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A Moony for Tonight
Mar 6, 2017 22:00:18   #
CraigFair Loc: Santa Maria, CA.
 
If the Moon is going to be to bright for other astro work I'll shoot it for a change.
Nikon D800E, Tamron 150-600mm @ 600mm, 1/100 sec, f/6.3, ISO 50.
Craig


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Mar 6, 2017 22:54:10   #
Albuqshutterbug Loc: Albuquerque NM
 
Muhahahah... You went large I went in tight..
Nice job Craig. Its fun to shoot old things sometimes.
I love getting back to basics.

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Mar 7, 2017 01:27:57   #
SonnyE Loc: Communist California, USA
 
Very nice image Craig.
Funny night, seems like we are all in the doldrums of winter and it's supposed to be Spring.
Sigh!

I'm sputtering along picking off some clusters tonight toward the North. I've been back in the 1800's so far...
NGC1893, NGC 1857... Mostly just doodeling around.
With the non powered hub my G3 is dropping out off and on.

But with the new antenna, the stick computer is snapping to it. I'm trying it WiFi'ing direct to my old modem, and it's working quite well.
The WiFi extender has a definite lag to it. That might go back. It's been a disappointment. It works fine, just puts a hop into things that is not worth having.
Not needed now that I have the antenna.

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Mar 7, 2017 13:54:03   #
CraigFair Loc: Santa Maria, CA.
 
Albuqshutterbug wrote:
Muhahahah... You went large I went in tight..
Nice job Craig. Its fun to shoot old things sometimes.
I love getting back to basics.

Thank you very much Jim. I'll have to go see your whitey tighty.
Craig

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Mar 7, 2017 13:57:31   #
CraigFair Loc: Santa Maria, CA.
 
SonnyE wrote:
Very nice image Craig.
Funny night, seems like we are all in the doldrums of winter and it's supposed to be Spring.
Sigh!

I'm sputtering along picking off some clusters tonight toward the North. I've been back in the 1800's so far...
NGC1893, NGC 1857... Mostly just doodeling around.
With the non powered hub my G3 is dropping out off and on.

But with the new antenna, the stick computer is snapping to it. I'm trying it WiFi'ing direct to my old modem, and it's working quite well.
The WiFi extender has a definite lag to it. That might go back. It's been a disappointment. It works fine, just puts a hop into things that is not worth having.
Not needed now that I have the antenna.
Very nice image Craig. br Funny night, seems like ... (show quote)

Thanks a lot Sonny it sounds like you may finally have your lazy-boy system worked out.
Craig

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Mar 7, 2017 17:04:04   #
CraigFair Loc: Santa Maria, CA.
 
CraigFair wrote:
If the Moon is going to be to bright for other astro work I'll shoot it for a change.
Nikon D800E, Tamron 150-600mm @ 600mm, 1/100 sec, f/6.3, ISO 50.
Craig

I was bored and decided to rework this a little.
In Lightroom I increased Clarity and Saturation.'
Craig


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Mar 7, 2017 17:08:42   #
CraigFair Loc: Santa Maria, CA.
 
SonnyE wrote:
Very nice image Craig.
Funny night, seems like we are all in the doldrums of winter and it's supposed to be Spring.
Sigh!

I'm sputtering along picking off some clusters tonight toward the North. I've been back in the 1800's so far...
NGC1893, NGC 1857... Mostly just doodeling around.
With the non powered hub my G3 is dropping out off and on.

But with the new antenna, the stick computer is snapping to it. I'm trying it WiFi'ing direct to my old modem, and it's working quite well.
The WiFi extender has a definite lag to it. That might go back. It's been a disappointment. It works fine, just puts a hop into things that is not worth having.
Not needed now that I have the antenna.
Very nice image Craig. br Funny night, seems like ... (show quote)

Your antenna looks like a vaccumm cleaner part. Ha Ha.
Did you have any luck with the NGC1893??? It looks pretty cool.
Craig

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Mar 7, 2017 19:16:46   #
Albuqshutterbug Loc: Albuquerque NM
 
CraigFair wrote:
I was bored and decided to rework this a little.
In Lightroom I increased Clarity and Saturation.'
Craig


Nicely tweaked Craig.

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Mar 8, 2017 00:30:31   #
SonnyE Loc: Communist California, USA
 
CraigFair wrote:
Your antenna looks like a vaccumm cleaner part. Ha Ha.
Did you have any luck with the NGC1893??? It looks pretty cool.
Craig


It does, doesn't it? Looks like one of those crevasse tools. But it was recommended for my particular computer as an accessory for it. But I can't argue with how it works, which is great.
But once I figured out all the wrong ways to set it up, I got the right way. We are not in Plug and Play land.
The Stick is set to use the antenna, and to connect to the router in the house. I returned the WiFi extender today, it has to "hop" the signal and that just adds delay to everything. Both the stick computer, and even the laptop if it was routed through it.
Still I need to take my laptop out for basic Alignment. It's just easier to see what's going on, do aiming when it's off, and ASPA.
But then, I can sit back and run things from inside.
Tonight I thought, "Run with it." So I did. I ran everything from inside. And it worked. Alignment and all.
I didn't do an All Star Polar Alignment. But I am running the PEC.
I did a little revamp at the mount, used a USB3 cable for the antenna to computer, and things are quite fast now for being remote. The antenna is dual band and the Stick computer has a USB3 port I plugged it into. It's faster in responce than it was even last night. I think I can live with this now.
And for the era of my router. Running everything at the old standard 2.4 GHz, and not the newer 5 GHz. But everything we have is basically built around the older speed anyway, USB2, so I haven't convinced myself to upgrade my router. Not when I'm still happy and content with the way things are working.

I can say I am very impressed with Star Tech so far. They wanted me to provide proof of purchase to authorize an RMA. I finally got a PDF file through to them. They immediately authorized an RMA, and sent a Pre-Paid FedEx shipping label. It was gone before 9 today.
I sure miss it, the old port powered hub causes the camera to freeze up and require a restart. It's ca-ca.

So I'm back chasing NGC 1893 around (I hope). In Stellarium it shows both red, and blue nebulousity. The HA7nm should pop the red. But what is used to enhance the blue? It sure looks like a very intriguing object. I'd like to try and image it. (Damn the Moon, Full speed ahead.)
I got a first image in HA, but the camera's USB connection decided to throw a fit. So 1 step forward, and two steps back.
Lot of rocks down here at the bottom.

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Mar 8, 2017 09:40:19   #
Europa Loc: West Hills, CA
 
I like the redo!

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Mar 8, 2017 13:29:58   #
CraigFair Loc: Santa Maria, CA.
 
Europa wrote:
I like the redo!

Thank you very much Brian.
Craig

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