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The Iris Nebula. · **11 Likes**

This is the Iris nebula, with better collimation than M51 but not quite perfect still. Square edit, as I missed the framing I was going for.

**RobG** · 07-03-2021, 04:58 AM

Originally posted by aitrus3

It's fairly apparent from observation...
The sensor moves back-forth, up and down and side to side but it doesn't spin around it's axis which would be the only way to account for field rotation.

Well, again, you're stating that, but I don't know if the algorithm doesn't actually rotate the sensor. At least in the K3iii, the stabilisation is 5 axis, so it would seem surprising if they have only implemented two-dimensional translation in astrotracer, especially when the most common motion is a wide angle shot will be rotation, and the camera implements horizon correction in normal modes.

blues_hawk · 07-03-2021, 07:57 PM

Originally posted by aitrus3

It's fairly apparent from observation...
The sensor moves back-forth, up and down and side to side but it doesn't spin around it's axis which would be the only way to account for field rotation.

I concur with this. I got to play with the in body stabilizer assembly when I full spectrum converted my K5 last year and it is indeed locked to not rotate. I also have had better results working along the east west with the o-gps1, though wider exposures work even to the north. In reference to something I read recently, I also haven't been able to get the bulb setup to work on the k50, as it shows Bulb OR Astrotracer in setup, which I found a bit limiting compared to a tracking mount.

Originally posted by =aitrus3

Um. They don't come down often. We are a small little community. I've had deer and skunks though.

We have black bears down here and they get a bit nosy sometimes. They're generally very docile though.
Still, when you're sitting in pitch black darkness trying to set something up and suddenly feel a cold wet nose on the back of your leg it is very difficult not to scream...as the possum screams back at you from the nearest tree. :P

**saley** · 07-08-2021, 04:30 PM

Originally posted by aitrus3

This is the Iris nebula, with better collimation than M51 but not quite perfect still. Square edit, as I missed the framing I was going for.

and at Warp 10, how long to get there?

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07-03-2021, 04:58 AM	#31
RobG Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Canberra Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 8,243	Originally posted by aitrus3 It's fairly apparent from observation... The sensor moves back-forth, up and down and side to side but it doesn't spin around it's axis which would be the only way to account for field rotation. Well, again, you're stating that, but I don't know if the algorithm doesn't actually rotate the sensor. At least in the K3iii, the stabilisation is 5 axis, so it would seem surprising if they have only implemented two-dimensional translation in astrotracer, especially when the most common motion is a wide angle shot will be rotation, and the camera implements horizon correction in normal modes.

07-03-2021, 07:57 PM	#32
blues_hawk Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Patrick Co. Virginia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,353	Originally posted by aitrus3 It's fairly apparent from observation... The sensor moves back-forth, up and down and side to side but it doesn't spin around it's axis which would be the only way to account for field rotation. I concur with this. I got to play with the in body stabilizer assembly when I full spectrum converted my K5 last year and it is indeed locked to not rotate. I also have had better results working along the east west with the o-gps1, though wider exposures work even to the north. In reference to something I read recently, I also haven't been able to get the bulb setup to work on the k50, as it shows Bulb OR Astrotracer in setup, which I found a bit limiting compared to a tracking mount. Originally posted by =aitrus3 Um. They don't come down often. We are a small little community. I've had deer and skunks though. We have black bears down here and they get a bit nosy sometimes. They're generally very docile though. Still, when you're sitting in pitch black darkness trying to set something up and suddenly feel a cold wet nose on the back of your leg it is very difficult not to scream...as the possum screams back at you from the nearest tree. :P

07-08-2021, 04:30 PM	#33
saley Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2011 Photos: Gallery Posts: 565	Originally posted by aitrus3 This is the Iris nebula, with better collimation than M51 but not quite perfect still. Square edit, as I missed the framing I was going for. and at Warp 10, how long to get there?

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