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M42 from my future observatory site
Robert Chozick <rchozick@...>
I am buying some property in West Texas and this is my first light. I have not purchased yet and just went out there with my portable setup one night. I lost most of my subs as the humidity was 90 percent but I managed to use about an hours worth. I did get shorter exposures for the various parts of the nebula. I will redo this later with 4 or 5 hours of exposure. I really love my 16 bit CMOS ASI2600. It is a great camera.
Robert
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I am buying some property in West Texas and this is my first light. I have not purchased yet and just went out there with my portable setup one night. I lost most of my subs as the humidity
was 90 percent but I managed to use about an hours worth. I did get shorter exposures for the various parts of the nebula. I will redo this later with 4 or 5 hours of exposure. I really love my 16 bit CMOS ASI2600. It is a great camera.
Robert
Clement Elechi
Hello Robert,
Wonderful shot. Just curious about the subs you threw out because of high humidity. In what way were they so much worse than the others?
I have been eyeing the ASI12600, so I need to remain on the CFO's good side for a while yet
Clem
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On Saturday, December 19, 2020, 2:37:06 PM EST, Robert Chozick via groups.io <rchozick@...> wrote:
I am buying some property in West Texas and this is my first light. I have not purchased yet and just went out there with my portable setup one night. I lost most of my subs as the humidity was 90 percent but I managed to use about an hours worth. I did get shorter exposures for the various parts of the nebula. I will redo this later with 4 or 5 hours of exposure. I really love my 16 bit CMOS ASI2600. It is a great camera.
Robert
Robert Chozick <rchozick@...>
Because of the high humidity there was a lot of moisture in the air. Must of the subs had high thin clouds making the brighter portions glow. I left in some that messed up the brightest stars. If not it would have been only 10 subs. I threw out 20 subs. By the time I stopped the sky was full of moisture The new land is high bortle 2 with a ranking of 21.99 on the light pollution map.
Robert
On Dec 19, 2020, at 1:51 PM, Clement Elechi <celechi@...> wrote:
Hello Robert,Wonderful shot. Just curious about the subs you threw out because of high humidity. In what way were they so much worse than the others?I have been eyeing the ASI12600, so I need to remain on the CFO's good side for a while yetClem============================My flickr gallery:My astrobin gallery:On Saturday, December 19, 2020, 2:37:06 PM EST, Robert Chozick via groups.io <rchozick@...> wrote:I am buying some property in West Texas and this is my first light. I have not purchased yet and just went out there with my portable setup one night. I lost most of my subs as the humidity was 90 percent but I managed to use about an hours worth. I did get shorter exposures for the various parts of the nebula. I will redo this later with 4 or 5 hours of exposure. I really love my 16 bit CMOS ASI2600. It is a great camera.Robert
Bill Long
Looks great!
I had nothing but problems with my 6200 mono, but the smaller chip seems to be doing well.
The new 4/3 mono with two different effective pixel sizes is really interesting. I picked up the QHY 284M Pro to check it out.
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Hello Robert,
Wonderful shot. Just curious about the subs you threw out because of high humidity. In what way were they so much worse than the others?
I have been eyeing the ASI12600, so I need to remain on the CFO's good side for a while yet
Clem
============================
My astrobin gallery:
On Saturday, December 19, 2020, 2:37:06 PM EST, Robert Chozick via groups.io <rchozick@...> wrote:
I am buying some property in West Texas and this is my first light. I have not purchased yet and just went out there with my portable setup one night. I lost most of my subs as the humidity was 90 percent but I managed to use about an hours worth. I
did get shorter exposures for the various parts of the nebula. I will redo this later with 4 or 5 hours of exposure. I really love my 16 bit CMOS ASI2600. It is a great camera.
Robert
Mark Ledbury
Absolutely stunning image - woo! Thank you for sharing this!
Mark
I am buying some property in West Texas and this is my first light. I have not purchased yet and just went out there with my portable setup one night. I lost most of my subs as the humidity was 90 percent but I managed to use about an hours worth. I did get shorter exposures for the various parts of the nebula. I will redo this later with 4 or 5 hours of exposure. I really love my 16 bit CMOS ASI2600. It is a great camera.Robert
Kent Kirkley
Robert
Out of curiosity, where is the property located?
