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- Mon Mar 19, 2012 11:34 pm
- Forum: Astrophotography
- Topic: Drift alignment for dummies
- Replies: 16
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Re: Drift alignment for dummies
Ha ha my sifu, i was inspired by your M8 & Remus's Horse Head, not forgeting to mention Shirox's running man, three of you, now doing all these...., cheers.
- Mon Mar 19, 2012 9:58 pm
- Forum: Astrophotography
- Topic: Drift alignment for dummies
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7631
Re: Drift alignment for dummies
Hello Mymoon, Thanks, i'm only 2 yrs+ active into this hobby & just up-graded to Digital Cam few months back, so no where near sifu, just trying to struggle out of beginner stage towards lower intermediate. Due to very cramped space & fast forming cloud in SG, i came out with this idea becau...
- Sun Mar 18, 2012 3:01 pm
- Forum: Astrophotography
- Topic: Drift alignment for dummies
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7631
Re: Drift alignment for dummies
Thanks for reading Gary. i goto Chaah once a while, which is near to Bekok, heard u have some friends / relative overthere ?
- Sun Mar 18, 2012 9:55 am
- Forum: Astrophotography
- Topic: Drift alignment for dummies
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7631
Re: Drift alignment for dummies
here is two more
- Sun Mar 18, 2012 9:46 am
- Forum: Astrophotography
- Topic: Drift alignment for dummies
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7631
Re: Drift alignment for dummies
Okay kawan, here are 2 pics for a start
- Sat Mar 17, 2012 10:25 pm
- Forum: Astrophotography
- Topic: Mars with Celestron C11 Edge Aplanatic SCT
- Replies: 5
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Re: Mars with Celestron C11 Edge Aplanatic SCT
Nice shot, kawan
- Sat Mar 17, 2012 10:25 pm
- Forum: Astrophotography
- Topic: Mars with Celestron C11 Edge Aplanatic SCT
- Replies: 5
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Re: Mars with Celestron C11 Edge Aplanatic SCT
Nice shot, kawan
- Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:22 pm
- Forum: Astrophotography
- Topic: Drift alignment for dummies
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7631
Re: Drift alignment for dummies
Oops my friend, i meant mymoon, the "lagi easy" method that described above should actually be called mechanical method in finding the Earth Rotational Axis. It works somewhat opposite of using a Polaries to align the mount. I use this method to align the mount 1st, & then it should be...
- Wed Mar 14, 2012 10:30 pm
- Forum: Astrophotography
- Topic: Drift alignment for dummies
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7631
Re: Drift alignment for dummies
Thanks Orly for sharing. i'm using another method, which i called "Lagi Simple method". In polar alignment, the main idea is to make the equatorial mount head parallel with the earth rotational axis (in 3 dimensional space) which rotate at a rate of 15 deg per hour (X24 = 360 deg). Prelimi...
- Sun Sep 25, 2011 7:39 am
- Forum: Astrophotography
- Topic: Prawn Nebula in Scorpius (HA)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4290