Posts Made By: Jose Mach

Good day everyone!, I am very inexperience and have took me over a year to buy all the pieces of my equipment.

So, last night I did briefly a Polar Alignment following the iOS Scope Tool, a quick Aligment of the CGEM mount and installed the Hyperstar with Atik 414EX. (I am still waiting for my guidescope and Polarmaster to arrive)

My goal was to at least see Andromeda Galaxy (M31) after taking pictures. Since I want to be familiar with different programs I used MaximDL, Nebulosity (these programs in 30-day trial) and Artemis Capture. Temperature were about 21-22C and Sky 6/9 of light pollution.

Unfortunately, I only grasped two stars. I am learning how to process images too so I give it a try on Photoshop CS.

I tried different exposure from 0.001s, to 5mins. Usually exposures over 30 secs outputted all white pictures. So here is what I got.

I sincerely want to know what I am doing wrong that I cannot take at least a blurry picture of M31.

https://s7.postimg.org/fxay0ks8r/Andromeda_010.jpg

Good day everyone!,

Attached is the link of my fits from very short exposure of M31. I cant see it doing the stretch and may be I am doing something wrong? Do I need 30sec+ exposures instead? How to accurately calculate the exposure time?


https://www.dropbox.com/sh/35eir1e00owfksl/AABxukchgs92j4aa_2Yo6g2ca?dl=0

Thank you!

Yes, everything is connected perfectly since the camera was working previously, but now turning on my mount (CGEM) the remote shows an Err: Model Num The telescope model could not be read, and... I updated the equipment firmware today again and I am still having this issue.

Does anyone had this problem before?

Thanks

Hi there, can someone tell me what I am doing wrong while trying to take pictures with Lunt and Atik 414EX? I am using Nebulosity4, and exposure time 0.01s. I am tracking it manually by the way.

Image at: https://ibb.co/c9EO85

Here is the photos I am referenced to: http://imgur.com/a/Kq80x I still cannot get focus on neither live view nor photos taken. Does that mean I need a different barlow lens adapter?

Hi ,

My current is setup:

Celestron XLT 120mm
Lunt 50mm w/ Sol finder
Daystar Quark
CGX Mount

What I'm trying to do: use the 120mm for imaging and the 50mm for visual.

It is possible to get 2 x VDUP14 and mount the 50mm on top of the 120mm? If so, what dovetails do I need? Do I need to change the rings from the 120mm? I already have 1 Losmandy DUP7.

Hello,

CCD ZWO ASI 174MM, Daystar Quark, Televue Powermate 2.5x and Celestron 120mm.

I currently need to use the 2" filter to be able to start imaging, the problem is that my current configuration does not allow me to use the 2" UV/IR filter needed. What adapter do I need to be able to put the 2" filter on my configuration?


BTW: Is this the correct one? http://www.highpointscientific.com/telescope-accessories/diagonals/stellarvue-2inch-to-125inch-adapter-fa2 OR http://www.highpointscientific.com/telescope-accessories/diagonals/baader-2inch-visual-back-with-filter-holder-t217f

Thanks