The fact that you had so much humidity is concerning but
even Ft. Davis can have high humidity.
The fact that you had so much humidity is concerning but
even Ft. Davis can have high humidity.
Kent Kirkley
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Because of the high humidity there was a lot of moisture in the air. Must of the subs had high thin clouds making the brighter portions glow. I left in some that messed up the brightest stars. If not it would have been only 10 subs. I threw out 20 subs. By the time I stopped the sky was full of moisture The new land is high bortle 2 with a ranking of 21.99 on the light pollution map.
Robert
On Dec 19, 2020, at 1:51 PM, Clement Elechi <celechi@...> wrote:
Hello Robert,
Wonderful shot. Just curious about the subs you threw out because of high humidity. In what way were they so much worse than the others?
I have been eyeing the ASI12600, so I need to remain on the CFO's good side for a while yet
Clem
============================My flickr gallery:
My astrobin gallery:
On Saturday, December 19, 2020, 2:37:06 PM EST, Robert Chozick via groups.io <rchozick@...> wrote:
I am buying some property in West Texas and this is my first light. I have not purchased yet and just went out there with my portable setup one night. I lost most of my subs as the humidity was 90 percent but I managed to use about an hours worth. I did get shorter exposures for the various parts of the nebula. I will redo this later with 4 or 5 hours of exposure. I really love my 16 bit CMOS ASI2600. It is a great camera.Robert
Robert Chozick <rchozick@...>
Thanks for the comments. The 16 bit CMOS makes such a difference. I can’t wait to get a lot more time on this.
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Robert
On Dec 19, 2020, at 3:10 PM, Bill Long <bill@...> wrote:
Looks great!
I had nothing but problems with my 6200 mono, but the smaller chip seems to be doing well.
The new 4/3 mono with two different effective pixel sizes is really interesting. I picked up the QHY 284M Pro to check it out.
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Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2020 11:51 AM
To: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [ap-gto] M42 from my future observatory siteHello Robert,
Wonderful shot. Just curious about the subs you threw out because of high humidity. In what way were they so much worse than the others?
I have been eyeing the ASI12600, so I need to remain on the CFO's good side for a while yet
Clem
============================My flickr gallery:
My astrobin gallery:
On Saturday, December 19, 2020, 2:37:06 PM EST, Robert Chozick via groups.io <rchozick@...> wrote:
I am buying some property in West Texas and this is my first light. I have not purchased yet and just went out there with my portable setup one night. I lost most of my subs as the humidity was 90 percent but I managed to use about an hours worth. I did get shorter exposures for the various parts of the nebula. I will redo this later with 4 or 5 hours of exposure. I really love my 16 bit CMOS ASI2600. It is a great camera.
Robert
Robert Chozick <rchozick@...>
Hi Kent. Well it had rained an hour earlier. It was not a good night. The property is between Paducah and Guthrie east of Lubbock.
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Robert
On Dec 19, 2020, at 3:12 PM, Kent Kirkley via groups.io <kgkirkley@...> wrote:
Robert
Out of curiosity, where is the property located?
The fact that you had so much humidity is concerning but
even Ft. Davis can have high humidity.
Kent Kirkley
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Subject: Re: [ap-gto] M42 from my future observatory site
Because of the high humidity there was a lot of moisture in the air. Must of the subs had high thin clouds making the brighter portions glow. I left in some that messed up the brightest stars. If not it would have been only 10 subs. I threw out 20 subs. By the time I stopped the sky was full of moisture The new land is high bortle 2 with a ranking of 21.99 on the light pollution map.
Robert
On Dec 19, 2020, at 1:51 PM, Clement Elechi <celechi@...> wrote:
Hello Robert,
Wonderful shot. Just curious about the subs you threw out because of high humidity. In what way were they so much worse than the others?
