tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097836729711701378.post6732179426898561274..comments2024-02-15T00:22:21.200-08:00Comments on Eastside Astro-Blog: Aways rare winter clear skies. M78 in OrionTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00177443374751333878noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097836729711701378.post-63133475466496177742011-02-13T18:19:03.508-08:002011-02-13T18:19:03.508-08:00That's just a gradient in the corner. It didn...That's just a gradient in the corner. It didn't show up as much until I saved it as a .jpg for some reason. I could probably run it through GradientXTerminator one more time and get that out. I did have to stretch it a lot to pull out the dim stuff, so that's probably what happened there. <br />Yeah, dual scopes is a pain. I've considered trying a small Antares 80mm finder forTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00177443374751333878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097836729711701378.post-33351431219771513602011-02-13T16:41:13.975-08:002011-02-13T16:41:13.975-08:00Do you know what the light in the lower right corn...Do you know what the light in the lower right corner is? Totally round stars is so hard as longer focal lengths with the separate guidescopes. I spent a day getting my orion OAG parfocal and set up and it worked fairly well, but the overall experience was unpleasant. Have you considered maybe one of the dual sensor SBIG's?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097836729711701378.post-78614053436411103992011-02-13T00:08:21.332-08:002011-02-13T00:08:21.332-08:00Kevin,
I was using my Orion 80ED as the guider wi...Kevin, <br />I was using my Orion 80ED as the guider with the Orion Starshoot guide camera. Works a lot better than the DSI that I was using for a long time. Software is PHD Guider to run it. Still have a little more fiddling to do for getting the stars totally round. <br />Got some gradient on the right side also that showed up a lot more in the .jpg image. I really had to pull hard in the Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00177443374751333878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097836729711701378.post-70534987156848541102011-02-12T21:27:20.759-08:002011-02-12T21:27:20.759-08:00Looking pretty good for a tough target! Are you u...Looking pretty good for a tough target! Are you using OAG or a guidescope?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08625997266462903887noreply@blogger.com