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New Naked Eye Comet - 17/P Holmes

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17 years 1 month ago #53818 by dave_lillis
Replied by dave_lillis on topic Re: New Naked Eye Comet - 17/P Holmes
High altitude haze here, can see brightest stars so I'll wait till the comet is abit higher, isnt the weather supposed to get better in the next day or 2 ??

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17 years 1 month ago #53830 by Frank Ryan
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Was trying to get a few shots tonight and I thought my focusing was off
but there is some very high haze. Very annoying.
The ETX can only go so high with the camera attached. Very annoying also.
Oh well,
I think its time for a new scope!

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17 years 1 month ago #53831 by michaeloconnell
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Was trying to get a few shots tonight and I thought my focusing was off
but there is some very high haze. Very annoying.
The ETX can only go so high with the camera attached. Very annoying also.
Oh well,
I think its time for a new scope!


A man of your woodwork skills should easily be able to build one, surely?

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17 years 1 month ago #53832 by voyager
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I think its time for a new scope!


A man of your woodwork skills should easily be able to build one, surely?


I'm not sure wooden mirrors work that well ;)

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17 years 1 month ago #53834 by michaeloconnell
Replied by michaeloconnell on topic Re: New Naked Eye Comet - 17/P Holmes
Ah, you'd be surprised Bart...a 1/10th PV wave surface (need a few sheets of sandpaper) and plenty clear varnish should do the trick! :)

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17 years 1 month ago #53838 by phoenix
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Finally got outside to have a go tonight. This is a full frame shot ie 2048x2048 with the ed80 while all oyher images were cropped. Had to do some very freaky curve adjusts to bring out the faint detail


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