Thank you Peter!! - It's nice to see them returning, but also a little bittersweet as those long days really are enjoyable too! :-D I appreciate you watching!
The only trouble with telling us all how quickly you're collecting data means we're all gonna be expecting more videos !! Seriously what a piece of kit Luke and the image at the end for just 3 hours is exceptional. I think the rasa is going to be incredible for creating content.......brilliant video mate 👌
Thanks so much mate!! :-D I totally agree, for creating images in no-time-flat the RASA is just about unbeatable, amazing really from a content perspective as you quite rightly noted!! :-) Hope you have a great weekend bud! Thanks for watching :-)
My wife and I have been using the RASA 8 for a bit over a year, and love it, as you do. It gives fantastic results and unless there's a major temp change, it stays in focus through most of our imaging sessions. The focuser itself works so smoothly that we don't bother with an autofocuser. We're envious of your new roll-off observatory! Keep up the good work. Rick & Rosemary Ontario, Canada
Hey there Rick & Rosemary! - That's just wonderful to read, thank you so much for leaving such a nice message :-) I really look forwards to enjoying this very special scope for many, many sessions - Had I realised how good they were I'd have bought one sooner haha! Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment, hope you both have a wonderful weekend! All the best, Luke
Thank you so much!! - It's awesome to see you here, I appreciate you taking the time to watch! :-D 2 hours per night is really annoying to deal with haha, but we're past the solstice now so the nights are getting longer again! :-D Thanks again for stopping by, clear skies!
Thank you Scott! It's great to hear from you buddy, hope you're keeping well!! :-) I'm really loving the rasa and uranus-c combo, I will be looking at a bigger camera at some point though as it can go a lot wider! :-) Thank you for watching and for your continued support!! Clear skies!
@@lukomatico I am thinking about getting the zwo equivalent for my EdgeHD 8 which I am hoping for first light in August 🙏 The RASA is very tempting too 😉 Keep up the great work Luke 👌👍
Thank you so much Sean!! - I'm really happy to hear the videos are useful to you my friend, I myself am very grateful for your support! Clear skies :-)
Incredible Luke! a) I'm amazed you've got the RASA absolutely singing this early on, I've always thought of RASA's as a work in progress scope like RC's but those stars are simply beautiful edge to edge at f/2!! lol Mind blowing! b) this is with a planetary EAA cam! and c) You must have been imaging close to the summer equinox, as you said it pretty much doesn't get dark. I know you say come chill out but it's a bit too exciting to chill :D Oh ZWO have released the same sensor ASI 585mc so I can pick one of those bad boys up at some point. Well done mate, that's one high res image at the end, which again I didn't quite expect and nor did you by the sounds of it lol
Hey Chris!! - Hope you are well matey! :-D I was really pleased with how easy the RASA was to use, literally 30 minutes or so messing with camera tilt (could have gone faster, but I wanted to take it easy and really understand what I was doing) and after that I was flying! amazingly stable :-) I love the 585 for sure and think you'll have a whale of a time with one! I'd love to see what it can do with a bigger sensor sometime though, that would be a LOT of fun I bet, all this speed with a big sensor would be nuts! You got the timeline pretty close for sure haha! - this was shot about 10 days before equinox I think! :-D As always buddy, thanks for coming and watching - I appreciate it!
@@lukomatico I have been fortunate to not need to mess with tilt yet... The RASA is really a breeze to get up and running with quickly. I am one of those lucky people who had even less trouble with my RC.. it just worked great out of the box... but RASA is definitely easier long term
Hi Luke. I have been watching your videos since the beginning…I am amazed to see how fast you gain expertise to climb up to the stars and take all of us with you! Thanks for that and for your unalterable enthusiasm! Inspirational! And of course, amazingly setup/equipment/ dog etc… 😀
Hey there! :-) That's such a lovely thing to read, thank you so much for taking the time to leave such a positive comment!! It's really motivating to hear! Thank you for watching my videos for so long too, I hugely appreciate the support :-) Clear skies my friend!
Glad your reaping these rewarded for all your efforts. Love your observatory layout, with the computer/break area separate from the scopes, just like the pro facilities.
Hi Luke,that’s really great to see everything up and running with the RASA.With the Uranus camera that’s a great field of view and setup. Excellent image of the Pelican you captured in a short space of time.Looking forward to seeing some more Summer nebulae with the RASA. Clear skies.
Hey Jon! Thanks very much indeed mate :-D I'm having a lot of fun with this setup now, it's fast and fun - can't ask for more! Hope you have a superb weekend bud, thanks for watching!
What a beautifully produced video. It’s quite evident the time and artful attention you’ve been putting into your videos (aside from the ongoing great content). It’s simply a pleasure sitting back and enjoying your productions. I’d be interested in a bit of discussion about you saying you don’t have true darkness (only astronomical twilight), I never thought about this. It’s one more thing I’ve learned from you and your many videos-always something new and interesting. Always a treat!
Hey Joe! - I'm really happy to hear the extra effort on the videos is showing, that's brilliant mate :-) RE: No darkness, It's an interesting time of year for us, for about 2 months we don't see a true night sky, just astronomical twilight instead (which is what follows nautical twilight, which is what follows civil twilight!) - the sun never truly sets in this situation, it goes below the horizon but not far enough below to put the skies above me in the earth's shadow, thus the atmosphere is illuminated still by sunlight. - a cool side effect of this location and situation is that we get to see incredible cloud formations sometimes, in the absolute upper atmosphere called noctilucent clouds, tiny sparkling ice crystals around 50 miles up!- honestly magical to see. I hope that helps explain it a bit more mate! As always, thank you for watching!!
Another great video Luke. I’m lovin’ the observatory setup, especially with the RASA. Being able to quickly acquire images (even between clouds) will be a game changer. Looking forward to what’s to come Luke. Cheers! 🍻
Thank you so much my friend!! :-D I'm over the moon with how this whole last few months has gone really haha, it's been amazing and now I'm able to hopefully sit back and get to the hard work of enjoying all this stuff a bunch more :-D Thank you very much indeed for your support, it's thanks to folk like you that this is all becoming possible! Clear skies!
Good eye mate, as always!! :-D I was really pleased to see it there too, - in hindsight I think I should have drizzled the data as it seemed to have more to give! Thank you for watching!
Hi Luke, what an awesome image. I'm happy you have the new scope and your observatory up and running. You will really enjoy the scope. I really like mine. take care my friend clear skies.
