Cursed setups

[celest sierra]

Is it stable?

[flat lion]

Somewhat

[chilly mauve]

It looks like a props from Pirates of the Caribbeans haha

[flat lion]

😂

[slim tree]

[copper heath]

oh no

[slate nimbus]

plenty of people do this (myself included)

it’s pretty hit or miss but can work really well

[slim tree]

still cursed

[civic wraith]

Like why

Peak tripodness

[high canyon]

More like a fourpod

[slate nimbus]

no more field rotation

[tulip cloud]

wait a sec, the smart scopes have no compensation for field rotation????

[high canyon]

i thought their sensors were rotating or something but they didnt

[slate nimbus]

no

there arent any eq smart scopes either

[tulip cloud]

what the hell

[slate nimbus]

they designed are for people who wouldnt care about FR

[cold osprey]

petition for someone to make an eq smart scope (i'd buy tbh)

[tight moon]

The dwarf can be run in eq mode and the Seestar can be fooled into running in eq mode.Thats why people put them on mounts like that.

[tight moon]

Many professional observatory scopes are alt-az without a field rotator, they just take exposures short enough that you don’t need a rotator.

[tulip cloud]

huuuuh

[tight moon]

Cameras are sensitive these days.

[tulip cloud]

well if not for the diffraction patterns on stars, I guess you could rotate just the sensor though, depending on what you're after that might be desirable in a more science oriented observatory I feel like?

[tight moon]

I think I worked out that for the sky to be dark enough where the Seestar would benefit from longer exposures than 10s, you’d need to be in Bortle 3 or better.

(Without the lp filter)

[tight moon]

No science reason to do it I think. Shorter exposures are better to counteract the atmospheric wobble.

[tulip cloud]

huh, makes sense actually, didn't think of that

[empty drift]

smart telescopes are very poor value

dwarf/seestar are alright considering you can't really get a rig for the price but im talking about the expensive ones like vespera

[copper heath]

oi did you hear vaoinis released another SS but its mono

it seems good on paper

but the cost? $45k

[empty drift]

Imagine how good of a rig you could build for that price

[remote solar]

Geebaz. For that I'd expect a frac with 24' OTA and could see the nose-hair on Marvin the Martian's nose.

[empty drift]

You could probably buy a planewave for that price

Lets see here..

https://planewave.com/products/cdk20-f6-8-ota/

[remote solar]

TF is so special about their stuff

[empty drift]

They're very good scopes

I see them mainly used for science but some do astrophotography and they are amazing

[remote solar]

Do they produce perfect images and lay an occasional gold brick?

[empty drift]

Local observatory here has a CDK24

For science

Might be bigger than that actually

If I had the money for planewave I could just go pick it up, they're only an hour drive away

[copper heath]

https://vaonis.com/hyperia/en/
heres the link to look

it looks like a microphone

[remote solar]

Great. So even outer space can hear me spaz when something inevitably goes sideways.

😐

[delicate mural]

Looks like a trash can

[high canyon]

So it’s like a 6 inch triplet on a goto mount with a fancy sensor built inside?

🥸

[vague sail]

Wait that ain't a microphone?

[high canyon]

Looks like it honestly

[vague sail]

Yh

If I didn't read "smart telescope" I would belive it was a microphone

Or an futuristic 6"dob

[high canyon]

Or a futuristic trash can

[vague sail]

Yh, a long one

[high canyon]

Not talking abt performance,but looks

[copper heath]

great observation

[high canyon]

I wonder how much is it

[high canyon]

45k

[copper heath]

the Hyperia is $45k

[high canyon]

For that kind of money…

Well

[copper heath]

defo not worth it

[delicate mural]

Trash can not included

[vague sail]

Wait how big it is?

[delicate mural]

6in

[vague sail]

Oh wow, for a smart scope that is bic

But not worth it at all

[vague sail]

The only one I would buy is the unistellar bc I like how you can "see" the oject trough the eyepiece

But still not worth it

[delicate mural]

If you are so rich and want a smart telescope just get the celestron origin, not the trash can

[copper heath]

if youre willing to spend $45k, why would you even want a smart telescope

buy an actual setup at that stage/

[high canyon]

I better buy myself a car and a 16 inch goto dob for that money

[copper heath]

45k can buy you a planewave

[vague sail]

Real

[delicate mural]

Just the ota tho

[copper heath]

well do you want an observatory grade telescope or a 6 inch microphone

[delicate mural]

You can buy a full blown observatory for that cash

[vague sail]

Fr

[high canyon]

I can make my own lab that grows fluoride crystals and turns them into lenses for that money

Tak factory

[delicate mural]

A telescope mirror bakery is better

[high canyon]

Literally there is so much you can do with that kind of money instead of buying this microphone

[high canyon]

I’ll do both

[vague sail]

It's just not worth

If it was 16" smart then maybe you could talk ab it, but 45k for 6" is ridiculous

[high canyon]

35k$ are for branding and fancy exterior

[vague sail]

Rly?

[high canyon]

If you can call microphone ish design fancy

[high canyon]

It’s not a fact I’m just telling that it’s prob expensive also bc it’s a brand

[vague sail]

We need Damon scotting to do a review on it!

[high canyon]

I’m following fancy clothes logic

[vague sail]

Lol

[high canyon]

Also why are all smart telescopes alt az?

[delicate mural]

It wouldn't be very portable to have a bulky eq mount on it

[copper heath]

these are targeted towards beginners. having them setup polar allignment with a wedge wont be the most of fun and youll also need software which can actively platesolve. also people are stupid, the dont even know what the north star is called

[high canyon]

Good points

I understand now

[copper heath]

like yes defo polar alligning helps in longer exposures, you need to remember who this is targetted for

[high canyon]

For people who don’t know what the North Star is called

And for beginners

[vague sail]

Yeah bro it's so annoying

Like people see a bright star and say that it's north star or summer star or whatever

[high canyon]

I mean they might not be that bad for beginners but a proper setup and knowledge is so much better than this

[vague sail]

Like I don't expect for people to know the name of every star on our sky

[high canyon]

Summer star💀

I wish more people knew that

[vague sail]

Yh I've heard it, like the bright star that showes up summer, ion even know ab what are they talking

[copper heath]

meanwhile here you cant see the pole star unless your in b1/2

[vague sail]

In s hemisphere?

[copper heath]

Sigma Octanis

its on the brink of naked eye visibilitiy

[vague sail]

Sad

[high canyon]

I think it’s also the effects of light pollution that people r less interested in this

[vague sail]

Maybe

But ion think that is the main reason

Small factor

[high canyon]

ion?