I have been eyeing the ASI12600, so I need to remain on the CFO's good side for a while yet
Clem
============================My flickr gallery:
My astrobin gallery:
On Saturday, December 19, 2020, 2:37:06 PM EST, Robert Chozick via groups.io <rchozick@...> wrote:
I am buying some property in West Texas and this is my first light. I have not purchased yet and just went out there with my portable setup one night. I lost most of my subs as the humidity was 90 percent but I managed to use about an hours worth. I did get shorter exposures for the various parts of the nebula. I will redo this later with 4 or 5 hours of exposure. I really love my 16 bit CMOS ASI2600. It is a great camera.Robert
Roland Christen
What kind of problems? I'm looking to buy one, but not if there are significant issues.
Rolando
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From: Bill Long <bill@...>
To: Clement Elechi <celechi@...>; main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io>
Sent: Sat, Dec 19, 2020 1:54 pm
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My flickr gallery:
From: Bill Long <bill@...>
To: Clement Elechi <celechi@...>; main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io>
Sent: Sat, Dec 19, 2020 1:54 pm
Subject: Re: [ap-gto] M42 from my future observatory site
Looks great!
I had nothing but problems with my 6200 mono, but the smaller chip seems to be doing well.
The new 4/3 mono with two different effective pixel sizes is really interesting. I picked up the QHY 284M Pro to check it out.
From: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io> on behalf of Clement Elechi <celechi@...>
Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2020 11:51 AM
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Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2020 11:51 AM
To: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io>
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Hello Robert,
Wonderful shot. Just curious about the subs you threw out because of high humidity. In what way were they so much worse than the others?
I have been eyeing the ASI12600, so I need to remain on the CFO's good side for a while yet
Clem
============================
My astrobin gallery:
On Saturday, December 19, 2020, 2:37:06 PM EST, Robert Chozick via groups.io <rchozick@...> wrote:
I am buying some property in West Texas and this is my first light. I have not purchased yet and just went out there with my portable setup one night. I lost most of my subs as the humidity was 90 percent but I managed to use about an hours worth. I
did get shorter exposures for the various parts of the nebula. I will redo this later with 4 or 5 hours of exposure. I really love my 16 bit CMOS ASI2600. It is a great camera.
Robert
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Kent Kirkley
Robert
So a little west of Crowell and probably not all that far from
the observatory complex. Probably a good choice if they
chose the area too. That would be a good hour further than
Ft. Griffin. Do you plan on having it be remotely operated?
the observatory complex. Probably a good choice if they
chose the area too. That would be a good hour further than
Ft. Griffin. Do you plan on having it be remotely operated?
Kent
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From: Robert Chozick via groups.io <rchozick@...>
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Sent: Sat, Dec 19, 2020 3:16 pm
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Hi Kent. Well it had rained an hour earlier. It was not a good night. The property is between Paducah and Guthrie east of Lubbock.
Robert
On Dec 19, 2020, at 3:12 PM, Kent Kirkley via groups.io <kgkirkley@...> wrote:
Robert
Out of curiosity, where is the property located?
The fact that you had so much humidity is concerning but
even Ft. Davis can have high humidity.
Kent Kirkley
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From: Robert Chozick via groups.io <rchozick@...>
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Sent: Sat, Dec 19, 2020 3:08 pm
Subject: Re: [ap-gto] M42 from my future observatory site
Because of the high humidity there was a lot of moisture in the air. Must of the subs had high thin clouds making the brighter portions glow. I left in some that messed up the brightest stars. If not it would have been only 10 subs. I threw out 20 subs. By the time I stopped the sky was full of moisture The new land is high bortle 2 with a ranking of 21.99 on the light pollution map.
Robert
On Dec 19, 2020, at 1:51 PM, Clement Elechi <celechi@...> wrote:
Hello Robert,
Wonderful shot. Just curious about the subs you threw out because of high humidity. In what way were they so much worse than the others?
I have been eyeing the ASI12600, so I need to remain on the CFO's good side for a while yet
Clem
============================My flickr gallery:
My astrobin gallery:
On Saturday, December 19, 2020, 2:37:06 PM EST, Robert Chozick via groups.io <rchozick@...> wrote:
I am buying some property in West Texas and this is my first light. I have not purchased yet and just went out there with my portable setup one night. I lost most of my subs as the humidity was 90 percent but I managed to use about an hours worth. I did get shorter exposures for the various parts of the nebula. I will redo this later with 4 or 5 hours of exposure. I really love my 16 bit CMOS ASI2600. It is a great camera.Robert
Robert Chozick <rchozick@...>
It is 25 miles from Comanche Springs - 3RF. It has a Texas Tech University Mesonet weather station on the property, which is great to have. The link is below.
