Thanks for the links. I like the pictures very much! As a Pentax man I must state that I do not like the ones made with the unmodded Pentax less . I have the feeling (at least for myself) on the imaging level the two of us are dwelling processing techniques determine the crucial last 20% of the result.

For me I can say that with the astrophotostuff I love to have a hobby where I know that there will always be headroom and motivation for getting better.


If you mention LLGRBs in your posts - do you mean the "Scott Rosen LLRGB" method (I started a thread about it here in the group) or something else?

Yes, Scott's methods...there is one user on CN (can't remember his handle, think he's in Japan), that has/uses a modded Pentax (not sure of the body, might be a K-5). Would be nice to find someone (for me here), who would begin to mod Pentax. I know there is one I could contact to see if he might be interested in giving it a go, as he did both of my Canon's...not sure if i'd be willing to have it done on my K5ii...perhaps i'd look around for a used body??

You might consider starting a new topic in Observatories, & put'n up some pic's of "The Cube"....see what others come back with/have to say ....

Thank's for the likes

I wished there was less light pollution at my home location(especially the damned street lamp vis-a-vis). But I get it managed in most cases in the post processing meanwhile....

I posted some Images and descriptions of the installation here (post #9): Horse & Flame Nebulas widefield - DSLR & Digital Camera Astro Imaging & Processing - Cloudy Nights

Today the successor of the little "Cube" telescope shelter had its topping-out ceremony. It has a "shift-away" roof and room for the 130/910 mm scope on its pier.



It is a light-weight and I had to secure it immediately because the premiere was in in midst of a heavy winter storm. The balcony's privacy protection gave up but the new scope home survived...cross your fingers



Any idea fo a name for the new "observatory"?

I'll trade you. My backyard is awful, but at least I can go out into the park behind my house to get an unobstructed view of most of the sky. Also the the city cops don't see you if you are setup back in the tree line shooting across the park over the houses so I now don't get kicked out when it officially closes.

The Cube

Nice setup!

Very nice!

Thanks! Its not complete yet. The support structure for the roof for when its open has to be applied and the whole construction has to be levelled and finally fixed. I hope to finish the construction works until the next weekend. We still have stormy weather here with very strong gusts and I will have to keep the box closed until Saturday.

Yeah, I also tend to leave the name as it was (maybe "The Cube II") though it is not really a cube anymore. In one edge I had to spare the balcony pier and besides this it is only cubic if you don't look at the roof hood .

Somehow "the Truncated Parallelpiped" just isn't as snappy though.

So it's nearly done! Yesterday the storm calmed down a bit I I could shift the top of the telescope shelter for the very first time:







When I went to the street in front of my house to take some images I immediately knew what the name must be: "THE CABRIOLET"

Cheers
Pete

P.S. Tonight will bethe first clear night since weeks but I have to go on a business trip instead of testing the cabriolet.....arrgh!