[vague sail]

I don't

[high canyon]

Oh ok

Yea it’s not the biggest factor

I wonder what is

[vague sail]

Not researched and popular

Let's say football of arts

They are more popular

[high canyon]

Yeah true..

[vague sail]

Wait

I have another question

[high canyon]

I think brightest stars should be common knowledge

[vague sail]

Where is astronomy most popular

Like in which country

USA?

[high canyon]

Hmm

Hard to tell

[vague sail]

Like top 9 that you can easily see in b9

[quartz fiber]

Sun

[high canyon]

Some people don’t even know it’s a star

💀

[quartz fiber]

Was gonna say it

[vague sail]

Same

[high canyon]

Probably USA and Europe since lots of telescope brands are there

[vague sail]

I would think USA bc of nasa and all of them

[quartz fiber]

Europe isnt a country

[high canyon]

But I think there are lots of small communities everywhere

[high canyon]

I know

[quartz fiber]

But sure if you consider europe as a whole it must be europe

[vague sail]

Yh, but where are the most

[high canyon]

Needs some research

[quartz fiber]

Difficult to say really

[vague sail]

Like the ratio of people interested in astronomy/people in that country

[high canyon]

I meant all the European countries

[vague sail]

This is what I am talking ab

[high canyon]

I’m not the “France is the capital of Italy” person

[quartz fiber]

Probably Antarctica or smthg like that , a lot of scientists good sky few people

[vague sail]

Or "name me 3 countries beside usa: Europe, Africa, mexico

[quartz fiber]

Lmao

[high canyon]

“Asia is a country,right?”

[quartz fiber]

Yes

[high canyon]

“Asia is Japan and Korea”

[vague sail]

People be naming oceans too😭

[quartz fiber]

We should move this discussion to general btw

[high canyon]

Ye ur right

Geography in cursed setups is cursed lol

[vague sail]

Yh js realised that

[civic wraith]

Ball mount torture

Takes about 10-15 seconds to stop shaking when I touch it

[ivory pivot]

[copper heath]

balls

[rough relic]

u ain’t making money bro 😭

[glad vault]

Fair enough

[cursive flare]

Bro where is the counterweight

[civic wraith]

Ain't need no counterweight

(I do)

I'll get them soon along with a second motor

So I don't have to torture my ball mount

[remote solar]

Ball mounts are useless to begin with so ...

[tulip fable]

https://tenor.com/view/cant-touch-this-mc-hammer-stop-hammer-time-hip-hop-rap-gif-24687973

[high canyon]

Not mine ,found this image on Reddit

[slim tree]

https://tenor.com/view/bird-running-explosion-gif-4719656687848098249

[glad vault]

Focus it on the sun

[patent oar]

Can’t really focus it, I think there’s something obstructing the mirror

[glad vault]

😂

[slate nimbus]

fried eggs

[glad vault]

💀💀💀

[chilly mauve]

Man. You almost managed to create a perpetual motion machine while wanting to do astronomy

[fossil gazelle]

Bro😭😭😭

[copper heath]

#🤓-ask-a-nerd message

[jolly basalt]

Working on something cursed for the low-tier comp

[potent flax]

Is that a parabolegg mirror sir

[tulip fable]

oof my kindle is 9 years old now

[cinder current]

Thats older than @stark gale

[stark gale]

its got a 5 year lead on me

[tulip fable]

is it worth it to upg? I got ipad air with m1 as well, so why should I need next e reader gen?

Oh and I got or had a super old sony e reader

probs around 2010ish

display not even lit

but open formats etc

wonder where that one is actually lmao

[rough relic]

diabolical filter setup

[sacred pawn]

#1020657687291252797 message

[copper heath]

bros sponsored by a space agency

nothing

[delicate mural]

They pay me 50€ monthly

[full shard]

perfect bothinov

[fossil gazelle]

Not mine
"Jupiter 37a" as main lens
"Jupiter 21m" as guide scope
Eq3-2 mount
"Jupiters" Is ussr lenses from 1980-1990

[copper heath]

👀

[tight moon]

Not cursed at all

[delicate mural]

pretty cool actually

[cosmic basin]

Very cool

[tulip fable]

show cursed rigs, not such a shiny diy stuff i am jealous now

[remote cradle]

i want one now

that is neat thought i doubt the structure holding it up will withstand the the mounts and telescopes i have

[radiant osprey]

What filters are those?

[delicate mural]

DwarfLab UHC + QHY IR/UV CUT + Red filter

[willow tundra]

Oh that's what you mean by bootleg ha filter

[tulip cloud]

only slightly cursed tbh compared to how cursed it can get here, but this is how I deal with dew and light hitting the primary from the back (yes that's a trash bag tied around the scope with a USB C cable lmao)

[civic wraith]

ahaha i tried to tie down a laser to my setup using a usb-c cable, theyre good at tying things down

Looks a little cursed and janky but she's a beast

[tulip cloud]

NAHHHH that's some sweet DIY craftsmanship right there wdymmmm

[tight moon]

The cursed bit is that streetlamp

[tulip cloud]

I think that's it, that might just be THE cursed setup.. we can't top that

[fossil gazelle]

🐟🎣🐠🐡🪼

[potent flax]

That face I make

[rough summit]

can I have the files to the optical tube design?

[civic wraith]

https://discord.com/invite/ktRnSy6nqB

go into project-betas-n-more and find Caldwell 450mm

[royal moss]

Dude that would be the most perfect fisheye lens ever!

[remote solar]

My dad joke game is off. I didn't even see that opportunity

[empty drift]

@potent flax your old account

[ivory pivot]

rip

lmao

[potent flax]

Hah

Man I actually hate that it doesn't say "Deleted User"

[copper heath]

lol its a scam account now

[potent flax]

man this sucks. Now everyone knows I fell for a scam

[civic wraith]

damn u like very close to the equator holy

[tulip cloud]

it can happen to anyone, recently even linus tech tips fell for one

[twin violet]

Yeah 21 degrees lol

Now I have a extension bar i machined though so i no longer have to use another DSLR or Gopro to balance when the regular bar isn’t good enough

[jolly basalt]

Zip ties ftw

Guiding around 0.7"

[tight moon]

Huh. A wooden dovetail might actually be ok. Need to make sure it’s firmly clamped in.

[full shard]

yooo a wooden dovetail, why wasn t am i thinking abt this, it s genious!!!