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I will not be doing remote. I am getting a 40 foot container cabin with a 12 foot heated air conditioned observatory control room overlooking the scopes. I like to use minimal software and do everything manually - just using image capture, guiding and TheSky. I will have a comfortable place to live while imaging.
On Dec 19, 2020, at 3:27 PM, Kent Kirkley via groups.io <kgkirkley@...> wrote:
Robert
So a little west of Crowell and probably not all that far from
the observatory complex. Probably a good choice if they
chose the area too. That would be a good hour further than
Ft. Griffin. Do you plan on having it be remotely operated?
the observatory complex. Probably a good choice if they
chose the area too. That would be a good hour further than
Ft. Griffin. Do you plan on having it be remotely operated?
Kent
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Chozick via groups.io <rchozick@...>
To: main@ap-gto.groups.io
Sent: Sat, Dec 19, 2020 3:16 pm
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From: Robert Chozick via groups.io <rchozick@...>
To: main@ap-gto.groups.io
Sent: Sat, Dec 19, 2020 3:16 pm
Subject: Re: [ap-gto] M42 from my future observatory site
Hi Kent. Well it had rained an hour earlier. It was not a good night. The property is between Paducah and Guthrie east of Lubbock.
Robert
On Dec 19, 2020, at 3:12 PM, Kent Kirkley via groups.io <kgkirkley@...> wrote:
Robert
Out of curiosity, where is the property located?
The fact that you had so much humidity is concerning but
even Ft. Davis can have high humidity.
Kent Kirkley
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Chozick via groups.io <rchozick@...>
To: main@ap-gto.groups.io
Sent: Sat, Dec 19, 2020 3:08 pm
Subject: Re: [ap-gto] M42 from my future observatory site
Because of the high humidity there was a lot of moisture in the air. Must of the subs had high thin clouds making the brighter portions glow. I left in some that messed up the brightest stars. If not it would have been only 10 subs. I threw out 20 subs. By the time I stopped the sky was full of moisture The new land is high bortle 2 with a ranking of 21.99 on the light pollution map.
Robert
On Dec 19, 2020, at 1:51 PM, Clement Elechi <celechi@...> wrote:
Hello Robert,
Wonderful shot. Just curious about the subs you threw out because of high humidity. In what way were they so much worse than the others?
I have been eyeing the ASI12600, so I need to remain on the CFO's good side for a while yet
Clem
============================My flickr gallery:
My astrobin gallery:
On Saturday, December 19, 2020, 2:37:06 PM EST, Robert Chozick via groups.io <rchozick@...> wrote:
I am buying some property in West Texas and this is my first light. I have not purchased yet and just went out there with my portable setup one night. I lost most of my subs as the humidity was 90 percent but I managed to use about an hours worth. I did get shorter exposures for the various parts of the nebula. I will redo this later with 4 or 5 hours of exposure. I really love my 16 bit CMOS ASI2600. It is a great camera.Robert
Bill Long
Significant tilt. The QHY600 may be better. Less users reporting issues with those.
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Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2020 1:25 PM
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To: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io>
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What kind of problems? I'm looking to buy one, but not if there are significant issues.
Rolando
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Sent: Sat, Dec 19, 2020 1:54 pm
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My flickr gallery:
From: Bill Long <bill@...>
To: Clement Elechi <celechi@...>; main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io>
Sent: Sat, Dec 19, 2020 1:54 pm
Subject: Re: [ap-gto] M42 from my future observatory site
Looks great!
I had nothing but problems with my 6200 mono, but the smaller chip seems to be doing well.
The new 4/3 mono with two different effective pixel sizes is really interesting. I picked up the QHY 284M Pro to check it out.
From: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io> on behalf of Clement Elechi <celechi@...>
Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2020 11:51 AM
To: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io>
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Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2020 11:51 AM
To: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [ap-gto] M42 from my future observatory site
Hello Robert,
Wonderful shot. Just curious about the subs you threw out because of high humidity. In what way were they so much worse than the others?
