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by mymoon
Sat Apr 12, 2014 7:53 am
Forum: Astrophotography
Topic: NGC3372 - Again
Replies: 7
Views: 3878

Re: NGC3372 - Again

Kelvin

Well done. Giving your Mach 1 a chance to flex its muscle.

Must join you one of these days.

Clear skies.

Aziz
by mymoon
Sun Apr 06, 2014 11:03 am
Forum: Astrophotography
Topic: Milky Way at East Coast Park by Justin Ng
Replies: 13
Views: 11606

Re: Milky Way at East Coast Park by Justin Ng

My apology. I misunderstood the question This may best illustrated with a panorama of the milky way at the same date and time but at two separate location along the ECP approximately. the Teapot at the National Service Resort http://www.pbase.com/aziz/image/155117455.jpg the Teapot at Sentosa http:/...
by mymoon
Sat Apr 05, 2014 8:38 pm
Forum: Astrophotography
Topic: Milky Way at East Coast Park by Justin Ng
Replies: 13
Views: 11606

Re: Milky Way at East Coast Park by Justin Ng

A pity as my iPad and I are not waterproof.
I would have done it otherwise. [smilie=embarrassed3.gif]

Cheers

Aziz
by mymoon
Sat Apr 05, 2014 11:13 am
Forum: Astrophotography
Topic: Milky Way at East Coast Park by Justin Ng
Replies: 13
Views: 11606

Re: Milky Way at East Coast Park by Justin Ng

Being a newbie astro imager, I always carry my iPad with SkySafari 4 Pro Apps installed. At any location it help me tremendously to locate and framed the objects of interest without the need for internet connection. From the FOV I can estimate with another Apps ,the focal length to be use when imagi...
by mymoon
Wed Feb 26, 2014 10:53 pm
Forum: Astronomy Events & Observation Sessions
Topic: Time-Lapse Video (Punggai Trip)
Replies: 6
Views: 8778

Re: Time-Lapse Video (Punggai Trip)

congratulation. Certainly much much better sky than in KL.


The scope and the mount looks familiar [smilie=admire2.gif]

cheers

Aziz
by mymoon
Sat Dec 14, 2013 9:54 pm
Forum: Astronomy Events & Observation Sessions
Topic: How to Estimate Limiting Magnitude in Singapore?
Replies: 16
Views: 9225

Re: How to Estimate Limiting Magnitude in Singapore?

Hi If you have an Iphone 4S and 5 install the free version of Apps Dark Sky Meter or for a bit of money you can get the full version. It will give you the night sky brightness for your area in Magnitude per square arc-second. You have to convert to Visual Limiting Magnitude converters freely availab...
by mymoon
Mon Nov 11, 2013 9:45 pm
Forum: Equipment Discussions
Topic: New Vixen Scope - Vixen version of Pentax 100mm SDUF??
Replies: 23
Views: 18765

Re: New Vixen Scope - Vixen version of Pentax 100mm SDUF??

Now accepting pre order

Price in US is USD 6299.

Ahem wonder how it would compare for astrophotography to a Canon 400mm f/2.8 L mk 2 one fstop gain but at USD11k.

Cheers
by mymoon
Mon Nov 11, 2013 9:11 pm
Forum: Astrophotography
Topic: Central Orion Wide Field
Replies: 13
Views: 5242

Re: Central Orion Wide Field

As always beautiful. I love the colours

Cheers
by mymoon
Fri Oct 11, 2013 5:20 pm
Forum: Equipment Discussions
Topic: Ioptron ZEQ25GT mount?
Replies: 49
Views: 37820

Re: Ioptron ZEQ25GT mount?

Aziz, The iAstroHub project is more oriented to advanced users because it is still at its initial stage of development. For MK808, I recommend to get one only from Geekbuying to make sure that you get the RK901 wifi chip which is supported by my package. I have tried to upload the complete image of...
by mymoon
Thu Oct 10, 2013 5:49 pm
Forum: Equipment Discussions
Topic: Ioptron ZEQ25GT mount?
Replies: 49
Views: 37820

Re: Ioptron ZEQ25GT mount?

I am using the iAstroHub to control the ZEQ25GT mount and my DSLR+CCD from my iPad/Nexus. Skysafari also works with iAstroHub. No need to buy the SkyFi :) I actually purchase this mount to fulfill my need for portability. QHY Intercam 8300 developer version is coming to complete my setup :) One cab...