[slim tree]

On the bright side, at least your account didn’t spam a virus link in every channel on this server 💀 . A couple of years ago, I downloaded a virus trying to get one of those Roblox anti-AFK things, and it totally took over my Discord, sending a fake gift link in every one of the million channels this server has. I had to delete them all one by one

Yeah, I was dumb and didn’t just use a simple macro that literally any mouse or keyboard software has

[potent flax]

Aaaagh

[rough relic]

not cursed lol

[vague sail]

wdym not cursed

[tulip cloud]

take another look at the counterweight

[rough relic]

yea i saw

i once strapped milk bottles to my cw

[willow tundra]

What is this 😭

[steel girder]

If this was a porcelain I would've suported you all way but now this is bad

[slim tree]

Yes, there's a telescope with a lampshade cover

[remote solar]

Imagine the light leak on it

[chilly mauve]

found this gem in my gallery

[slim tree]

Massive counterweights
Cursed ✅

[prime marlin]

how much can an am5 even hold lmao

[steel girder]

https://tenor.com/view/гэтсбирп-гэтсби-рп-гетсби-маманикона-gif-26768444

[fossil gazelle]

Bro...

[steel girder]

Mate

[fossil gazelle]

Do you even know what it says there?

[steel girder]

nope

[fossil gazelle]

"Castrated ram from infantry-5
castrated ram from tank-10"

[steel girder]

https://tenor.com/view/el-risitas-juan-joya-borja-ratones-coloraos-laugh-meme-laughing-man-gif-24899295

[potent flax]

First one is actually untracked if one is north, and other is south tracking

[civic wraith]

no.

[copper heath]

Yes

[civic wraith]

non

[cosmic basin]

What's cursed about the last one?

Is it just planetary imaging on a widefield?

[copper heath]

theres a fiilterwheel and then a barlow

you dont use a barlow

[stark gale]

we are now indistinguishable

[cosmic basin]

You matched the framing almost perfectly

[stark gale]

lol

[copper heath]

cute

[stark gale]

this could be you sword

just buy my skywatcher 2i for 1 million beers

[copper heath]

you cant even drink it

[stark gale]

private property boiii

[copper heath]

where noot

[delicate mural]

I got the new invisonewt, its invisible

[cold osprey]

You using thermal paste directly on the phone?

[slim tree]

thermal pad

[cold osprey]

Is it removable?

[cold osprey]

Thanks

[rough summit]

when you have no adapter so the phone adapts itself

[chilly mauve]

exactly

[cold osprey]

Ayo

Sorry for disturbing

But i cant seem to find the cooler on aliexpress

[slim tree]

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805662712587.html

You will need some copper sheet to better distribute the Peltier cooling on the back of the phone. If you only place it on the bottom, it won't make a difference. I tried with graphene foil, and it didn't work very well, so I'll switch to copper

[cold osprey]

Im planning to do it closer to the camera, so copper is needed

Looks like i gotta buy them parts separately

[slim tree]

I would still use it... With the Peltier concentrated on a specific point, it freezes the area and can cause condensation inside the phone. With a larger area, it tends to work similarly to putting the phone in the refrigerator. It cools the entire phone evenly, which reduces noise a little

[cold osprey]

Blowing the hot fan air towards the camera can also reduce eyepiece and canera lense condensation?

Aluminum foil could also work?

Multiple layers folded?

[slim tree]

• -... In industry, they generally use thermal paste or an adhesive that can transfer heat between plates like this... Metal-to-metal contact doesn't provide very good heat transfer due to the micro grooves in the material (unless it's liquid metal with solid metal).

If you can get the Peltier close enough to the back of the phone, a single aluminum sheet might work. But I would use one around 3mm thick to make it more efficient.

[cold osprey]

isnt 3mm too thick? it might cause heat from the atmosphere to be absorbed into the foil

[slim tree]

It depends on your phone case... Mine has a 5mm space inside

[cold osprey]

cut a hole in the phone case and heatsink directly on the back glass?

[full shard]

insane counterweight

[stark gale]

That’s not a counterweight that’s a counterfeather

[remote solar]

You misspelled counterwhat

[chilly mauve]

avg harmonic mount user

Honestly, I just put up a big clay ball, and melt it around my counterweight rod I let it dry and here I have my temporary counterweight

[remote solar]

Nah, unless the iOptron SkyGuider is harmonic. But I don't think so.

I didn't see the clay at the bottom, still don't 🤷

That said, if it honestly works, then more power to ya. 🙂

[chilly mauve]

I think it should work.... BUT
only if your clay is water resistant enough to resist dew through all the night

And if it is elastic enough to handle its own drying on the rod.

[median path]

Floppy disk camera on sky guider pro

[copper heath]

I remember your untracked days...

Also what's cussed about it

[quartz fiber]

60d or 70d ?

[rain folio]

Lol 70d would be nice. That's a 60d

[rain folio]

Star tracker on a pier extension. Doesnt look too bad at this angle but in my room it looks very funky

That pier extension is meant to fit something like an AM5

Im just setting myself up for a harmonic + newt

[copper heath]

Umi 17r and esprit 100

[civic wraith]

lol not mine but damn

[remote solar]

That looks like the result of a few too many drinks shared by some college students ...

Over-engineered? Abso-frickin-lutely. Cursed? Not really. Hilarious? Yep

[royal moss]

POV: You want to take advantage of the fact that the primary mirror is so big… and put a telescope above it

[shrewd dagger]

When the money went all into the mount but you didn’t have enough for the scope

[umbral fulcrum]

Dang I must know more about this fork

[civic wraith]

https://youtu.be/LDFZYI6QUEM?si=x7VCxgxe0tzoS6wF

originally made for a 10"

he was experimenting with a refractor

it's DIY

[umbral fulcrum]

I knew that I had seen this before

[steel girder]

Although I'm late @copper heath you're not going to comment at the counter weight being at the other side

[copper heath]

thats fine

[steel girder]

Nope that ain't fine

[slim tree]

Equatorial Ra Axis and Azimuthal Dec Axis? 🤓

[copper heath]

this looks so cute

[tight moon]

Mirror lens not cursed at all

[jolly basalt]

does this work

[rain folio]

@umbral fulcrum

[royal moss]

That's not even cursed, just smartly compact.

[rain folio]

Im planning on a Umi 17s + carbonstar

[copper heath]

oh not E100?

[cosmic basin]

Idk if this has been posted here before but I was looking for a drive for my mount and for some reason this came up

[jolly basalt]

Baller

[umbral fulcrum]

It does look funny but that's what is was designed for. You can definitely put a telescope mount on it bc it is a goto mount but it had extra features for panoramas n such

[fossil gazelle]

🚙🚗🔭

[cosmic basin]

What on earth

It's cool though

[delicate mural]

polar aligning that must be very painful, also its gonna be serverely tilted

[fossil gazelle]

400mm on moped

[slim tree]

https://tenor.com/view/wall-walle-clap-gif-27066207

[steel girder]

Where do you find all these?