I have been eyeing the ASI12600, so I need to remain on the CFO's good side for a while yet
Clem
============================
My astrobin gallery:
On Saturday, December 19, 2020, 2:37:06 PM EST, Robert Chozick via groups.io <rchozick@...> wrote:
I am buying some property in West Texas and this is my first light. I have not purchased yet and just went out there with my portable setup one night. I lost most of my subs as the humidity was 90 percent but I managed to use about an hours worth. I
did get shorter exposures for the various parts of the nebula. I will redo this later with 4 or 5 hours of exposure. I really love my 16 bit CMOS ASI2600. It is a great camera.
Robert
--
Roland Christen
Astro-Physics
Roland Christen
Ok, thanks. Will check it out.
Roland
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Sent: Sun, Dec 20, 2020 12:18 am
Subject: Re: [ap-gto] M42 from my future observatory site
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From: Bill Long <bill@...>
To: Roland Christen via groups. io <chris1011@...>; main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io>
Sent: Sun, Dec 20, 2020 12:18 am
Subject: Re: [ap-gto] M42 from my future observatory site
Significant tilt. The QHY600 may be better. Less users reporting issues with those.
From: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io> on behalf of Roland Christen via groups.io <chris1011@...>
Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2020 1:25 PM
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What kind of problems? I'm looking to buy one, but not if there are significant issues.
Rolando
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From: Bill Long <bill@...>
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Sent: Sat, Dec 19, 2020 1:54 pm
Subject: Re: [ap-gto] M42 from my future observatory site
My flickr gallery:
From: Bill Long <bill@...>
To: Clement Elechi <celechi@...>; main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io>
Sent: Sat, Dec 19, 2020 1:54 pm
Subject: Re: [ap-gto] M42 from my future observatory site
Looks great!
I had nothing but problems with my 6200 mono, but the smaller chip seems to be doing well.
The new 4/3 mono with two different effective pixel sizes is really interesting. I picked up the QHY 284M Pro to check it out.
From: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io> on behalf of Clement Elechi <celechi@...>
Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2020 11:51 AM
To: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [ap-gto] M42 from my future observatory site
Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2020 11:51 AM
To: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [ap-gto] M42 from my future observatory site
Hello Robert,
Wonderful shot. Just curious about the subs you threw out because of high humidity. In what way were they so much worse than the others?
I have been eyeing the ASI12600, so I need to remain on the CFO's good side for a while yet
Clem
============================
My astrobin gallery:
On Saturday, December 19, 2020, 2:37:06 PM EST, Robert Chozick via groups.io <rchozick@...> wrote:
I am buying some property in West Texas and this is my first light. I have not purchased yet and just went out there with my portable setup one night. I lost most of my subs as the humidity was 90 percent but I managed to use about an hours worth. I
did get shorter exposures for the various parts of the nebula. I will redo this later with 4 or 5 hours of exposure. I really love my 16 bit CMOS ASI2600. It is a great camera.
Robert
--
Roland Christen
Astro-Physics
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Astro-Physics
Gorgeous image!
Best wishes, Michael
On Sunday, December 20, 2020, 12:22:20 PM EST, Roland Christen via groups.io <chris1011@...> wrote:
Ok, thanks. Will check it out.
Roland
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From: Bill Long <bill@...>
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Sent: Sun, Dec 20, 2020 12:18 am
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Significant tilt. The QHY600 may be better. Less users reporting issues with those.
From: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io> on behalf of Roland Christen via groups.io <chris1011@...>
Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2020 1:25 PM
To: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [ap-gto] M42 from my future observatory site
Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2020 1:25 PM
To: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [ap-gto] M42 from my future observatory site
What kind of problems? I'm looking to buy one, but not if there are significant issues.
Rolando
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From: Bill Long <bill@...>
To: Clement Elechi <celechi@...>; main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io>
Sent: Sat, Dec 19, 2020 1:54 pm
Subject: Re: [ap-gto] M42 from my future observatory site
My flickr gallery:
From: Bill Long <bill@...>
To: Clement Elechi <celechi@...>; main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io>
Sent: Sat, Dec 19, 2020 1:54 pm
Subject: Re: [ap-gto] M42 from my future observatory site
Looks great!