Thanks so much Ray! I really appreciate it my friend, glad to hear you like the shot :-) Thank you again for getting in touch by the way, that was real kind of you!! All the best, and hope you have a great weekend :-) Luke
Thank you!! It was cool to keep an eye on the pics coming in for sure, I do enjoy seeing a live-stack build too but both methods of capture have their merit! :-D I appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment! Hope you have a great weekend! :-)
Your videos are getting better and better mate. I never get board watching them. I am really pleased Luke how everything is comming along for you. That RASA is the dogs gonads....brilliant. What shall I go for then the Esprit or the Rasa??? Because I am just torn now. Loved the final image mate, awesome job!!!
Hey Ben!! - Thanks so much matey haha!! :-D Really glad you like my videos man, that's awesome to hear! RE: rasa 8 vs esprit 120 - it's a tough one! me personally, I would go rasa these days, but there's nothing wrong with the Esprit, that's for sure!!! just horses for courses :-) Clear skies mate!
Superb image Luke, got some lovely depth and loving the deep rich colour pallet you used. I too cannot wait for the darker skies to return but still out capturing photons every clear moment there is. Pixinsight can stack the image as you take the subs so may be able to replicate the sharpcap feature you are missing. I know Logan uses it and its something I am about to set up myself now I have my obsy all linked to a network. Clear skies mate
Luke, if you don't want to use the PI stacking plugin, you can still image in NINA and view a live stack in SharpCap. After your first NINA sub has saved, open SharpCap, select Camera option from the top menu, choose Folder Monitor Camera, a window pops up for you to select where your NINA data is being saved. Select the fits file and your done. next, select Live stack and and click play. Boom, your viewing your NINA data in a real time live stack and once a new sub comes in, SharpCap will automatically load the data and live stack it for you. hope that helps! Bill
Thank you Glenn mate!! It's a cool feature for sure, is it EZ-Live stack by chance? Nice to keep an eye on the session sort of "live" as it unfolds, adds a bit more interest! I appreciate you watching mate! Clear skies :-)
That's a great idea Bill, thanks man!! :-D I've used it before when test-stacking stuff but never during a session like that, totally didn't think of it! Clear skies and thanks!
Well done mate! That image looks just amazing! Such a clean picture it looks almost like a painting. Congratulations on the RASA and if these are your results while photographing in astronomical twilight then I can't wait for when it starts to get dark for you :)
Thank you very much mate!! :-) I'm totally overjoyed with the scope, it's making me smile every time I use it and that's really what counts most of all I guess! :-D Roll on the longer, darker, clearer nights! Thanks for watching!
One word in particular you mentioned stuck me - “resolution”. I think that nails it, it’s almost 3 dimensional. And all in just 3 hours. Roll on winter indeed 👍.
Thank you J J!! - I'm SO pleased with the scope now I've properly tested it out, - I find it's a great match for how I like to image :-) Can't wait to share my next project with everyone, - I'm working on the Tulip! Thanks for watching and giving your continued support my friend, I appreciate it :-) Clear skies!
Quality that, given how light the skies are around here this time of year. Your observatory is stunning mate, I might have to bob down for a look around if that’s ok with you next time I’m down your way, give me some pier building tips 😂, and observatory building tips. All that said, it’s awesome
Thanks so much mate!! :-D It's been a lot of work but well worth it, the skies are pretty challenging this time of year for sure too - totally agree! I'm sure we'll meet someday dude! Clear skies :-)
Definitely a successful first light with the RASA - great final image. Wow, not dark until 11:40pm!! and I thought 10:30pm in summer here was bad enough.
Hey Logan!! - Thank you mate, It's a bit of a rough patch at this time of year - but I guess we make up for it in winter with the seemingly endless nighttime!! :-D Thanks for watching!
Awesome Luke! You were like a kid with a new toy 😀 Excellent result as well. As you say, once it gets darker and you you drop in 10hours of integration on this thing, it's going to be phenomenal. So chuffed for you.....You make me just want to get home and get astro going again and hopefully see if I can top my Iris. Look forward to your next one!
That's awesome to hear buddy haha :-D I'm really having a ton of fun with this thing, really do love the scope! Can't wait to see what you get upto next man, good luck and hope your remaining time offshore goes quickly! :-D
Wow that from astronomical twilight is awesome Luke, the speed this channel has grown is amazing, well done mate. Just checking availability for the observatory, I'd like to book the last 4 days in October lol
Thank you Andrew!! - I'm blown away and so thankful for how the channel has been doing mate, I can't believe it! RE: October, I'll pencil you in for it mate hahaha :-D Clear skies!
Big props to you guys in the far north battling out these short summer nights. Makes us guys in the mid and lower latitudes feel a bit spoiled for using the 3-4 hours we do get because it’s viewed as so short 😂. Clear skies!
Thank you man! It's always fun to just be out and enjoying the night skies however you can, I guess even though the nights are short, - and not even truly night, it's still fun in it's own right thanks to the target variety and the fact I can stand outside and look at the sky with a t-shirt and shorts on LOL - don't wanna do that in winter! :-) Thanks for watching my friend!
Pleased to hear and see that the RASA is working better than you seem to have anticipated Luke. The spilt on the three stars you highlighted certainly got my attention. Now I need to convince myself I don’t need one……nah, I’m not convinced!! 🤣 👍🏻 Noddy
Hey Noddy! Hope you've been well mate! :-) It's been a real surprise, the RASA has totally exceeded my expectations in every way, had I know it would be THIS good I'd have got one years ago haha - what a lovely bit of kit :-) ...I'm probably not helping you be convinced you don't need one am I? haha!! Clear skies mate!
I am amazed at the results you have achieved with an uncooled planetary camera like Uranus-C. Waooo! Your photograph appears on the Player One website, congratulations. I would like to see images with the RASA and the 2600 which has a wider field. Hugs
Hey there Jesus! - Thank you so much mate!! Really glad you like how it turned out :-D I too would love to try a 2600 sensor on this thing, I think it would be an amazing combination, wide field and blisteringly fast! :-) I hope you have a superb weekend my friend, clear skies! Hugs :-D
Great result Luke, especially with that small sensor camera and with no astronomical darkness, also great to see you using NINA, a superb piece of software with second to none support on the Discord group, get yourself on there if not already….👍🏼
Absolutely beautiful image Luke your game just keeps improving. The aspiration to capture something as wonderful keeps pushing me forward. If you get the chance Luke could you find the time to do some more tips and tricks on Pixinsight. Your Hubble palette from a OSC was so easy to follow in such a complex programme. 😊Rasa now on Christmas list🤞
Thank you so much Pete!! - I'm glad you are enjoying pushing forwards with astronomy, it's a wonderful thing to be a part of! RE: PixInsight - I'll need to have a good think about what I could do videos on! thank you for the suggestion though, I am very happy to hear my videos helped you!
Great video and awesome image Luke. Maybe the pelican should be called the raining nebula as I can't see a pelican at all but certainly rain. Clear skies bud.