[slim tree]

Usually on Facebook, but I'm in an ATM group here in Brazil, and one of the members keeps sending random photos of strange equipment every day out of nowhere, so I grab some and send them here

[steel girder]

[slim tree]

Look at what he just sent...

[steel girder]

DUDE

3

[slim tree]

I can't even understand what the hell is going on with this setup

[steel girder]

Is you're going on the hunt ecery day around the globe

[steel girder]

@tulip fable @tight moon

Please don't tell me your friend send you another one

[slim tree]

It's this gentleman named Dario who hunts them. Every day he sends 10 cursed setups one after another in one local group I'm in

[delicate mural]

pointless

[steel girder]

Bruuuuhhhh where does he find them

[slim tree]

I don't know...He must spend the day in Facebook groups downloading photos and sending them to the ATM group. he sends some groups from Japan with everything written in Japanese

[steel girder]

You're gonna single handely carry this channel into all it's glory

[tight moon]

https://tenor.com/view/what-is-that-what-is-happening-sam-neill-remove-sunglasses-gif-15770358

[steel girder]

So you're a nerd

Tell me

how does this scope works?

Because I don't know

[slim tree]

He send another

[steel girder]

AYA @median path LOOK ARTILLERY

[slim tree]

I'm going to ask Dario. But I think this is to test the optics of the mirror

[tight moon]

I think it’s technically a Schmidt Camera

Like a newt, but the camera’s where the secondary would be.

[steel girder]

That's an over compesating rig for a schmidt camera

[slim tree]

He said it's a telescope for testing mirrors. There's probably a camera where the secondary would be. You can see at the base of the mirror that it's adjustable to accommodate different size of mirrors and the focuser actually goes up and down the câmera to get Focus. You can also see that there is a large margin to up the camera even further (possibly to test longer focal length mirrors).

[steel girder]

Ohhh ok that makes more sense

[slim tree]

It's basically a mirror testing platform

[light granite]

What fracs are those?

[willow tundra]

The thingamajig

[rancid sphinx]

Jesus Christ

[wintry thorn]

Wind ain't gonna shake that thing tho

[rough relic]

bruh 💀

i wanna see that guiding graph if it “worked perfect”

[cursive flare]

Guiding on that poor thing dont exist

[rough relic]

the gti has guiding no?

[cursive flare]

On the star adventurer and the gti exists but with that heavy scope its going to be so bad its not going to be worth it

[vague sail]

yo that looks good

what is that

[empty wedge]

My mobile and my laptop stand

[vague sail]

great combo

[subtle helm]

IS THAT A SCOPE CAR?

[fossil gazelle]

I really idk what is that

[subtle helm]

https://tenor.com/view/sack-boy-shocked-turn-gif-6205091617477847398

[fossil gazelle]

Not mine

[sacred pawn]

Way less cursed than my old bino setup

Actually what's even cursed about jt

[fossil gazelle]

It's photo of my old setup

Bino-mount

[tight moon]

The real crime is not using a second phone to capture double the data

[sacred pawn]

Do visual and astrophotography at the same time

[cyan ferry]

I’ve actually thought about doing that lol

[sacred pawn]

what

did you put a camera in the desert

[potent flax]

I love this

[rain folio]

lonely qhy 600

no its not mine

[sacred pawn]

i love getting sand on my sensor 🔥

[rain folio]

yeah its the stupidest image ive ever seen

you can thank galactic hunter for that one

let me take a $5k camera and set it sensor side down on the ground in the middle of a dried lake bed

[remote solar]

https://tenor.com/view/spasmeno-kinhto-σπασμενοκινητο-σπασμένοκινητό-σερβις-episkevh-kinhtou-gif-24776647

[copper heath]

looks alright

not bad

[copper heath]

why tape

[sacred pawn]

why not

solution to everythinf

[hidden finch]

Does it Connect to canon lenses?

Ah, looks like 3d printed connection?

[winged carbon]

No it clearly says Nikon lenses

[coral rose]

It’s looks like your about to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile

[slim tree]

Cem70 from Shopee

[copper heath]

i posted an image of a rifle on a HEQ5 and thomas timed me out for a whole ass day bc of "family friendly" bullshit even though he lives in a country where guns are legally allowed

[royal moss]

Can it see John Cena?

[cosmic basin]

Pretty sure I know the one lol

[cosmic basin]

Bros lag is insane

[royal moss]

!remind me 365 days

Oh wait this isn’t Reddit lol

[cosmic basin]

You were supposed to wait a few months lol

[remote solar]

Okay, the question on everyone's mind right now. What the heck mount is that? Not EQ, not alt-az ...

[cosmic basin]

Alt-az. It's a fork mount

[remote solar]

I thought it was some sort of new rolling system

[cosmic basin]

To there's a pole with a mount on the cart under the scope

Probably slots in somewhere

[remote solar]

Huh. Still, it's the first time I've seen a setup that had me wondering about its horsepower.

[cosmic basin]

Lol

[royal moss]

Can someone answer me pls 😦
#🔭-astrophotography-chat

[copper heath]

that focuser is gonna break

[delicate mural]

no comment

[copper heath]

nice long thing

[prime forge]

perfect length

[subtle helm]

https://tenor.com/view/sack-boy-shocked-turn-gif-6205091617477847398

[little flare]

Held up by prayers✅

[little flare]

Not even that bad

[cyan ferry]

What’s the payload on that 😂

[little flare]

Too much . Tbh it works ok if you keep it vertical

[high canyon]

I used an 18-55 lens as an eyepiece for a 70-300 lens and it worked

[hidden finch]

https://tenor.com/view/blink-gif-19554536

[high canyon]

Just tried and a 70-300 also works as an eyepiece for an 18-55

[ivory pivot]

stop

optics was not meant to be used like this

(on a related note you can use 2 eyepieces together)

[coarse parrot]

https://tenor.com/view/stop-it-get-some-help-just-stop-please-stop-stop-it-meme-gif-26307878

[hollow kiln]

Bro's like hol' up

https://tenor.com/view/filthy-frank-know-your-place-implicit-gif-26537479

[little flare]

Should I add reinforcement struts?

[little flare]

It works quite well eh

[amber maple]

kudos for making a lego tracker

I respect the hustle

[little flare]

Ty♥️

Really appreciate that

[fossil gazelle]

First thing is 💀💀💀

[stark gale]

yo i was abt to do that as well

[copper heath]

oh look its my setup

whats cursed about my dob

you dont like my dob?

[stark gale]

is nothing wrong with the first photo to you?

