Steve Doody

Interested in astronomy since 1965, now retired and enjoying astro photography with my William Optics 132mm FLT refractor and Atik 460ex CCD camera.

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You can find me here https://t.co/zfP2y1nq29

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@ummj0 I find it helps a little in the battle against heavy dew which I see a lot of here at my locale. I use dew bands also and the plastic sleeves help to hold warmer air against the tube which I think reduces dewing up.

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Setup just before sunset on Saturday 12th November ready to image the Fireworks Galaxy NGC6946.

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My photo of the galaxy M106 in the constellation of Canes Venatici produced from data taken over the past 3 years using luminance, red, green, blue broadband and hydrogen alpha narrowband filters through my William Optics 132mm FLT refractor.

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A beautiful pink sunrise viewed this morning from the Yorkshire coast which faded away within 15 minutes.

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@CarolDavies6 Shockingly it was 1978 and I'm still a slip of a lad 🥴.

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Observatory building work in progress for housing a 14 inch Newtonian reflecting telescope. The skeletal 3 metre dome on the ground was having it's skin put on in the form of separate petals.

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@MathCancer I've just ordered an extender to cover my outdoor astro equipment to guard against failure on a rare clear night.

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@astone13004514 I am thinking about growing things like sprouts and kale, any dark green vegetable or at least anything which grows above ground. Most vegetables growing sub surface usually have a raised sugar content and I have to watch the old sugar intake.

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@astone13004514 It took me months to clear waist high weeds when I first took my allotment on and now, it's relatively clear and ready to start producing as per my photo.

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@DavidBflower Found you and now following...

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@proulx_pete Oh no, that could have been so much worse. I'm looking at https://t.co/AVevtk1HOR to help protect my telescope against disaster. Good you recovered the system so quickly.

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@GammaVel Two regulated 13.8VDC output power supplies, 5 watts and 7 watts, one for the dew heaters and the other for everything else.

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Bodes galaxy M81 in the constellation of Ursa Major photographed from my back garden on November 2nd 2022.

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@GammaVel Lakeside Astro focus motor and controller. Startech powered 7 port USB2 hub and 10 metre active USB2 cable. Lynx Astro USB EQ Direct cable. W & W Astro 4 way dew controller and 3 anti dew bands. Darkframe Astro (Dave Woods), Stellardrive modified Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro mount.

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@GammaVel William optics 132mm aperture FLT 925mm fl OTA. William optics 0.8x reducer/flattener. Starlight Xpress 7 position filter wheel with LRGB broadband & SHO narrowband filters. Atik 460ex mono CCD camera. Altair 60mm x 225mm fl guide scope. Altair Hypercam 183 mono guide camera.

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@weatherandsky I would certainly recommend the use of plastic bags in addition to dew bands because of the extra bit of protection given to the electronics etcetera the OTA. Important to keep them away from the camera's cooling airflow though.

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Good morning. Out walking my dog before the sun came up this morning after a night under the stars photographing Bodes galaxy M81 in Ursa Major.

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More time spent photographing the Fireworks galaxy during a brief clear spell on October 28th from my back garden. This is a luminance, red, green and blue channel combined result. I love to image these deep sky objects because they look so beautiful.