SingAstro

Terirapt wrote:Hi,

I was doing observation a few times the last couple of weeks. The latest was Saturday 31 Aug afternoon at about 4pm.
Thank you.

Hi terirapt

Do let us know more about the sky condition.
I suspect is due to the high haze or bad sky conditions.

Dave, Those are great photos! How many minutes were the exposure of those photos? And what is the AP setup that you use? For a 4.7kg mount head, that is pretty impressive. Hi VinSnr Taken with a pentax K30 via a celestron 80mm Ed doublet: M27 18 x 1min with CLS filter. M51 25 x 30 sec. M42 41x 30 s...

Hi VinSnr, I m currently using this mount. http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/09/01/nuduhybu.jpg http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/09/01/u5ypazej.jpg http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/09/01/ugahaju6.jpg http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/09/01/myja2y7e.jpg All photos were shot with a 500mm f6.3 Unguided. Overall I m impr...

Just sharing what you could do a 17mm with tracking.

Taken with a pentax k30

And
This



With a canon g1x on a tracking mount.

Weather permitting, Some of us will be conducting a sidewalk astronomy session at Bishan Park. Date: 30/8/2013 Time: From 10.30PM onwards Venue: Bishan Park's McDonald's We would be bringing our telescopes for the session. Feel free to join us. All are welcome to join in the fun with or without tele...

Yay!

"I" will be going to mars as well.

Hey Alex, i asked and checked around the refractors will need a diagonal. without it, the image cannot be focused. saw this setup similar to yours and it had a extender to extend the focuser. maybe you can have a look. http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/4872581/Main/48...

First of all welcome to singastro and welcome back to astronomy. As for the mount, Depending on what want to do. If for visual use, you need not require an EQ mount but you would still require a stable tripod for the 5" newt. Do drop by for any of our singastro ob sessions and feel free to look...

Gary wrote: 99 days to ISON!

YES! Now the 2 figure count!
99 more days to plan shots!!

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