[copper heath]

Oh that

It worked ngl

The scope itself wasn't too heavy so it didn't break stuff

[cursive flare]

You can see the focuser tilt it just hurts

[rough relic]

EWWW

why would you do that 💀

[long oriole]

Brother 😭.
Like how do u even put ur eye on there 😭😭😭

[hidden finch]

I think you stand in front of the scope… light get’s curved around you by an effect called lensing… 😇😂🤣

[sacred pawn]

this is pretty similar to my first "ap setup"

except it was with putting binoculars on a tripod

[slim tree]

Tilt 🔥 🔥

[coral rose]

💀 that poor scope

[slate chasm]

Whatever this is

[silent rapids]

@silver rivet

here

[coral rose]

Elon after finally running out of budget

[silver rivet]

Nah I’m just cheap. Everything in that photo was like 2000 rand lol

[coral rose]

lol u and me both

[silver rivet]

Why buy something if you can make it 🤷‍♂️

[hidden finch]

Okay, had to google that… about €106 or $108.

[silver rivet]

Is that good or bad?

[hidden finch]

Pretty okay I think. Refurbished it would cost €170 here.

[silver rivet]

Then my grandpa scammed me 💀

[hidden finch]

Love family 😬

[silver rivet]

Yeah

[coral rose]

Fr

[remote solar]

https://tenor.com/view/full-metal-jacket-sergeant-hartman-what-is-this-private-pyle-what-is-that-whats-this-gif-24296951

[silver rivet]

Toilet roll attached to my camera

[remote solar]

Extender solution or just rollin' with a crappy setup? (yes, I intended the puns). 😁

[silver rivet]

Nah I didn’t want to pay for an adapter to my telescope

[remote solar]

So ... "yes". 😆

[silver rivet]

Yes

It was free

And it works

[remote solar]

Price was right and it functions, I suppose one can't argue.

[silver rivet]

DIY is always the solution

[remote solar]

Unless all you have is scrap wood, a saw, and some nails ... it won't build a guiding mount.

[silver rivet]

Wanna bet?

[remote solar]

Try motorizing wood with nails/screws .... I'll wait for an answer. 😆

On a somewhat more serious note, someone said that it has been done ... just had a lot of room for "better" 🙂

Since I typically want the best and I'm not an engineer ... I'll have to pay 😕

[silver rivet]

You just need to think out of the box

Nothing about being an engineer

[sacred pawn]

3d printer is your best friend for diy

[remote solar]

Agreed. Being an engineer helps though.

[silver rivet]

Well what about being an engineer helps?

[remote solar]

Experts at thinking of solutions, sometimes (well maybe a lot of times) within the framework of challenge/limit/obstacle, and getting a solid build of that solutions. 🤷

[silver rivet]

So problem solving skills?

I’m pretty sure you can train that on your own

[remote solar]

"Necessity the mother of invention."

Eh, fair. I've had some good "out of box" thinking moments when I needed.

After that it's resources. I promise you if I personally made a wooden mount, I would want it would be a stop-gap more than much else though. That would have more to do with my own limitations of knowledge than much else tbh.

Or I could just follow that rabbit trail to making a beautiful masterpiece of clockwork engineering. Hah.

[silver rivet]

It’s all how you look at problems

And you need an imagination for it

[slim tree]

[light granite]

https://youtu.be/akFaEhcuHcQ?feature=shared

[rough relic]

WHERE DO U FIND THESE LMFAOO

[smoky basin]

In grandma's basement

[remote cradle]

That's not cursed its really cool if i had another observatory i would do it

[slim tree]

A guy posted in a local group saying he had made an adaptation

[slim tree]

He doesn't stop 💀

[tight moon]

Hey, there’s a parabolic mirror in there

[slim tree]

He paid only 20 US-dollars...

[cosmic basin]

This is the kind of innovation that brings new technology to the masses

[hidden finch]

Indeed, a prototype first, then throw away prototype and build the real thing…

[rain folio]

not mine

[copper heath]

[remote solar]

Banana for scale… to a while new level

[slim tree]

🤓

[copper heath]

what are we looking at

[slim tree]

I think it's a spectrograph

[potent flax]

spwctrojojetrt

[delicate mural]

My finderscope

[remote solar]

Let me know if you want the story behind this one.

[slim tree]

eyepiece projection?

[remote solar]

Nope! Have to use an adapter as a focus extender. Usually I can just screw it directly onto the camera.

This was the result of me trying to get a Barlow involved in the mix. The Barlow has a T-adapter built in, so it can be set directly onto a camera. I couldn't set it on the adapter, and I couldn't take the lens out and secure it, so the only thing I could do was detach the camera from the adapter and set the Barlow lens in the train. No other way to secure it because of the design of the adapter.

I'm definitely going to look for a different way to do this.

[copper heath]

Hmmm

[median beacon]

@slim tree your flextube needs to be here

[slim tree]

👃🏻

[slim tree]

This one

[median beacon]

This

[remote solar]

The camera is almost bigger than the OTA

[amber maple]

How does this even work

How does the secondary remain collimated

[median beacon]

it doesnt

its called

a flextube for a reason

[amber maple]

Lmfao real

All you need is 4 beams instead of 2 and it’ll be fine honestly

Alu or steel rods will be great in compression and tension, just not bending

[slim tree]

Cele

[remote solar]

https://tenor.com/view/inflatable-tube-man-air-dancer-wind-balloon-air-puppet-gif-24875468

[copper heath]

didnt know you play fortnite

how you liking this season?

[slim tree]

I don’t play much currently. I played a lot of the first chapter only....
Since Season 1 is coming back, I decided to check out how the game is now
I’m liking this season. in the non-OG seasons, the game used to feel overly chaotic visually

I need to upgrade my cpu too. I used to get 300+ FPS, but now I get barely get 200 with some bad stuttering

The optimization has gotten much worse

[copper heath]

in chapter 5, my xbox was getting 40-50fps

this season im getting 60 fine but dips to 50

[slim tree]

Here, I still maintain the FPS above my monitor's refresh rate, which is 144Hz, but I’ve always capped it at 240 to reduce input lag. Now that’s no longer possible during matches.
Well, my PC is OG too . Processor and GPU from 7-8 years ago. I’ll upgrade the processor first since the GPU usage stays low

[copper heath]

1070 is still pretty decent

[potent flax]

Time to astrophotography it

[slim tree]

[potent flax]

Noice

Imagine collimating it

[amber maple]

I love having 8 separate elements to collimate

[remote solar]

With that setup you'd need to collimate your eyes. 👀

[cosmic basin]

I love the whole other telescope you need to focus the light

[copper heath]

https://www.reddit.com/r/telescopes/s/D6QhtpKG1I

[remote solar]

The two stories of the unsecured OTAs in the backseat and falling were jaw-dropping.