I had nothing but problems with my 6200 mono, but the smaller chip seems to be doing well.
The new 4/3 mono with two different effective pixel sizes is really interesting. I picked up the QHY 284M Pro to check it out.
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Hello Robert,
Wonderful shot. Just curious about the subs you threw out because of high humidity. In what way were they so much worse than the others?
I have been eyeing the ASI12600, so I need to remain on the CFO's good side for a while yet
Clem
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On Saturday, December 19, 2020, 2:37:06 PM EST, Robert Chozick via groups.io <rchozick@...> wrote:
I am buying some property in West Texas and this is my first light. I have not purchased yet and just went out there with my portable setup one night. I lost most of my subs as the humidity was 90 percent but I managed to use about an hours worth. I
did get shorter exposures for the various parts of the nebula. I will redo this later with 4 or 5 hours of exposure. I really love my 16 bit CMOS ASI2600. It is a great camera.
Robert
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The new 4/3 mono with two different effective pixel sizes is really interesting. I picked up the QHY 284M Pro to check it out.
Hi Bill,
Let us know how it performs, I too am interested in that "Expanded pixel mode".
CS!
Sébastien
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Looks great!
I had nothing but problems with my 6200 mono, but the smaller chip seems to be doing well.
The new 4/3 mono with two different effective pixel sizes is really interesting. I picked up the QHY 284M Pro to check it out.
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Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2020 11:51 AM
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Hello Robert,
Wonderful shot. Just curious about the subs you threw out because of high humidity. In what way were they so much worse than the others?
I have been eyeing the ASI12600, so I need to remain on the CFO's good side for a while yet
Clem
============================
My astrobin gallery:
On Saturday, December 19, 2020, 2:37:06 PM EST, Robert Chozick via groups.io <rchozick@...> wrote:
I am buying some property in West Texas and this is my first light. I have not purchased yet and just went out there with my portable setup one night. I lost most of my subs as the humidity was 90 percent but I managed to use about an hours worth. I
did get shorter exposures for the various parts of the nebula. I will redo this later with 4 or 5 hours of exposure. I really love my 16 bit CMOS ASI2600. It is a great camera.
Robert
Bill Long
Atik has their Apx60 coming out in Jan/Feb and that may be a good one as well.
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Ok, thanks. Will check it out.
Roland
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Significant tilt. The QHY600 may be better. Less users reporting issues with those.
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What kind of problems? I'm looking to buy one, but not if there are significant issues.
Rolando
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My flickr gallery:
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Sent: Sat, Dec 19, 2020 1:54 pm
Subject: Re: [ap-gto] M42 from my future observatory site
Looks great!
I had nothing but problems with my 6200 mono, but the smaller chip seems to be doing well.
The new 4/3 mono with two different effective pixel sizes is really interesting. I picked up the QHY 284M Pro to check it out.
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Hello Robert,
Wonderful shot. Just curious about the subs you threw out because of high humidity. In what way were they so much worse than the others?
I have been eyeing the ASI12600, so I need to remain on the CFO's good side for a while yet
Clem
============================
My astrobin gallery:
On Saturday, December 19, 2020, 2:37:06 PM EST, Robert Chozick via groups.io <rchozick@...> wrote:
I am buying some property in West Texas and this is my first light. I have not purchased yet and just went out there with my portable setup one night. I lost most of my subs as the humidity was 90 percent but I managed to use about an hours worth. I
did get shorter exposures for the various parts of the nebula. I will redo this later with 4 or 5 hours of exposure. I really love my 16 bit CMOS ASI2600. It is a great camera.
Robert
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Roland Christen
Astro-Physics
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Astro-Physics
On Sat, Dec 19, 2020 at 03:10 PM, Bill Long wrote:
I think you are talking about the QHY294M-Pro. Some of us have received one, started testing it and wiping away the flaws of youth. Personally I use Sharpcap-pro and with the latest drivers. There are 2 modes, an 11M and a 47M an AD Sample Depth of 14bits in 11M and 12Bits in 47M. A test on NGC7635-M52 with my 130GT shows an advantage in oversampling the 47M mode.
The sky is not too much with us at the moment to make many and QHY still has some progress to make on the drivers in the 47M mode in the opinion of some.