Hey Rob! Ah mate I'm glad it's not just me who sees the rain effect, really interesting to see it I thought! Thanks for watching and I hope you have a cracking weekend dude!
I were wondering when you'd do a first light video looks like you had fun, I think I have some tilt with my RASA but really don't know how to tackle it so I've left the scope alone for now as I think it's already had enough of me messing around with it lol. Cracking image as usual 🙂 Clear skies mate & have fun!! PS I hope Henry doesn't spot one of those tennis balls on the counterweight bar 😁
Hey Tich! - I hope you're doing well bud :-) I had a bunch of fun for sure, such a great scope to own and use - I look forwards to many more sessions with this thing!! :-D RE: Henry and the ball, he's not noticed it yet luckily LOL - I'll have to keep it in place though as it's saved both me and Chloe a few trips to A&E at this point haha, the curse of having head-height counterweight bars! Thanks for watching matey, as always!
Amazing Wide Field Shot Luke. I really just Love The Title, Bahaha. Because it Reminds Me Something Crazy 🤣, Your A Loyal Man! Keep up the amazing Work!! Clear skies
Thank you so much Avanteesh my friend!! :-D Luckily Chloe is very understanding with my astronomy obsession haha, otherwise I may not have been able to get away with the title LOL! :-D Thanks for watching buddy, I hope you have a great weekend!
That’s crazy Luke, the detail and clarity of that player one camera is amazing! Excellent image of the Pelican mate, love the colour scheme! Don’t you get bored just waiting around without having to set up now??🤣 I bet you’ll miss it before long! But anyway, just enjoy it Luke! I’m jealous really !🤣 Clear skies mate!
Hey Simon!! :-D Hope you are set for a great weekend bud! I'm really happy with how the scope and camera are working together 100%!! I would love to try a 2600 size sensor on this thing sometime though, I bet that would be an amazing match! RE: setting up, honest to goodness mate every time I feel like I'm forgetting to do something hahaha, it's crackers! Thanks for watching and for your continued support!! Clear skies :-)
Brilliant image Luke sounds like your loving the RASA, do you think you will ever use your newtonian telescopes again? bet it won't be long before Chloe will be wanting a RASA too lol I must say mate the quality of you presentation and videos just keeps getting better you really do set the standards hight
Hey Anthony! That's a good question mate haha, I'm going to hold onto it for a while and think about what to do - I'm totally loving the RASA way of life now I've tried it though, it's a perfect fit for me! :-) I'm so happy to hear you like the videos so much mate, that's extremely nice to read! :-D Thank you! Hope you have a super weekend dude, thanks for watching!
Hi Luke, Great first light on the RASA. Yes, those stars are pinpoints from edge to edge, top to bottom. Have you tried using the "Flats Wizard" in NINA yet? Makes it soooo much easier (once you get the settings correct). Oh, can you see the pelican bird yet in the view?
Hey there Pat my friend! I'm happy to report that on wider fields I can indeed make out the Pelican now, haha! :-D Really happy with how the rasa is performing, it's been a pleasure to use from day 1 now - overjoyed! RE: the flats wizard, I LOVE it!! it's actually one of my favourite features of NINA :-D I like the fact it will slew to zenith for me, really convenient! Thank you for watching, and as always thank you also for your support my friend, I appreciate it! Clear skies :-)
Great images as always! I caught the 2 min subs but what gain setting were you using? I concentrate on EAA but I am always impressed with how good your images look. Keep up the great work!
Hey there mate! - I was using gain 200 offset 10 I believe, (or maybe 20) - Really happy to hear you liked the shot my friend, it was a lot of fun to capture and see it all come together during processing for sure! Thanks for watching!
Great video... I have an 11" RASA.. I love it, my number one challenge is stupid and its just keeping the star shapes in check. I have done it with spikes, and with a cable router... I need a more permanent solution... maybe a smaller camera i don;t know yet... that is my only real complaint after using it nonstop for a year is my star quality is always lacking... I finally packaged it up for a bit and switched to my slowww 10" RC and I am just loving the crisp stars.
Hey there James! - Ah man that sounds rough! I can totally see how it'd become a problem though with such a large aperture at that speed! - Good to hear you're enjoying the RC for a while instead though, a change is as good as a rest they say! :-) Clear skies!
Thanks for sharing your experience Luke! I'm about to pull the trigger on a player one Saturn color camera, would you recommend that one too? Also do you think it's a good idea to get the Active Cooling System? My main goal with the camera would be short exposure lucky imaging sort of EAA and planetary photography too
Hey Ziggy! My pleasure mate, glad you enjoyed the video 👍 Re: the Saturn camera, that's a great one yeah! It's likely better than the Uranus-C is so I think you'll be well set to really enjoy yourself with it :-) As to the active cooling, it's probably not needed if you're imaging from the UK or similar 👍 Hope that helps!
Another fantasic vlog Luke. Pin point stars from edge to edge..... wow! Obsy looks absolutely fantastic too. What did you use to adjust the camera tilt? Mine is a bit out. Also where can you buy the player one cameras from in the UK. Many thanks, Pete
Hey there Pete! :-) Really glad you liked it my friend! RE: adjusting tilt, I did it with a bahtinov mask basically! Looking at the pattern told me where i was intra/extrafocally tilted, so I was able to undo the cam from the rasa, make my adjustment and try again - took about 30 mins or so all said and done! As to buying Player One cams in the UK - I believe StarFieldOptics is the UK reseller, but all my dealings have been just direct with Player One themselves on their own website :-) Hope that helps mate!
Hi Luke, Thanks very much, helps a lot. Did you adjust the collimation screws on the RASA to get the camera tilt spot on? I upgraded to the Starizona filter holder which improved things a lot but I don't have a camera tilt plate for my ZWO camera. Again thanks, Pete. (Sorry for newbie questions)
@@peterraymond3653 Hey there Pete! - I did not touch the RASA collimation screws no, it was all done with the sensor tilter as that was the only problem present (collimation itself was perfect, so using the rasa screws would have done more harm than good :-) ) Hope that helps bud!
WOW amazing result for this time of year with no real dark. Im 55deg north and all my gear is packed away for at least another 8 weeks. Swap you a Mak and a kidney for that RASA 😂
Hey there Tom! :-D Ah I don't blame you for taking a break over the summer mate, especially if you're setting up each session too! I may get a mak one day to complement the RASA! or a standard SCT perhaps for some planetary work, the kidney isn't needed just yet though as I have two part worn ones already installed hahaha! Thanks for watching! :-)
Spectacular Image . Maybe smaller Data Sets will work out OK for you now . It would give you the opportunity for more Targets on a given night . I am surprised at your RASA and Mount setup . Everything appears to be hanging on one side only (?) Do you need to balance with this Mount ?/SRK
Hey there Scott! - Thank you mate, I'm glad you liked the image! :-) Definitely agree that even an image of only three hours is still a nice data set, - I'd still love to go deeper and longer though, just to get everything I can! :-) RE: balancing, that may be my dodgy camera work I'm afraid! it's counterbalanced nicely by one 11kg weight on the counterweight shaft, around mid way :-) Thanks for watching!
