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Out last night. Objectives were to help new member Dan Lynch collimate his scope, repair the club 8" SCT and capture the Coma Cluster. Dan Lynch s.jpg Dan lives in Fall River and was unaware of the existence of a local astro group. He joined up online within hours of me telling him about us. An...

I agree with the light intrusion situation. Much worse last night when I didn't turn the brilliant monitor off.

24 Apr 2024 While I’d planned to work on the scope/camera setup tonight the sky unexpectedly cleared and it became an observing night. Disconnected the guide camera to scope guide port cable. Removed the LP filter from the refractor optical train, and ran appropriate flats. It’s 54°F and there’s a s...

Wow! That's as good as you can get Mike.

Yup, I've just come up with the same conclusion Roger. The LP filter increases exposure time 3X, and on clear nights it might be more of a hindrance than a boon. Will be pulling it out of the optical train when working the Coma Cluster on Thursday.

There was a 3/31 update to PHD2, and when attempting to image last week the software wasn’t moving the mount. Camera worked and software ran but the mount didn’t move. “Mount does not support the required pulse guide interface.” There’s a full moon so tonight is the primary objective is fixing guidi...

Roger, I assume that you are not using any filter here?

Always impressed with the fine detail that you achieve Roger. I was out myself only to discover that the latest PHD2 version loaded on 31 Mar 2024 no longer communicates with my mount. I'd like to say that every night under the stars is relaxing but sometimes it's just frustrating.

The $500 variety appear to be the very best way to capture astro images. We've two that I know of in the club and here's a writeup on the ZWO Seestar written by one of the folks over at Skyscrapers.

http://www.theskyscrapers.org/lunar-ima ... mart-scope