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@hereinthehive @upfrontconf Would love to be getting back to seeing everyone and coming to events again.... but any physical location based planning we are doing is from Spring 2021 - and currently that even feels optimistic I’ve been to some fabulous virtual events: @dgquarterly @smashingmag @ColDigital

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@MatthewOPersico @JacobyDave Hi - Celestron 8” scope with a (2nd hand ) Canon 750D camera (and t-adapter). Manual tracking and trial and error on F stop, ISO and exposure timing. This is all new to me last month, and I’m amazed at what is possible. Are you thinking of taking it up?

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@piccalilli_ Amazing!! - Jack and I are so looking forward to getting started :)

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@Joel_Hughes .... as we enjoy sharing our interests, then of course I’d love do Joe Wicks with the family each morning this week. ... she negotiates well ;)

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@MarianaMota @ProjectDavis I have had that same IKEA one for several years and it is really good.

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Just released: 'Haktive-at-Home Summer Special' eBook. As well as releasing free resources each week since lockdown, my wife has also created a more thorough curriculum-based ebook for Summer Term activities - using just typical household objects. RT pls :) #StayHomeStayActive https://t.co/cixgbs0KzZ

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@SimonPJelley @VirtualAstro @hellogeri Thank you again for the inspiration... if you hadn’t help me appreciate what was possible, I might not have persisted with many hours of trying to explore and figure out several stacking apps.

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@hellogeri @VirtualAstro @SimonPJelley The stacking software made a huge difference to the results I had - the actual shots moved around quite a bit in the frame over the sequence and the stacker handled it really well - maybe worth a go. But I think watching the moon real-time is our favourite way to enjoy the skies

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@SimonPJelley @VirtualAstro @hellogeri It came out of the stacking software green! And I corrected in photoshop. I assume that is not normal right? (And that I just need to read the SiriL docs more.)

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@onishiweb Did you slot Rogue One in there?

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@SimonPJelley So pleased to hear it is possible to get such cracking results.... a little while after purchase when I started thinking of photography, quite a few forums were flagging its the wrong type of mount for photos

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@colinbendell I’m rationing and controlling my news consumption .... balance between keeping informed and not letting the current situation(s) to overwhelm how I feel

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@colinbendell Which one did you go for Colin? I subscribe to one over here, but I’d like to find a good overseas one too

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@SimonPJelley Wow - just viewed your gallery - some incredible shots in there. ... and solar photography too! I hadn’t even considered that side of things.... the ISS transit of the Sun is fabulous

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@SimonPJelley I got an Evolution 8 HD (which sounds like it’s maybe the same as yours) I really wanted the kids (and me) to be able to live view a lot, to make it all feel more real - we’ve spent ages gazing at the moon.

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@SimonPJelley Great to know I think having a laptop out detracts from it being relaxing .... I have also been researching the ASIair pro ... which appears to be self contained (and on a raspberry pi base)

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@SimonPJelley The telescope was in part in relation to being constrained by lockdown - I’m enjoying making some progress, and it’s great to be inspired by the potential Thank you so much for sharing so many details of your setup and experiences. My photo timeline: https://t.co/VKIV6ciwNI

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@SimonPJelley ... it sounds like I might have the same mount as your altazimuth too ... again brilliant to see what might be possible before I need to go spending more.... I have a simple cable interval timer, which I’m going to try next (let’s hope for clear skies)

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@SimonPJelley I also just bought the 0.7 reducer for my scope, so it’s brilliant to see the potential results.

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@SimonPJelley It sounds like I might have a very similar scope to you, and so it is really inspiring to see what it could be capable of producing if I keep learning and experimenting - theses are amazing shots. (Have you got a site of your Astro images somewhere?)

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@SimonPJelley I bought an 8” Celestron last month, which seem pretty good - but I think the mount is more suited to lunar/planets than deeper space. What tracking mount are you using?

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@SimonPJelley The stacking is something I need to explore , though it seems that the favoured software is windows (and I am on Mac) Last night I was trying my first 60s+ exposures and was getting some trailing. So a long sequence of 40s makes sense to try next.

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@SimonPJelley Thank you so much for all those details, very very helpful. I was looking at a full frame Canon, or the Sony A7iii, but just bought a second hand APS to see how I got on with it first.

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@SimonPJelley That’s such a wonderful image. Have you shared what equipment and method (stacked, etc..) you are using? I’d love to get closer to producing images like thes.

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