Epic results, Luke! Especially under our UK summer skies! I'm still contemplating an f4 Newtonian, but the RASA might be worth the bigger price tag...how have you got on with collimation on the RASA? Was it needed? Cheers! :)
Hey mate! Hope you've been keeping well :-D I've became a bit of a RASA convert it seems, for my type of enjoyment in the hobby it is a total match! I love seeing resolution, getting speedy captures and using OSC cameras most of all, so RASA is a perfect fit for that :-D I can genuinely see me owning the 11" one at some point too, alongside the 8" - incredible scopes. RE: collimation, didn't need a single touch! :-) the only thing that was required was adjusting the tilt on my camera, which took about 30 minutes or something, - not too hard at all! Hope that helps! Have a super weekend my friend :-)
Hey there mate! - I did it using a bahtinov mask to tell me how intra/extrafocally I was tilted across the sensor plane, it worked great and didn't take too long - I'll likely have to do a video on it the next time I get a new camera! Thanks so much for watching!
Great video, Luke! Looks like you're having fun in the new obsy with the RASA. How long did it take you to get that shot of the Eagle nebula? Did you use the same filter? I'm going to get a rare view of the southern sky next week and am planning to get a single shot with my "6 inch RASA"--a C6 with Hyperstar. Clear skies!
That sounds awesome Matt!! Good luck with your capture, I've got my fingers crossed that you get some clear skies! :-) RE: the Eagle capture, it was 38 minutes total, 2m exposures just live-stacked in sharpcap! Good luck!!
Congrats Luke, nice new scope and obs to go with it (or is it the other way around?). Mate, I know you are new to NINA but have a look at Patriot Astro youtube Chanel as 3:40mins is way too long. You have far too many focusing steps which is taking up your imaging time. Chad has some excellent workflows for improving your focus
Thanks for the heads up Simon! and good eye too! - RE: the steps, there's a reason in my case - I did a fair bit of playing around with the focus settings in NINA for my RASA, I think my particular celestron focus motor benefits from more focus measurement points as sometimes I get erroneous movements (even with a big overshoot backlash correction), which if I had fewer data points making up the v-curve would occasionally lead to the curve fitting being significantly thrown off - the more measure points I have the more robust the data pool is for curve fitting though, so it generally ignores the bad points :-) I've considered taking the ZWO EAF off my 250pds and fitting it to the RASA instead as it seems to have far less backlash, so would give better curves again I guess! I'll definitely give Chad's videos a watch sometime, he's a great guy from all I've seen! Thank you for taking the time to reach out and offer some help and advice my friend, I appreciate it! Clear skies! :-)
Hey there Darren! :-) The filter would indeed work with the Redcat51, but the IDAS NBZ (non UHS) would likely work marginally better as it's optimized for a wider f-ratio range than the UHS version :-) Hope that helps! Clear skies!
Hey there! :-) I really do like Player One's equipment and I'm not paid by anyone to say that :-) it's solidly built and extremely well thought out and designed - seemingly small differences like the built-in tilt adapter can come in SO handy too! I don't have the ZWO equivalent camera to test so I can't speak with complete certainty, but I'd guess that the image quality between the two would be practically identical as they share the same sensor tech, - the ZWO has the ability to work with ASIAIR which is nice if you use it, but alternatively the Player One has an inbuilt heat sink, sensor tilt adapter, 256mb DDR frame buffer, "DPS" dead-pixel suppression and a really lovely fit & finish! :-) I'm VERY happy with mine! I hope that helps mate! Clear skies :-)
I've not used one yet my friend! The Uranus-C doesn't seem to struggle much with the heat it seems! :-) Thanks so much for watching and giving your support!
Luke, love watching your videos. Really appreciate watching someone who understands the gift of life.
I appreciate that!! Thank you so much my friend 🙏
Thank you so much for sharing this and big congrats on the RASA, found you whilst researching the Uranus C, lovely vids, enjoying them very much.
Thanks so much mate! I've had the Uranus-C for a good while now and really do like the camera :-D
Congratulations on getting such fine results so quickly with new equipment. Your longer nights are now arriving...
Thank you Peter!! - It's nice to see them returning, but also a little bittersweet as those long days really are enjoyable too! :-D
I appreciate you watching!
The only trouble with telling us all how quickly you're collecting data means we're all gonna be expecting more videos !! Seriously what a piece of kit Luke and the image at the end for just 3 hours is exceptional. I think the rasa is going to be incredible for creating content.......brilliant video mate 👌
Thanks so much mate!! :-D I totally agree, for creating images in no-time-flat the RASA is just about unbeatable, amazing really from a content perspective as you quite rightly noted!! :-)
Hope you have a great weekend bud! Thanks for watching :-)
My wife and I have been using the RASA 8 for a bit over a year, and love it, as you do. It gives fantastic results and unless there's a major temp change, it stays in focus through most of our imaging sessions. The focuser itself works so smoothly that we don't bother with an autofocuser.
We're envious of your new roll-off observatory! Keep up the good work.
Rick & Rosemary
Ontario, Canada
Hey there Rick & Rosemary! - That's just wonderful to read, thank you so much for leaving such a nice message :-)
I really look forwards to enjoying this very special scope for many, many sessions - Had I realised how good they were I'd have bought one sooner haha!
Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment, hope you both have a wonderful weekend!
All the best,
Luke
So cool man!!! That observatory is so nice, but I feel so bad for your 2 hours of darkness, tough to image I'm sure but great results in the end!
Thank you so much!! - It's awesome to see you here, I appreciate you taking the time to watch! :-D
2 hours per night is really annoying to deal with haha, but we're past the solstice now so the nights are getting longer again! :-D
Thanks again for stopping by, clear skies!
Brilliant stuff Luke! Love your enthusiasm and that Scope \ camera combo looks superb 👍
Thank you Scott! It's great to hear from you buddy, hope you're keeping well!! :-)
I'm really loving the rasa and uranus-c combo, I will be looking at a bigger camera at some point though as it can go a lot wider! :-)
Thank you for watching and for your continued support!!
Clear skies!
@@lukomatico I am thinking about getting the zwo equivalent for my EdgeHD 8 which I am hoping for first light in August 🙏 The RASA is very tempting too 😉
Keep up the great work Luke 👌👍
The skies up here in the East Riding have been amazing recently, although not last night! So glad that you've been getting them too 👍
Thanks so much Paul! Awesome to hear you've had a good run mate, it's been seriously warm with it too, not bad! :-D
Thanks for watching mate!