[royal moss]

I think you sit on the scope from behind and bend over

[delicate mural]

It does NOT need these counterweighs and the mount is a little bit overkill

[subtle helm]

careful there the mount might snap, i recommend an eq8r pro ATLEAST

[copper heath]

Hey look it's keepos rig

[rain folio]

probably only need one weight

[slim tree]

I think I need more counterweight 🤓 🖐🏻

[potent flax]

I think you need an EQ6r

[rich vector]

Idk might need the plane wave 1000 series direct drive gimbal eq6r way too little

[royal moss]

Is the top scope the guide scope?

[sonic star]

Why does this exist

[potent flax]

How do you find these monstrossities

[slim tree]

In local cursed groups

Look:

[smoky basin]

is this a beginner setup

[remote solar]

Impressive. A setup that can do radio astronomy and photograph stuff at the same time.

[smoky basin]

hahaha It's suposed to be a camera christmas tree that I saw on YT shorts

[rough summit]

and filmmaking too

[broken saffron]

This is quite clever

[sacred pawn]

Sadly I will not be sending an image of my very cursed setup here, as it has just died

😿

I've run out of old Dell monitors

it has took the life of my last unused dell monitor

[median path]

This is confusing, it looks like AI generated at first but it’s real

[regal moth]

what niche purpose can this POSSIBLY serve

[copper heath]

Bob back at it again

[remote solar]

One hopes that doesn't jam things up

[ivory pivot]

i already posted it here lol #1087219932900638720 message

[ivory pivot]

i don't store the refractor there anymore

[hollow surge]

this thread is the definition of if theres a will theres a way

[rough summit]

I used this trick before to take photos of the stars with my phone coz i did not have a tripod for the phone 😂😂😂

[royal moss]

bro even an eq6r won't hold such a massive load

[potent flax]

yet somebody out there would put it on a SWSA

[sly egret]

Wait that’s legit cool

[copper heath]

[sly egret]

[fossil gazelle]

[silent rapids]

best use for a redcat

https://tenor.com/view/duck-run-duck-run-duck-running-running-duck-gif-7950668956099519229

[hidden finch]

That’s an enlightened setup. Wrong thread 😂

[stark gale]

"just use one as a guidescope"

[potent flax]

who are you quoting

why are there quotations mark?

[stark gale]

daniel told me to use one as a guidescope in vc last night with ashen

[remote solar]

What's impressive is that the leg opposite the one with the counterweights is the one that collapsed.

[stark gale]

whats impressive is it didnt flop over

my mirror would not have survived at all

[remote solar]

Okay, that's more impressive, and thank physics for working because that cw held the thing down.

[copper heath]

how did you break your tripod

[stark gale]

idk

[slim tree]

https://tenor.com/view/tremendo-gif-6176607702265710905

[stark gale]

it smashed me in my head

[copper heath]

this is some mount abuse

[regal moth]

doink

[stark gale]

its human abuse bro

[sacred pawn]

Maybe
why is there 6 hour slowmode

[potent flax]

What is that whiteboard? for?

[remote solar]

Jotting down notes on where he located new items discovered with that phenomenal setup, obviously.

[stuck meadow]

You guys will not believe what I use to capture Jupiter

[cosmic basin]

Perhaps

[little flare]

Yo that's like mine

[slim tree]

12

[fossil gazelle]

13

[copper heath]

https://rxddit.com/r/telescopes/s/KbSAbateVQ

[rough relic]

this is NOT cursed

[sacred pawn]

is the 3rd rod hidden behind the 1st or are you just missing a support rod
whoever added the 6 hour slowmode please remove it

[delicate mural]

Its behind the 1st

[glad vault]

Thats clean bro

[tardy pewter]

terrible pls quit

[tight moon]

From the official Facebook group

[remote solar]

Did they mount one of their products in a trash can?

[sacred pawn]

what crime did the seestar commit fo rthis punishment

[tight moon]

To be fair I also use my bins as a windbreak, just not like that

[cyan ferry]

perfect size dome for the Ss

[cursive flare]

Looks like a trash can

[hidden finch]

I’m going ultralight to an bortle 3 environment. Since it’s probably cloudy for the entire week, I’m not going to do a lot of effort bringing my 76/300, 114/1000 or 150/750… This will have to do, with a set of binoculars and dslr for short moments of clear sky. If the place is okay, we might go there later on when weather is better.

[sacred pawn]

how big is the 76/300

[urban latch]

@sacred pawn

[daring salmon]

what is going on in this forum, from cursed setups to cursed counting.

[delicate mural]

Peak insanity

[quartz fiber]

No

[sacred pawn]

yeah let's stop before this gets closed, there's already a 6 hour slowmode

[empty drift]

So all of you knew that what you were doing would probably get the forum closed

But you still do it

And I guarantee if I lock it you were all going to complain

About something that is entirely your fault (no specific person)

I cleaned it up, don't do this again.

I've also reduced the slowmode

[regal moth]

the quarantine has ended
also this would be paired well with an MSM or smtn

[copper heath]

Ryan was the one that added the slowmode

[empty drift]

He was right to do it

But this forum should have another chance

[remote solar]

That's not cursed. It just lacks tracking.

[rotund drum]

Simplicity

[copper heath]

Get tracking.

[sacred pawn]

how much does it weigh, if its pretty light you can probably do an easy diy tracker

[copper heath]

Also its not a cursed setup

[remote solar]

Hire someone. "Follow at this position exactly and precisely. Also dither."

[sacred pawn]

just move the camera opposite to the earths rotation

[hidden finch]

Definitely. But first, going to try to just get some useful testing images.

[regal moth]

fair

[stark gale]

1

[sacred pawn]

no more counting

[stark gale]

1

2

3

[regal moth]

Waiter! Waiter! More 6 hour slow modes!

[stark gale]

5 (sorry I wanted to do a little Fibonacci for a sec)

Guys I’m gonna hollow out a container to use as a counterweight

Idk like peanut butter and fill with rocks

[sacred pawn]

just use water

[stark gale]

Need to drill holes though

[stuck meadow]

I found this setup there is nobody knows before me. I Found this with many experiments I did because I have the time lol. You need a 40mm eyepiece and a 6mm svybony gold 66* eyepiece and get the lens out of the bottom. I capture the image with my IPhone 13 and AstroShader it was a 1sx1000=16min. B6 undtracked.

[sacred pawn]

It's on the back of an astromaster... cursed guiding?

