). i havent' seen it much below 2.5, but it is about 38C so i'm not surprised, i will try again in the morning and see if it's much better. also, i have to s...

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sorry, since the experts seems to know everything, i assume it's all encompassing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandelbrot_set

i was a math major in college and always thought this was amazing. obviously the structure is different, but maybe you will see what i mean

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today i got to try both my lunt 100ds and hutech solar guider for the first time and here are some quickly processed images. my impression of the 100 vs 152 is that it is very rare when a 152 will out perform a 100, only exceptional seeing. the easy and weight of the 100 make it very hard to choose ...

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