Originally posted by 2old4toys Given how Hong Kong has less than ideal conditions, as a novice 1st timer, I am pretty chuffed with this early result. Can make out the Milky Way from the raw file, shot with my Pentax Q-S1 and 02 standard zoom at its widest. ISO400, 30 second exposure aided by the Sightron nano.tracker.
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Wow !... Impressive Landscape under the Milky-Way !
... Was your Q-S1 w/o IR-cut filter or the night Not 100% Dark, or both ?
Is this place lit by the Light-Pollution ?
Originally posted by 2old4toys Finally back in the UK now and have access to my bargain yard sale 1000mm reflector scope for the 1st time. Took my 1st Q images today of the Sun and then Mars. Very excited.
Have a newb question, I took apart scope for cleaning and with the focuser was surprised to find a Glass Element at the bottom of it, could be a lens or a filter of some kind. I left it and without further stack shortening, found I could already rack focus to infinity to the Sun/ stars with my IR modified original Q.
Question for anyone who would know :Should I remove that glass in the focuser for sharper “prime” focus ?
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Is your scope a 1000mm Pure Reflector : Tube Length = ~900 mm~
... or some kind of " Catadioptric " Scope with Lenses in the focuser = Short-Tube ?
Catadioptric Reflector with Lenses in the focuser - Google Search /!\ the Glass Element in the Focuser could be :
- some kind of
Barlow Lens, could be Removed if you lengthen the tube ?
- some kind of
Corrector that allows the use of a Spherical Mirror instead of a Parabolic one...
if you remove this Corrector, image borders will be blurred !
I hope it's Not one of these :
Black list of telescopes. Bad telescopes not for beginner Tasco Galxsee 144500 Corrector ? https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/136-pentax-q/369368-pentax-q-astrophotog...ml#post4931112
it's not said that it has that Spherical Primary Mirror, so...
you still get one chance...
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I wasted all the summer nights installing my Astro Gear in the yard of the building...
... and once everything was Well Settled and Ready for Astro-Photo...
the Clouds were Filling the sky from ~10 PM to ~2 AM !
angry with all these climate skeptics
Nebulosity-Map history, location SE Marseille :
https://www.meteociel.fr/observations-meteo/nebu.php
some clear skies near the Full-Moon
So I came back to my site and completed some useful infos
1"25 Astro Filters inside Pentax K2Q Adapter
= how about 1"25 Filters in the Pentax K2Q adapter
Not even 1 astro-photo to post !