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Killin the Dust Mites/Motes...
Oct 11, 2020 19:48:38 #
So had a few days of poopy weather with the Marine Layer reaching deep in from the coast.
So why not break something?
I brought in the whole enchillada and decided on surgery.
First thing I removed was my camera for a check. I could see two tiny whitish specs on the glass over the sensor. Well, even I knew they didn't belong there, so borrowed Betty's canned air and blew them the hell out of there, along with some other UFO's. And since the filter wheel was available, I blasted it out, too.
Had to ride out the atmospheric PITA before I could go test to see if I'd done any good, or irreparable damage.
But weather can't last forever, and I got to play last night.
No BLOBS! I decided to go back to the same object to do some comparison shooting.
Happier now! Sometimes I win.
So why not break something?
I brought in the whole enchillada and decided on surgery.
First thing I removed was my camera for a check. I could see two tiny whitish specs on the glass over the sensor. Well, even I knew they didn't belong there, so borrowed Betty's canned air and blew them the hell out of there, along with some other UFO's. And since the filter wheel was available, I blasted it out, too.
Had to ride out the atmospheric PITA before I could go test to see if I'd done any good, or irreparable damage.
But weather can't last forever, and I got to play last night.
No BLOBS! I decided to go back to the same object to do some comparison shooting.
Happier now! Sometimes I win.
Before, Andromeda.tif
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Last night's spoils. No Blobs, Rob.
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125 minutes, 60 second exposures, 7500 Seconds, dabbled with.
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25 second exposure with the Z-Bolt laser on. I took my Red Dot off because this laser works so much better.
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Oct 12, 2020 04:21:46 #
Yay, a clean sensor
what you like at cleaning ovens mate lol
image #2 much better focus & natural looking sky colour
what you like at cleaning ovens mate lol
image #2 much better focus & natural looking sky colour
Oct 12, 2020 12:55:18 #
SonnyE wrote:
So had a few days of poopy weather with the Marine... (show quote)
Nice to see you've actually got a sky over your head!
Canadian Thanksgiving, today, saw our first snow storm since August. Crappy weather!
bwa
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Oct 12, 2020 14:05:52 #
Ballard
Loc: Grass Valley, California
SonnyE wrote:
So had a few days of poopy weather with the Marine... (show quote)
Hi SonnyE
Great work on getting the sensor clean. Neat shot with the green laser pointing towards Andromeda.
Oct 12, 2020 15:50:25 #
Marc G wrote:
Yay, a clean sensor
what you like at cleaning ovens mate lol
image #2 much better focus & natural looking sky colour
what you like at cleaning ovens mate lol
image #2 much better focus & natural looking sky colour
Oh, I'm great at ovens! Turn the controls to self clean, then wipe out the ash when it's all done.
Yep, #2 is the after version. Last night I switched over to visual for Mars for a little bit. But the atmospheric disturbance was rather much. I stacked up my Barlow's and got Mars bigger, but, Meh....
So I put the tube back on the imaging equipment.
I've reconciled myself to this is a DSO imaging rig.
While I had the barrel of my telescope unscrewed from the focuser, I blew it out with some canned air, too.
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