Thanks so much for the great advice and pictures guys!
The pics are really amazing!!
Actually, seeing what can be done makes me wana go and play with my K1 in the field more. Though for now I'm waiting on a tripod, backpack and a few more lenses before heading out properly.
I tried a few shots which unfortunately all came out blurred due to low light and camera shake. It was a little frustrating to be honest though just a fact of physics
Originally posted by damianc Indilib allows you to control shutter via USB thus obviating the need for a cable release/intervalometer. For my setup I have a rugged Intel NUC running Indiserver attached to the telescope, mount and guidescope and connect remotely from my desktop indoors where it's warm (important in winter!).
I guess you already read recommendations to prioritise the mount. I can't say I have a vast range of experience, but it looks like the soundest of advice.
The K1 being full frame gives telescopes a wider field of view than APSc, and I'm finding my Askar FRA400 to be quite a useful focal length
This is interesting! I'll need to look at the usb camera control. I haven't seen it so far in my reading.
Ps. The Askar 400mm is a really nice lens. I've seen some of what its capable of which looks pretty amazing.
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Originally posted by VoiceOfReason Ohh, and of you think photography is expensive, wait until you go down the rabbit hole of astrophotography. Here's my equipment list:
Cameras: Pentax K1ii, K1, K3, K5 astro mod, K-01 full spectrum, Samsung Mini, ZWO ASI178MC, ZWO ASI290MC, ZWO ASI533MC, QHY 5III 178 mono, QHY 5III462C, Astrel AST183-X-M-FW-7F, QHYCCD 294 M-Pro with Antlia SHO 3nm 36mm Pro, and Antlia LRGB 36mm Pro.
Scopes: TMB 92SS, Meade LX850 12", Orion ST 120, Celestron CR 150-HD, ES David Levy Comet Hunter, Lunt LS50THa, Meade SN10, Tak Epsilon 160, SharpStar 15028HNT, WO Redcat, Daystar 80mm, Skywatcher MN190, Orion 10RC, Borg 55FL, ES 127CF FCD100, RASA 11, Meade LX200 10".
Mounts: Modded go-to CG5, iOptron CEM25EC, CEM25P, CEM40, IEQ45, GEM45, CEM60 Pro with tri-pier, CEM70G with tri-pier, 2x Meade LX850 with Starlock, Orion HDX 110. 4x MGEN II autoguiders.
Feel free to check out my Astrobin here:
Scotty Bishop's gallery - AstroBin
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Thank you and I will definitely do so
Being an engineer by day trade I'm no stranger to having lots of kit.
After all its both a hobby and passion for me.
This is totally off-topic but a thread I started a while back on designing a building control and automation system.
When we had the ground floor modernized I started out by designing the layout using 3d CAD.
The electrical layout and panel I also built and designed. I even went as far to build my own controller using a $30 Pine64-LTS and then consequently wrote lots of lines of code for automating the setup.
Tying in here, I maybe able to do something similar using a Pine SBC. I'll need to see if there's a BSD (Berkley university developed OS in the late 70s) port of indilib for Arm architecture.
That might work really well as a mobile Astro server.
(Idea based on the Intel NUC concept mentioned above)
By the way the building control thread is located here for anyone who is interested:
Competing with Industrial BMS systems - the house that runs its self :-) - Share your Projects! - Home Assistant Community