Another great video so pleased for you now you have your observatory. I'm learning so much from watching your videos I'm truly grateful
Thank you so much Sean!! - I'm really happy to hear the videos are useful to you my friend, I myself am very grateful for your support! Clear skies :-)
One word: Brilliant
Thank you Martin my friend!! :-) Clear skies!
Incredible Luke! a) I'm amazed you've got the RASA absolutely singing this early on, I've always thought of RASA's as a work in progress scope like RC's but those stars are simply beautiful edge to edge at f/2!! lol Mind blowing! b) this is with a planetary EAA cam! and c) You must have been imaging close to the summer equinox, as you said it pretty much doesn't get dark. I know you say come chill out but it's a bit too exciting to chill :D Oh ZWO have released the same sensor ASI 585mc so I can pick one of those bad boys up at some point. Well done mate, that's one high res image at the end, which again I didn't quite expect and nor did you by the sounds of it lol
Hey Chris!! - Hope you are well matey! :-D
I was really pleased with how easy the RASA was to use, literally 30 minutes or so messing with camera tilt (could have gone faster, but I wanted to take it easy and really understand what I was doing) and after that I was flying! amazingly stable :-)
I love the 585 for sure and think you'll have a whale of a time with one! I'd love to see what it can do with a bigger sensor sometime though, that would be a LOT of fun I bet, all this speed with a big sensor would be nuts!
You got the timeline pretty close for sure haha! - this was shot about 10 days before equinox I think! :-D
As always buddy, thanks for coming and watching - I appreciate it!
@@lukomatico I have been fortunate to not need to mess with tilt yet... The RASA is really a breeze to get up and running with quickly. I am one of those lucky people who had even less trouble with my RC.. it just worked great out of the box... but RASA is definitely easier long term
Hi Luke. I have been watching your videos since the beginning…I am amazed to see how fast you gain expertise to climb up to the stars and take all of us with you! Thanks for that and for your unalterable enthusiasm! Inspirational! And of course, amazingly setup/equipment/ dog etc… 😀
Hey there! :-) That's such a lovely thing to read, thank you so much for taking the time to leave such a positive comment!! It's really motivating to hear!
Thank you for watching my videos for so long too, I hugely appreciate the support :-)
Clear skies my friend!
Congrats on the new scope. Incredible setup and imaging. Well done Luke! 🔭
Thank you so much my friend!! Clear skies :-)
Glad your reaping these rewarded for all your efforts. Love your observatory layout, with the computer/break area separate from the scopes, just like the pro facilities.
Thank you Michael! It's lovely to hear that my friend :-) I hope you and your grandsons have had the chance to enjoy some EAA!
Clear skies!
Hi Luke,that’s really great to see everything up and running with the RASA.With the Uranus camera that’s a great field of view and setup. Excellent image of the Pelican you captured in a short space of time.Looking forward to seeing some more Summer nebulae with the RASA. Clear skies.
Hey Jon! Thanks very much indeed mate :-D I'm having a lot of fun with this setup now, it's fast and fun - can't ask for more!
Hope you have a superb weekend bud, thanks for watching!
What a beautifully produced video. It’s quite evident the time and artful attention you’ve been putting into your videos (aside from the ongoing great content). It’s simply a pleasure sitting back and enjoying your productions. I’d be interested in a bit of discussion about you saying you don’t have true darkness (only astronomical twilight), I never thought about this. It’s one more thing I’ve learned from you and your many videos-always something new and interesting. Always a treat!
Hey Joe! - I'm really happy to hear the extra effort on the videos is showing, that's brilliant mate :-)
RE: No darkness, It's an interesting time of year for us, for about 2 months we don't see a true night sky, just astronomical twilight instead (which is what follows nautical twilight, which is what follows civil twilight!) - the sun never truly sets in this situation, it goes below the horizon but not far enough below to put the skies above me in the earth's shadow, thus the atmosphere is illuminated still by sunlight. - a cool side effect of this location and situation is that we get to see incredible cloud formations sometimes, in the absolute upper atmosphere called noctilucent clouds, tiny sparkling ice crystals around 50 miles up!- honestly magical to see.
I hope that helps explain it a bit more mate! As always, thank you for watching!!
And I though I had it bad dealing with Manhattan’s sky dome! What is your latitude?
@@josephluciani5531 54n basically mate 👍
You got that new setup working very well and very quickly, Nice one Luke! looking forward to this and your future targets.
Thanks so much Dave mate!! - Really looking forwards to future targets now bud :-) Clear skies!
Another great video Luke. I’m lovin’ the observatory setup, especially with the RASA. Being able to quickly acquire images (even between clouds) will be a game changer.
Looking forward to what’s to come Luke.
Cheers! 🍻
Thank you so much my friend!! :-D I'm over the moon with how this whole last few months has gone really haha, it's been amazing and now I'm able to hopefully sit back and get to the hard work of enjoying all this stuff a bunch more :-D
Thank you very much indeed for your support, it's thanks to folk like you that this is all becoming possible!
Clear skies!
Great shot Luke.. really impressive.. especially with an uncooled planetary camera! I love that HH 555 is clearly visible. CS!
Good eye mate, as always!! :-D I was really pleased to see it there too, - in hindsight I think I should have drizzled the data as it seemed to have more to give!
Thank you for watching!
Loved your new setup, luke! But even more your haircut .
Haha! - Thank you dude :-D Hope you are keeping well bud!
Hi Luke, what an awesome image. I'm happy you have the new scope and your observatory up and running. You will really enjoy the scope. I really like mine. take care my friend
clear skies.
Thanks so much Ray! I really appreciate it my friend, glad to hear you like the shot :-) Thank you again for getting in touch by the way, that was real kind of you!!
All the best, and hope you have a great weekend :-)
Luke
Excited for you Luke! Go f2 great video man👍🏼
Thank you so much buddy!! :-D Real glad you enjoyed!
Clear skies!
Awesome video Luke! That picture is just amazing and it must have been so exciting to watch the pictures as they came in!🔭
Thank you!! It was cool to keep an eye on the pics coming in for sure, I do enjoy seeing a live-stack build too but both methods of capture have their merit! :-D
I appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment!
Hope you have a great weekend! :-)
Pleased for you mate, hope you have many happy hours of imaging with this super fast scope. keep the great content coming Luke. 👍
Thank you so much John! I hope you have a wonderful weekend :-) Clear skies!
Your videos are getting better and better mate. I never get board watching them.
I am really pleased Luke how everything is comming along for you.
That RASA is the dogs gonads....brilliant. What shall I go for then the Esprit or the Rasa??? Because I am just torn now.
Loved the final image mate, awesome job!!!
