Okay here is my first full moon with a decent lense.
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Okay here is my first full moon with a decent lense.
finally a semi clear humid nite. best i can get for now
Very Nice mikey, Very nice! Look forward to seeing your shots with a telescope.
thanks John, i to am looking foward to it. i ordered a autostar controller for it so it will find things automatically and i got it today. just waiting on the scope. i cant pay for it till this week coming so i should have it by the weekend. it is coming from NY so i am thinking i will have it by friday the latest
:D Cool... Very cool... should be really nice to see the shots you get. You might even have to send me a good shot... to play with.
:D Hey guys! John, looks like you're having a lot of fun with the new heavy equipment! The PS layers and unsharp masking can do wonders too -- Mikey, you've got a talent for it! I bet you're eager to get that telescope and put it to work. It should offer some nice sharp shots! :D
Still working on perfecting my skills with the equipment. Will play with the results more later... Gotta get the stock before one can pway with it. :)
thanks Maya. i am counting the days. but the way the weather has been here who knows when i will be able to use it. here is what it looks like
:D That looks like a fun scope, Mike! I know that you'll enjoy the autostar feature, if it works like a similar digital setting circle set up I have on one of my large scopes, then you will only need to aim the scope tripod in the general north direction and find a couple of bright stars to sight it in on. You'll use different ones according to the seasons, so find out which ones you see are the brightest from your location and their names so you can dial them in. Maybe you'll only need to do a rough alignment with the pole star. But the more accurate you are with the guide stars to set it up the better it will find and track the objects you're looking for. Also using a low power eyepiece is the best for giving the widest possible field of view when sighting in on the guide stars and adjusting the tracking for accuracy. Then all you need do is decide what objects you'd like to look for in the direction which has the best view for you and the autostar should go right to it, or get very close to it. Sometimes you have to very slightly move the scope on either axis to get the star or other object centered properly (then I think you click the reset button and the calculator uses the update to further refine the tracking to the next object more accurately). It's not really complicated after you try it a few times, then it's pretty fun and quite a time saver. :) For sighting in on things I really love the red dot beam type finders --- they are far easier to use than a regular finderscope. You should be able to get your camera attached to the scope also, or just set it up on a tripod aimed into the scope's eyepiece for some shots. Good luck with it Mike!:D
:rolleyes: Looks pretty good Mikey. Still waiting on a shot or two... with our luck his first shot will be of a flea on his dogs back or something...