FuzzySB Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Hi everyone from Lancashire. With Covid Lockdown from march this year I decided I would get back into photography again. But since I couldn't actually go anywhere I settled on astrophotography and what has followed has masses of purchases and lots of frustration with a steep learning curve.I have purchased 3 telescopes started with an astrofi 130 and quickly realised it was the wrong telescope for capturing DSO.So purchased a Celestron EdgeHD 800 with Advanced VX mount and Zwo ASI 1600MM camera and filter set which I love but I wanted a second scope to use to maximise on the very few clear nights so have just purchased a Skywatcher 72ED refractor and Skywatcher EQ-6R with Altair astro 183C Pro camera for a widefield rig.I purchased Maxim DL and Starry Night for imaging and is taken a long while to get a workflow sorted for the first scope as I have held a lot of misconceptions and water a lot of clear nights with my stupidity. I am amazed at how Advanced the Software is and all problems with aligning a 2230mm focal length scope correctly the fix was far easier than I realized.But I'm here trying to learn the setup of the latter scope and then after that my purchase of a Explore scientific iExos-100 with an unmodified Canon DSLR and a selection of lenses will allow me some further fun.What I have learnt is I love the challenge and the tinkering more than the end result... In am still learning and my initial astrophotography attempts leave a lot to be desired as I'm still trying to figure out the post processing techniques.It is a challenge but as said I love it. Just need some more clear nights as the weather has been atrocious with very very few clear nights. I even missed neowise.Here is my Flickr! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carastro Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 I think a lot of people have got into Astronomy thanks to CV. You seem to have come a long way in a short time, and the spending spree is pretty normal for this hobby.As you say a huge learning curve and post-processing is a bit of a dark art that can take years to perfect.Welcome to this community.Carole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyvern Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Welcome aboard, Some lovely photos there astro and other. Don't hesitate to shout if you need anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gina Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Welcome aboard from me too ? I think Carole has pretty much said it all... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkulin Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Welcome Stuart, enjoy! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoflewis Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Welcome Stuart, I enjoyed flicking through your Flickr page. It looks like you made a pretty good start at astro ? Geof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisWright Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 Posted by: @FuzzySB Skywatcher 72ED refractor and Skywatcher EQ-6R with Altair astro 183C Pro camera for a widefield rigWelcome to the forums. I have almost exactly the same setup but with the 183M Pro with a Starlight Xpress filter wheel with LRGB and NB filters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzySB Posted October 8, 2020 Author Share Posted October 8, 2020 @ChrisWright I went full colour for the widefield rig not sure it was the right decision TBH as I love my Zwo 1600mm and nitrogenase filters. but this week purchased a starlight express 2" 5 position filter wheel to run with it. So now have a CLS Filter, quad band filter, an ND filter for some lunar experimentation. No filter and also a dark frame filter. As I am to lazy to go outside and cap the scope.But will get hopefully get a run at some imaging again this weekend as Saturday night is looking promising.But also thanks also everyone for the warm welcome 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisWright Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Best of luck with clear skies! Currently blessed with some clear here myself so subs are running ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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