Hey Ben!! - Thanks so much matey haha!! :-D Really glad you like my videos man, that's awesome to hear!
RE: rasa 8 vs esprit 120 - it's a tough one! me personally, I would go rasa these days, but there's nothing wrong with the Esprit, that's for sure!!! just horses for courses :-)
Clear skies mate!
Nice, getting an EAF was pretty much a game changer for me, images are so much sharper now especially the stars!
Hey Mark! The EAF is completely brilliant, totally agree my friend!! :-) Thanks for watching!
Superb image Luke, got some lovely depth and loving the deep rich colour pallet you used. I too cannot wait for the darker skies to return but still out capturing photons every clear moment there is. Pixinsight can stack the image as you take the subs so may be able to replicate the sharpcap feature you are missing. I know Logan uses it and its something I am about to set up myself now I have my obsy all linked to a network. Clear skies mate
Luke, if you don't want to use the PI stacking plugin, you can still image in NINA and view a live stack in SharpCap. After your first NINA sub has saved, open SharpCap, select Camera option from the top menu, choose Folder Monitor Camera, a window pops up for you to select where your NINA data is being saved. Select the fits file and your done. next, select Live stack and and click play. Boom, your viewing your NINA data in a real time live stack and once a new sub comes in, SharpCap will automatically load the data and live stack it for you. hope that helps! Bill
@@billblanshan3021 Great tip, Bill! Thanks! :)
@@OutlandishJourneys You're very welcome!
Thank you Glenn mate!! It's a cool feature for sure, is it EZ-Live stack by chance? Nice to keep an eye on the session sort of "live" as it unfolds, adds a bit more interest!
I appreciate you watching mate!
Clear skies :-)
That's a great idea Bill, thanks man!! :-D I've used it before when test-stacking stuff but never during a session like that, totally didn't think of it!
Clear skies and thanks!
Well done mate! That image looks just amazing! Such a clean picture it looks almost like a painting. Congratulations on the RASA and if these are your results while photographing in astronomical twilight then I can't wait for when it starts to get dark for you :)
Thank you very much mate!! :-) I'm totally overjoyed with the scope, it's making me smile every time I use it and that's really what counts most of all I guess! :-D Roll on the longer, darker, clearer nights!
Thanks for watching!
Wow, glad I found this! Have a 533mc on my hyperstar, and was thinking about adding a 585 type sensor to this for galaxy season. Very impressive.
One word in particular you mentioned stuck me - “resolution”. I think that nails it, it’s almost 3 dimensional. And all in just 3 hours. Roll on winter indeed 👍.
Thank you J J!! - I'm SO pleased with the scope now I've properly tested it out, - I find it's a great match for how I like to image :-)
Can't wait to share my next project with everyone, - I'm working on the Tulip!
Thanks for watching and giving your continued support my friend, I appreciate it :-)
Clear skies!
Quality that, given how light the skies are around here this time of year.
Your observatory is stunning mate, I might have to bob down for a look around if that’s ok with you next time I’m down your way, give me some pier building tips 😂, and observatory building tips. All that said, it’s awesome
Thanks so much mate!! :-D It's been a lot of work but well worth it, the skies are pretty challenging this time of year for sure too - totally agree!
I'm sure we'll meet someday dude! Clear skies :-)
Definitely a successful first light with the RASA - great final image. Wow, not dark until 11:40pm!! and I thought 10:30pm in summer here was bad enough.
Hey Logan!! - Thank you mate, It's a bit of a rough patch at this time of year - but I guess we make up for it in winter with the seemingly endless nighttime!! :-D
Thanks for watching!
Awesome Luke! You were like a kid with a new toy 😀 Excellent result as well. As you say, once it gets darker and you you drop in 10hours of integration on this thing, it's going to be phenomenal. So chuffed for you.....You make me just want to get home and get astro going again and hopefully see if I can top my Iris. Look forward to your next one!
That's awesome to hear buddy haha :-D I'm really having a ton of fun with this thing, really do love the scope!
Can't wait to see what you get upto next man, good luck and hope your remaining time offshore goes quickly! :-D
Wow that from astronomical twilight is awesome Luke, the speed this channel has grown is amazing, well done mate.
Just checking availability for the observatory, I'd like to book the last 4 days in October lol
Thank you Andrew!! - I'm blown away and so thankful for how the channel has been doing mate, I can't believe it!
RE: October, I'll pencil you in for it mate hahaha :-D
Clear skies!
Lovely image in the end Luke nice work
Thanks so much Nik buddy!! :-) Clear skies!
Ahh the RASA is a damn good scope :) Awesome image there
Totally agree about the RASA Nicky!! I'm glad you liked the image, thank you!! :-D Clear skies!
Big props to you guys in the far north battling out these short summer nights. Makes us guys in the mid and lower latitudes feel a bit spoiled for using the 3-4 hours we do get because it’s viewed as so short 😂. Clear skies!
Thank you man! It's always fun to just be out and enjoying the night skies however you can, I guess even though the nights are short, - and not even truly night, it's still fun in it's own right thanks to the target variety and the fact I can stand outside and look at the sky with a t-shirt and shorts on LOL - don't wanna do that in winter! :-)
Thanks for watching my friend!
Pleased to hear and see that the RASA is working better than you seem to have anticipated Luke. The spilt on the three stars you highlighted certainly got my attention. Now I need to convince myself I don’t need one……nah, I’m not convinced!! 🤣
👍🏻 Noddy
Hey Noddy! Hope you've been well mate! :-)
It's been a real surprise, the RASA has totally exceeded my expectations in every way, had I know it would be THIS good I'd have got one years ago haha - what a lovely bit of kit :-) ...I'm probably not helping you be convinced you don't need one am I? haha!!
Clear skies mate!
I am amazed at the results you have achieved with an uncooled planetary camera like Uranus-C. Waooo! Your photograph appears on the Player One website, congratulations. I would like to see images with the RASA and the 2600 which has a wider field. Hugs
Hey there Jesus! - Thank you so much mate!! Really glad you like how it turned out :-D I too would love to try a 2600 sensor on this thing, I think it would be an amazing combination, wide field and blisteringly fast! :-)
I hope you have a superb weekend my friend, clear skies!
Hugs :-D
Great result Luke, especially with that small sensor camera and with no astronomical darkness, also great to see you using NINA, a superb piece of software with second to none support on the Discord group, get yourself on there if not already….👍🏼
Thanks Stewart!! :-D It's a great bit of software 100% agree, I look forwards to getting to know it better!!
Clear skies!
Absolutely beautiful image Luke your game just keeps improving. The aspiration to capture something as wonderful keeps pushing me forward. If you get the chance Luke could you find the time to do some more tips and tricks on Pixinsight. Your Hubble palette from a OSC was so easy to follow in such a complex programme. 😊Rasa now on Christmas list🤞
Thank you so much Pete!! - I'm glad you are enjoying pushing forwards with astronomy, it's a wonderful thing to be a part of!