[stuck meadow]

Is the Astromaster 114eq I use to track realign the stars

[stark gale]

Done

[sacred pawn]

tape😼

[stark gale]

At 1000mm it has to be more secure

[quartz fiber]

cursed dome

[delicate mural]

What is that cable management

[cosmic basin]

Maybe the true cursed setups were the cable management we had along the way

[stark gale]

guys who cares abt cable management

[delicate mural]

im scared that a few cables might get stuck on something and will just rip out of your equipment during a meridian flip

[stark gale]

nah ive made sure they all have space and cant wrap around anything

[delicate mural]

you better

[stark gale]

it has worked for ages and i tested heaps bc i dont wanna break my stuff

[cosmic basin]

Wallet

[tired rapids]

By far one of the best things Ive done to my skywatcher

[cosmic basin]

Very cursed

[sudden mist]

Nah but this is genious

Less vibrations when focusing

[tired rapids]

Yeah it works well and your fingers don't bash against the tube

[slim tree]

genious

[remote solar]

The good: Fingers don't knock against the tube. The "um": the bar looks like it "wiggles" as it turns, and I'm not sure how that would affect stability as it's being used (does it make the OTA wobble?)

My thought: That's actually pretty danged clever! I track manually and I don't know how many times I've wanted to adjust focus without knocking the OTA around and wobbling it, this looks like a good solution. Not exactly an EAF; however a really good manual solution.

[tired rapids]

Yeah it kinda wiggles lmao

I'll probably put like a rubber grip on the plastic bit where you rotate it but in my opinion it's better than the focus wheels and no the ota doesn't wobble as much

I feel like since the big plastic thing is kind of infromt of teh telescope not covering anything I feel like it would like create a shadow in some direction when observing do you guys think it can happen in some way?

[remote solar]

Just to be on the safe side I'd try to manage it so that it didn't cover the aperture. It's something that may not be noticeable until you're doing heavy work with it and then you do notice. I know that early EQ mounts had long arms on the knobs and they bent a little

[subtle helm]

that is called mass hysteria

[delicate mural]

mass hysteria is the consequence of insanity

[sacred pawn]

wireless guiding

[smoky basin]

Found this gem on reddit

[copper heath]

Not cursed.

[slim tree]

Dude left the Paramount under the sun so much that the red faded

[winged carbon]

Paramount 💅

[smoky basin]

Yeahhh, it's just a bit wierd

[sly egret]

[quartz fiber]

rate the astrograph :3

[rough relic]

IS THAT A MAC

[remote solar]

Yes and personally I think that's the most cursed thing about it.

[quartz fiber]

is that 585 i see

[remote solar]

Yep

[quartz fiber]

woah

i have one of them

[remote solar]

I like mine, she does her job pretty well.

However, I do wish that I had purchased the Uranus-C. Not for anything being wrong with the 585, because there really isn't; just that there's a few points about ZWO - some practical and some philosophical - on which I'd rather purchase another brand.

[quartz fiber]

yea, same

[remote solar]

Well, it's official. I'm looking at something that I know is wrong and just can't put my finger on it why.

[winged carbon]

The guide scope. Woefully undersized.

[sacred pawn]

yeah an sv165 needs a bigger scope than that to guide it

[copper heath]

And it's on a paramount

[remote solar]

Too small FOV for comparison/guiding?

[winged carbon]

This scope needs an OAG. Also the paramount is cursed. And the cable management.

[remote solar]

The paramount?

[rough relic]

the mount is the paramount

[sudden mist]

Visual setup?

[winged carbon]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/247352166078087178/1325404459718803548/IMG_4798.jpg?ex=677baa98&is=677a5918&hm=a40e3107d95d8a4a2ae615b98758928b81e00795e43bd03b2623cb5b06fe3816&

[sudden mist]

In astrobiscuit????

[potent flax]

Why is the sct floating??

[regal moth]

they just do that honestly

[sudden mist]

They float until the corrector plate breaks

[royal moss]

For legal reasons I will refrain myself from telling a joke about this.

[royal moss]

That is actually an arguably really nice photo

[jolly basalt]

this poor avx 😭

[umbral fulcrum]

Way late to this but yess there is

hello from the future

[near token]

At Starfront!.

[trail kayak]

happy late new year cursed community

[delicate mural]

People do everything just to avoid buying a catadioptric or a newtonian reflector 😭

[rain folio]

This cable management is bothering me more than anything

[sacred pawn]

f/350

[quartz fiber]

it takes 1 and a half days to reach the camera sensor

[slim tree]

https://youtu.be/NCBsUYVgddE?si=twTXhTGdesvyD4se

Super cool. The best cursed setup of all time

[jolly basalt]

Some guy from CloudyNights^

[sly egret]

Happy new year

[trail kayak]

hey I have a 6" dobsonian from gso, any ideas on how to install an efficient yet ugly and partially affordable go to system on it? I'm staying cursed till death (doing this becouse buying an actual go to dobsonian mount in Chile is at least 3000 euros)

[humble orbit]

Oh my god

[stray dock]

This is hilarious enough that I'd buy it

[remote solar]

That kind of reminds me of the HST.

[sacred pawn]

Lmao it does tho😭

[stark gale]

that poor mount

[humble orbit]

Not cursed just straight up stupid

[cosmic basin]

terrifying

[cosmic basin]

call this one the blunt

[quartz fiber]

its a mini klevtsov and its guidescope

[scarlet oyster]

https://tenor.com/view/kratos-gif-26454802

[trail kayak]

that mount is fighting for it's life

[trail kayak]

you can see the stars with this one... in both ways

[sly egret]

Bro wtf

[daring salmon]

This belongs here I think.

[sudden mist]

I mean its alright

[daring salmon]

well technically yea, but hella over-mounted

[sudden mist]

Better than under mounted, also allows for bigger scopes for other purpouses

[daring salmon]

thats why I bought eq6r, really opens up the upgrade path.

[stark gale]

where tf are the counterweights

[delicate mural]

gone

[daring salmon]

on my mount clearly, I stole it from him.

[stark gale]

ahhh ofc

[delicate mural]

Running the EQ6-r as a harmonic

[light granite]

I think the counterweight bare is enough of counterweight

[daring salmon]

its not sadly

[light granite]

[zealous pivot]

Who needs expensive counterweights when you can just

[sacred pawn]

why😭 you didn't even use water, it's SPOONS AND FORKS

[zealous pivot]

easier to fill/handle, steel is more dense, and it was freezing temperatures so it wouldve frozen 😝

[sacred pawn]

let it freeze then, the weight doesn't change and it'll be shifting less than spoons

[zealous pivot]

would be slippery then :(
tbh the mount hadnt moved enough to cause any sudden shifts in the utensils, so alles gut 👍

[sudden mist]

When you spend all your budget on the mount and have nothing left for the scope

[delicate mural]

[humble orbit]

Id rather have this than an esprit on a azgti

[light granite]

I expected a powerseeker

[stray dock]

Would placing an H-alpha etalon on the front make this more or less cursed?