Hi Bill,Looks great!I had nothing but problems with my 6200 mono, but the smaller chip seems to be doing well.The new 4/3 mono with two different effective pixel sizes is really interesting. I picked up the QHY 284M Pro to check it out.
I think you are talking about the QHY294M-Pro. Some of us have received one, started testing it and wiping away the flaws of youth. Personally I use Sharpcap-pro and with the latest drivers. There are 2 modes, an 11M and a 47M an AD Sample Depth of 14bits in 11M and 12Bits in 47M. A test on NGC7635-M52 with my 130GT shows an advantage in oversampling the 47M mode.
The sky is not too much with us at the moment to make many and QHY still has some progress to make on the drivers in the 47M mode in the opinion of some.
Robert Chozick <rchozick@...>
Thanks Michael
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On Dec 20, 2020, at 11:47 AM, Michael Hamburg via groups.io <michael_hamburg44@...> wrote:
Gorgeous image!Best wishes, MichaelOn Sunday, December 20, 2020, 12:22:20 PM EST, Roland Christen via groups.io <chris1011@...> wrote:Ok, thanks. Will check it out.
Roland
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Significant tilt. The QHY600 may be better. Less users reporting issues with those.
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Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2020 1:25 PM
To: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [ap-gto] M42 from my future observatory siteWhat kind of problems? I'm looking to buy one, but not if there are significant issues.
Rolando
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To: Clement Elechi <celechi@...>; main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io>
Sent: Sat, Dec 19, 2020 1:54 pm
Subject: Re: [ap-gto] M42 from my future observatory site
Looks great!
I had nothing but problems with my 6200 mono, but the smaller chip seems to be doing well.
The new 4/3 mono with two different effective pixel sizes is really interesting. I picked up the QHY 284M Pro to check it out.
From: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io> on behalf of Clement Elechi <celechi@...>
Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2020 11:51 AM
To: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [ap-gto] M42 from my future observatory siteHello Robert,
Wonderful shot. Just curious about the subs you threw out because of high humidity. In what way were they so much worse than the others?
I have been eyeing the ASI12600, so I need to remain on the CFO's good side for a while yet
Clem
============================My flickr gallery:
My astrobin gallery:
On Saturday, December 19, 2020, 2:37:06 PM EST, Robert Chozick via groups.io <rchozick@...> wrote:
I am buying some property in West Texas and this is my first light. I have not purchased yet and just went out there with my portable setup one night. I lost most of my subs as the humidity was 90 percent but I managed to use about an hours worth. I did get shorter exposures for the various parts of the nebula. I will redo this later with 4 or 5 hours of exposure. I really love my 16 bit CMOS ASI2600. It is a great camera.
Robert
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Roland Christen
Astro-Physics
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Roland Christen
Astro-Physics
Bill Long
Yes, typo. QHY294-Pro. My cell phone likes to change things on me.
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On Sat, Dec 19, 2020 at 03:10 PM, Bill Long wrote:
I think you are talking about the QHY294M-Pro. Some of us have received one, started testing it and wiping away the flaws of youth. Personally I use Sharpcap-pro and with the latest drivers. There are 2 modes, an 11M and a 47M an AD Sample Depth of 14bits in 11M and 12Bits in 47M. A test on NGC7635-M52 with my 130GT shows an advantage in oversampling the 47M mode.
The sky is not too much with us at the moment to make many and QHY still has some progress to make on the drivers in the 47M mode in the opinion of some.
Hi Bill,Looks great!I had nothing but problems with my 6200 mono, but the smaller chip seems to be doing well.The new 4/3 mono with two different effective pixel sizes is really interesting. I picked up the QHY 284M Pro to check it out.
I think you are talking about the QHY294M-Pro. Some of us have received one, started testing it and wiping away the flaws of youth. Personally I use Sharpcap-pro and with the latest drivers. There are 2 modes, an 11M and a 47M an AD Sample Depth of 14bits in 11M and 12Bits in 47M. A test on NGC7635-M52 with my 130GT shows an advantage in oversampling the 47M mode.
The sky is not too much with us at the moment to make many and QHY still has some progress to make on the drivers in the 47M mode in the opinion of some.