RE: PixInsight - I'll need to have a good think about what I could do videos on! thank you for the suggestion though, I am very happy to hear my videos helped you!
Great video and awesome image Luke. Maybe the pelican should be called the raining nebula as I can't see a pelican at all but certainly rain. Clear skies bud.
Hey Rob! Ah mate I'm glad it's not just me who sees the rain effect, really interesting to see it I thought!
Thanks for watching and I hope you have a cracking weekend dude!
I were wondering when you'd do a first light video looks like you had fun, I think I have some tilt with my RASA but really don't know how to tackle it so I've left the scope alone for now as I think it's already had enough of me messing around with it lol. Cracking image as usual 🙂
Clear skies mate & have fun!!
PS I hope Henry doesn't spot one of those tennis balls on the counterweight bar 😁
Hey Tich! - I hope you're doing well bud :-)
I had a bunch of fun for sure, such a great scope to own and use - I look forwards to many more sessions with this thing!! :-D
RE: Henry and the ball, he's not noticed it yet luckily LOL - I'll have to keep it in place though as it's saved both me and Chloe a few trips to A&E at this point haha, the curse of having head-height counterweight bars!
Thanks for watching matey, as always!
Amazing Wide Field Shot Luke. I really just Love The Title, Bahaha. Because it Reminds Me Something Crazy 🤣, Your A Loyal Man! Keep up the amazing Work!! Clear skies
Thank you so much Avanteesh my friend!! :-D Luckily Chloe is very understanding with my astronomy obsession haha, otherwise I may not have been able to get away with the title LOL! :-D
Thanks for watching buddy, I hope you have a great weekend!
That’s crazy Luke, the detail and clarity of that player one camera is amazing! Excellent image of the Pelican mate, love the colour scheme! Don’t you get bored just waiting around without having to set up now??🤣 I bet you’ll miss it before long! But anyway, just enjoy it Luke! I’m jealous really !🤣 Clear skies mate!
Hey Simon!! :-D Hope you are set for a great weekend bud!
I'm really happy with how the scope and camera are working together 100%!! I would love to try a 2600 size sensor on this thing sometime though, I bet that would be an amazing match!
RE: setting up, honest to goodness mate every time I feel like I'm forgetting to do something hahaha, it's crackers!
Thanks for watching and for your continued support!!
Clear skies :-)
🤯 awesome dude 👍🏼 truly awesome 👍🏼
Thank you so much dude!! :-D Hope you have a cracking weekend!
@@lukomatico you too sir 👍🏼 clear skies 👍🏼
Brilliant image Luke sounds like your loving the RASA, do you think you will ever use your newtonian telescopes again? bet it won't be long before Chloe will be wanting a RASA too lol
I must say mate the quality of you presentation and videos just keeps getting better you really do set the standards hight
Hey Anthony! That's a good question mate haha, I'm going to hold onto it for a while and think about what to do - I'm totally loving the RASA way of life now I've tried it though, it's a perfect fit for me! :-)
I'm so happy to hear you like the videos so much mate, that's extremely nice to read! :-D Thank you!
Hope you have a super weekend dude, thanks for watching!
imaged like a boss💪
Haha! Thank you buddy!! :-) Hope you have a superb weekend!
Hi Luke,
Great first light on the RASA. Yes, those stars are pinpoints from edge to edge, top to bottom. Have you tried using the "Flats Wizard" in NINA yet? Makes it soooo much easier (once you get the settings correct). Oh, can you see the pelican bird yet in the view?
Hey there Pat my friend! I'm happy to report that on wider fields I can indeed make out the Pelican now, haha! :-D Really happy with how the rasa is performing, it's been a pleasure to use from day 1 now - overjoyed!
RE: the flats wizard, I LOVE it!! it's actually one of my favourite features of NINA :-D I like the fact it will slew to zenith for me, really convenient!
Thank you for watching, and as always thank you also for your support my friend, I appreciate it!
Clear skies :-)
Great video.
Thank you for watching Amy, I really appreciate you taking the time! Great to see another RASA owner in here! :-)
Clear skies my friend!
Great images as always! I caught the 2 min subs but what gain setting were you using? I concentrate on EAA but I am always impressed with how good your images look. Keep up the great work!
Hey there mate! - I was using gain 200 offset 10 I believe, (or maybe 20) - Really happy to hear you liked the shot my friend, it was a lot of fun to capture and see it all come together during processing for sure!
Thanks for watching!
Respect to you for your investment in your hobby and sharing your journey. It's been very enjoyable following along : )
That's really kind of you to say! thank you so much my friend :-) It is my pleasure to be able to share my evenings with people!
Clear skies!
Great video... I have an 11" RASA.. I love it, my number one challenge is stupid and its just keeping the star shapes in check. I have done it with spikes, and with a cable router... I need a more permanent solution... maybe a smaller camera i don;t know yet... that is my only real complaint after using it nonstop for a year is my star quality is always lacking... I finally packaged it up for a bit and switched to my slowww 10" RC and I am just loving the crisp stars.
Hey there James! - Ah man that sounds rough! I can totally see how it'd become a problem though with such a large aperture at that speed! - Good to hear you're enjoying the RC for a while instead though, a change is as good as a rest they say! :-)
Clear skies!
Thanks for sharing your experience Luke! I'm about to pull the trigger on a player one Saturn color camera, would you recommend that one too? Also do you think it's a good idea to get the Active Cooling System? My main goal with the camera would be short exposure lucky imaging sort of EAA and planetary photography too
Hey Ziggy! My pleasure mate, glad you enjoyed the video 👍
Re: the Saturn camera, that's a great one yeah! It's likely better than the Uranus-C is so I think you'll be well set to really enjoy yourself with it :-)
As to the active cooling, it's probably not needed if you're imaging from the UK or similar 👍
Hope that helps!
Another fantasic vlog Luke. Pin point stars from edge to edge..... wow! Obsy looks absolutely fantastic too. What did you use to adjust the camera tilt? Mine is a bit out. Also where can you buy the player one cameras from in the UK. Many thanks, Pete
Hey there Pete! :-) Really glad you liked it my friend!
RE: adjusting tilt, I did it with a bahtinov mask basically! Looking at the pattern told me where i was intra/extrafocally tilted, so I was able to undo the cam from the rasa, make my adjustment and try again - took about 30 mins or so all said and done!
As to buying Player One cams in the UK - I believe StarFieldOptics is the UK reseller, but all my dealings have been just direct with Player One themselves on their own website :-) Hope that helps mate!