[small pollen]

What

[silent rapids]

from @stark gale

[small pollen]

Who puts a 1.25 inch filter in a 2 inch focuser?

[royal moss]

Bro it took me like a whole minute to understand what’s going on here, really funny

[potent flax]

Please tell me it's for plaenatry

[silent rapids]

I know right, He was doing DSO test shots @potent flax

[sacred pawn]

how does this happen, I get that the cameras weight is bending the focuser but that much????

[still wasp]

I remember he did a blunder

The ring got stuck in the camera lol

[potent flax]

Nice

[sacred pawn]

OH GOD GET IT OFF MY SCREEN PLEASE

[still wasp]

increadible

[remote solar]

That poor OTA and focuser is screaming

[winged carbon]

Astromaster. Deserved.

[remote solar]

Bird-Jones?

[trail kayak]

Astrocursed.

I don't have a pic, but a friend had a 8" dob with 0,9" eyepieces...

[stray dock]

I've never found a better pictorial representation of what grad school has done to me

[sudden mist]

https://tenor.com/view/mj-michael-jordan-funny-get-gif-26554014

[small pollen]

Just why?

[small pollen]

Please replace the mount for a better one. That one is poor quality and also replace the spherical mirror with a parabolic one and also replace the focuser.

[delicate mural]

Just say Replace the entire rig

[fossil gazelle]

It's not mine

[zealous pivot]

How has it not toppled over?! 😭

[glad vault]

I sadly own this

[potent flax]

I can't even think of a joke to go with this, what the heck

[median beacon]

That scope needs some VIAGRA.

[cosmic basin]

duality of man

[hidden finch]

Why would you post a part of this chat as an image? It’s not like people don’t know how to scroll and I must admit, I always hate this behaviour… the only value of snapshotting and reposting is to annoy (this is stupid), spread hate (I made sure to screenshot this so I could smear it in your face later), distrust (they might remove this) or pure laziness (I don’t know how to use search in chat’s so I search in my local images). It doesn’t add anything useful ever.

[cosmic basin]

I thought it was funny seeing the 2 completely different vibes in the chat, and I can't exactly reference 3 specific chats any other way. I'm not trying to be annoying, not blackmailing anyone, idc if it's removed it's just a joke, and I'm not archiving it so I can look at it later.

[sudden mist]

Its just a discord server

[hidden finch]

I know, but why post messages as an image, that where maybe 10 messages before? Linking would even be clearer. Could have added more context about why it’s funny.

[sudden mist]

Duality of man is enough honestly, no need for an entire paragraph

Everone gets the point just with that short phrase

[sacred pawn]

it wouldn't be funny as a link, and i see no way a link is clearer than an image

[delicate mural]

Jesus christ

[stray dock]

Lomgboi

[small pollen]

What kind of focuser is this?

[sudden mist]

No idea, found this listed for 100$ while browsing

[royal moss]

Refractor fanboys when they need more focal length but can’t afford/lift up higher aperture:

[cosmic basin]

Lengthy boi

[delicate mural]

I would love to see a heavy DSLR on the end of this complete monster

[royal moss]

+2” electronic filter wheel
+OAG
+electronic rotator

[rich vector]

Or put a old film camera on it that is like a foot wide

[trail kayak]

bro got that 1762 setup

[cursive flare]

Oh the tilt, i can smell it and i didnt even open the image

[tired rapids]

Scope going like

[scarlet oyster]

A man with no options

[royal moss]

Fractal ahh setup

[sly egret]

lol

[glad smelt]

💀

[slim tree]

[glad smelt]

Does it work

[humble orbit]

yeah... the sharpness that wooden primary mirror gives is otherworldly
(i know there seems to be a lid covering the primary mirror nerds)

[scarlet oyster]

if it works it works

[rich vector]

Should I astromod this camera or attempt to

[scarlet oyster]

good luck bro

[potent flax]

What thould be sick

[regal moth]

go for it

[quartz fiber]

yea :3

[sudden mist]

Listed as "astrol master"

[delicate mural]

what the hell am i looking at

[cosmic basin]

I use a less extreme version of this for planetary

[quartz fiber]

id buy 😭

[daring salmon]

I mean its light scope, focal length is the issue

[sly egret]

Yea lmao

[glad smelt]

This urs?

[sly egret]

bro no

[sacred pawn]

the tripod too

image horsehead and orion nebula at the same time with the wobble

[tired rapids]

Not mine

[delicate mural]

SCT dob is real!!

[jolly basalt]

wow

[hollow kiln]

Charleg Legleg

[sacred pawn]

why is the tube a square, or is it a triangle it's so cursed i can't tell

[glad smelt]

Ok

[cursive flare]

Tbh Williams is better than Ferrari

[quartz fiber]

squircle

[slim tree]

@subtle helm

tf is that

[cosmic basin]

Think I remember that chat lol. That picture has definitely been in this chat before, probably more than once

[slim tree]

Someone sent a screenshot in a Facebook group. It's probably from here

[remote solar]

It is.

#1233917530989395968 message

and

#1233917530989395968 message

[subtle helm]

lol i just founnd a cursed pic

[blissful totem]

i think it was originally "hiding equipment from the wife"

[raven tapir]

Peak Astro camera

[rough summit]

negative guiding error

[cold osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/spider-hi-hello-let-me-see-tell-me-gif-22667495

[dark thunder]

bullet holes in a mirror

[rich vector]

Astromodded powershot a590 is doesn’t work anymore blew a capacitor but all things are intact

Should I astromod a phone next?

[cosmic basin]

Hell ya

[rich vector]

Astromodded Canon powershot 590is
Old tamron 80-210 f4
Celestron star pointer
DIY dovetail bar
Skywatcher gti

[delicate mural]

Is the wrap necessary?

[rich vector]

Yes

[delicate mural]

ok.

[glad smelt]

[daring salmon]

is that wrap or duct tape

[rich vector]

Packing tape

[patent oar]

Why?

[rich vector]

So that it will hold everything together the camera an old point and shoot I modded because it was stupid

[fallow wolf]

I don't know if this was already posted but here's the article this is wild
http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/02200/02209.html#Item1

[stray dock]

This article makes the reflector sound like some sort of gigachad

[fallow wolf]

Yes
Tbh "several preliminary blows with a hammer" is my favorite part of it, like wdym you can blow it with a hammer and it stays intact

[copper heath]

The mount was originally the issue.
This is great

[slim tree]

Telescope based in Rio de Janeiro

[sacred pawn]

🤮

[zealous pivot]

Is that dust or mold 😭

[cosmic basin]

Ya I have one the mount is a disgrace. Scopes alright once it's on another mount

[slim tree]

Nice newt