Hi Luke, Thanks very much, helps a lot. Did you adjust the collimation screws on the RASA to get the camera tilt spot on? I upgraded to the Starizona filter holder which improved things a lot but I don't have a camera tilt plate for my ZWO camera. Again thanks, Pete. (Sorry for newbie questions)
@@peterraymond3653 Hey there Pete! - I did not touch the RASA collimation screws no, it was all done with the sensor tilter as that was the only problem present (collimation itself was perfect, so using the rasa screws would have done more harm than good :-) ) Hope that helps bud!
@@lukomatico Hi Luke, got it now. I'll need a tilt plate to adjust the camera. Many thanks for you help. I've a lot to learn! Again, thanks.
@@peterraymond3653 Happy to help Peter my friend! Have a good one! :-)
WOW amazing result for this time of year with no real dark. Im 55deg north and all my gear is packed away for at least another 8 weeks. Swap you a Mak and a kidney for that RASA 😂
Hey there Tom! :-D Ah I don't blame you for taking a break over the summer mate, especially if you're setting up each session too!
I may get a mak one day to complement the RASA! or a standard SCT perhaps for some planetary work, the kidney isn't needed just yet though as I have two part worn ones already installed hahaha!
Thanks for watching! :-)
Another great video mate! FYI, NINA has a live-stack pixinsight plug-in which you should be able to use to replicate sharpcap.
Thank you Duncan!! - I'll have a look into available options at some point I reckon, thanks for the suggestion! :-D Clear skies buddy!
Spectacular Image . Maybe smaller Data Sets will work out OK for you now . It would give you the opportunity for more Targets on a given night . I am surprised at your RASA and Mount setup . Everything appears to be hanging on one side only (?) Do you need to balance with this Mount ?/SRK
Hey there Scott! - Thank you mate, I'm glad you liked the image! :-)
Definitely agree that even an image of only three hours is still a nice data set, - I'd still love to go deeper and longer though, just to get everything I can! :-)
RE: balancing, that may be my dodgy camera work I'm afraid! it's counterbalanced nicely by one 11kg weight on the counterweight shaft, around mid way :-)
Thanks for watching!
Epic results, Luke! Especially under our UK summer skies! I'm still contemplating an f4 Newtonian, but the RASA might be worth the bigger price tag...how have you got on with collimation on the RASA? Was it needed? Cheers! :)
Hey mate! Hope you've been keeping well :-D
I've became a bit of a RASA convert it seems, for my type of enjoyment in the hobby it is a total match! I love seeing resolution, getting speedy captures and using OSC cameras most of all, so RASA is a perfect fit for that :-D I can genuinely see me owning the 11" one at some point too, alongside the 8" - incredible scopes.
RE: collimation, didn't need a single touch! :-) the only thing that was required was adjusting the tilt on my camera, which took about 30 minutes or something, - not too hard at all!
Hope that helps! Have a super weekend my friend :-)
Great image. How did you adjust the tilt of your camera?
Hey there mate! - I did it using a bahtinov mask to tell me how intra/extrafocally I was tilted across the sensor plane, it worked great and didn't take too long - I'll likely have to do a video on it the next time I get a new camera!
Thanks so much for watching!
Great video, Luke! Looks like you're having fun in the new obsy with the RASA. How long did it take you to get that shot of the Eagle nebula? Did you use the same filter? I'm going to get a rare view of the southern sky next week and am planning to get a single shot with my "6 inch RASA"--a C6 with Hyperstar. Clear skies!
That sounds awesome Matt!! Good luck with your capture, I've got my fingers crossed that you get some clear skies! :-)
RE: the Eagle capture, it was 38 minutes total, 2m exposures just live-stacked in sharpcap!
Good luck!!
@@lukomatico Thanks for the encouragement! You got an amazing image in just 38 minutes--well done!
Congrats Luke, nice new scope and obs to go with it (or is it the other way around?). Mate, I know you are new to NINA but have a look at Patriot Astro youtube Chanel as 3:40mins is way too long. You have far too many focusing steps which is taking up your imaging time. Chad has some excellent workflows for improving your focus
Thanks for the heads up Simon! and good eye too! - RE: the steps, there's a reason in my case - I did a fair bit of playing around with the focus settings in NINA for my RASA, I think my particular celestron focus motor benefits from more focus measurement points as sometimes I get erroneous movements (even with a big overshoot backlash correction), which if I had fewer data points making up the v-curve would occasionally lead to the curve fitting being significantly thrown off - the more measure points I have the more robust the data pool is for curve fitting though, so it generally ignores the bad points :-)
I've considered taking the ZWO EAF off my 250pds and fitting it to the RASA instead as it seems to have far less backlash, so would give better curves again I guess!
I'll definitely give Chad's videos a watch sometime, he's a great guy from all I've seen!
Thank you for taking the time to reach out and offer some help and advice my friend, I appreciate it!
Clear skies! :-)
Excelent
Thank you Enrique! :-D Clear skies my friend!
Brilliant luke !!
Would this filter work well with the redcat 51,and the asi 533mc pro ? Thx !
Hey there Darren! :-) The filter would indeed work with the Redcat51, but the IDAS NBZ (non UHS) would likely work marginally better as it's optimized for a wider f-ratio range than the UHS version :-)
Hope that helps!
Clear skies!
What gain and offset are you usually using for DSO on uranus-c?
Gain 0, offset 20 usually for me mate! But that's partly because I'm using RASA at f2 so I need the fullwell depth 👍
Hope that helps!
Hola que tipo de filtro has usado con esta cámara?
Idas nbz uhs! :-)
How do you compare the Player One vs ZWO?
Hey there! :-)
I really do like Player One's equipment and I'm not paid by anyone to say that :-) it's solidly built and extremely well thought out and designed - seemingly small differences like the built-in tilt adapter can come in SO handy too!
I don't have the ZWO equivalent camera to test so I can't speak with complete certainty, but I'd guess that the image quality between the two would be practically identical as they share the same sensor tech, - the ZWO has the ability to work with ASIAIR which is nice if you use it, but alternatively the Player One has an inbuilt heat sink, sensor tilt adapter, 256mb DDR frame buffer, "DPS" dead-pixel suppression and a really lovely fit & finish! :-) I'm VERY happy with mine!
I hope that helps mate!
Clear skies :-)
All I can say is "poor Hubble". 😂
Haha!! - thank you Peter :-D
no ACS? can get away without on a fast Rasa?
I've not used one yet my friend! The Uranus-C doesn't seem to struggle much with the heat it seems! :-)
Thanks so much for watching and giving your support!
btw, it looks like the pelican is mirrored....
It's mirrored on the NINA screen, but I flipped the result for the main image :-D Cheers though!
only thing left..... automate the roof....
Thank you haha! I'll have to look into that later in the year perhaps :-)