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Celestron Origin

Last post by Flyhigh7 « Mon Sep 09, 2024 10:06 pm
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by smp » Sat Aug 10, 2024 2:11 am

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Question: When you already have a Stellina and a Vespera II, what should you do next?

Answer: Purchase a Celestron Origin.

On Monday, I saw the...

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Excellent images smp! I noticed they are JPG so I'm guessing you are connecting with an Apple device. I ordered an Origin last weekend and very...

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Last post by Flyhigh7
Mon Sep 09, 2024 10:06 pm
Celestron Origin "Intelligent home observatory"- is it just me?

Last post by Flyhigh7 « Sun Sep 08, 2024 1:24 pm
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by DeanD » Tue Feb 20, 2024 4:30 am
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Hi all,

I was just looking at an ad. for the new 6 Celestron Origin. I see that it says Stargazing and astro-imaging redefined , and replaces both...

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Ok so I joined an Astronomical Club to use their dark site which is 3 hours from home but then I found out it is in an unpaved area to get to it...
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Last post by Flyhigh7
Sun Sep 08, 2024 1:24 pm
EAA Observing Session

Last post by EmeraldHillsSkies « Sun Aug 04, 2024 6:04 pm

by EmeraldHillsSkies » Sun Aug 04, 2024 6:04 pm

Hello TSS colleagues. Just FYI, last night, we live streamed this observing session:

The stream included EAA-style observations of the following...

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Last post by EmeraldHillsSkies
Sun Aug 04, 2024 6:04 pm
S50 Calibration Question

Last post by STEVE333 « Fri Jul 26, 2024 6:48 pm
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by STEVE333 » Fri Jul 26, 2024 6:56 am

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After preliminary setup (leveling and autofocus) I GoTo the target for the night. When the red circle is touched to start imaging, the S50 does some...

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Hi Steve,
from what I understood, no.
he does this to know what he is looking at in the sky, to make calculations regarding the chosen target and...

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Last post by STEVE333
Fri Jul 26, 2024 6:48 pm
Pixinsight processing note for Seestar S50

Last post by messier 111 « Fri Jul 19, 2024 11:29 pm
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by STEVE333 » Fri Jul 19, 2024 11:07 pm

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Last night I imaged M17 with a Seestar S50 and 307 images were captured. The moon was only 15 deg away from M17, so, there was a large gradient in...

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thx for the tip .

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Last post by messier 111
Fri Jul 19, 2024 11:29 pm
EAA Observing Session - Tonight at 10:45pm ET (2:45am UCT)

Last post by EmeraldHillsSkies « Wed Jul 10, 2024 11:40 am
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by EmeraldHillsSkies » Sun Jul 07, 2024 5:59 pm

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You're invited to join us tonight (July 7, 2024) at 10:45pm ET (2:45am UCT) for another EAA observing session in the Cosmic Challenge list. This will...

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Thanks for the encouragement, Graeme!

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Last post by EmeraldHillsSkies
Wed Jul 10, 2024 11:40 am
remote access to asiair plus

Last post by gcisko « Sat Jun 29, 2024 7:47 pm
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by 1jimalexander » Sun Jun 09, 2024 12:12 am

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I can pick up my ASIAIR Plus up to about 60 ft.
I'm located over 100 yds from my observatory.
My router is Starlink (located in my 5th wheel).
I...

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I think 100 yards is too far for that. But, I know people are using station mode to get access to their ASIair on their home wifi. I was never able...

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Last post by gcisko
Sat Jun 29, 2024 7:47 pm
eQuinox last night before the aurora borealis

Last post by Vern « Mon May 13, 2024 9:27 pm
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by Vern » Sun May 12, 2024 1:45 am

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I was going to look at the moon with my equinox last night and it acted strange. I posted in the unistellar facebook group and others said theirs did...

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I used my telescope to take a picture of the sun and it worked normally. So the electromagnetic interference with the telescope itself and/or...

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Last post by Vern
Mon May 13, 2024 9:27 pm
Aurora

Last post by StarHugger « Sun May 12, 2024 3:09 pm
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by Groovy2 » Sun May 12, 2024 3:07 pm

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Last post by StarHugger
Sun May 12, 2024 3:09 pm
Lunar EAA Adventures (April 2024)

Last post by Thefatkitty « Mon Apr 22, 2024 11:56 pm
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by Xio1996 » Mon Apr 22, 2024 12:10 pm

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Hi Everyone,

I had a great opportunity to try out SharpCap's Lunar Live Stacking tool, both on a Celestron 4se using an Altair Astro 294c colour...

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Nice narrative and excellent pictures; both the narrative and pics have a lot of detail! Thanks for all the info on how you did this Pete, and you...

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Last post by Thefatkitty
Mon Apr 22, 2024 11:56 pm
My Stellina is broken - after 2 years of great service

Last post by Bigzmey « Wed Apr 17, 2024 5:02 pm
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by smp » Sat Mar 16, 2024 3:48 pm

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I am very sorry to report that My Stellina is broken after only 2 years of great service.

Last Wednesday, I took it out to practice Solar Observing...

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Great that the company stand behind the product. As for Stellina vs Vespera II I would just keep shooting with both and comparing results until the...

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Last post by Bigzmey
Wed Apr 17, 2024 5:02 pm
EAA Observing Session - 2024-03-28

Last post by EmeraldHillsSkies « Fri Mar 29, 2024 7:53 pm

by EmeraldHillsSkies » Fri Mar 29, 2024 7:53 pm

Here are a couple of shorter features from the last couple of nights. We're calling them Sky Portraits. (I decided to try a couple of shorter videos...

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Last post by EmeraldHillsSkies
Fri Mar 29, 2024 7:53 pm
EAA Observing Session - 16th January 2023

Last post by StarHugger « Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:33 pm
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by Xio1996 » Tue Jan 17, 2023 1:21 am

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Hi Everybody,

It has been a long time since I posted but I just had a great EAA session and wanted to share some of the sights.

The equipment used...

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Nice session Pete !

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Last post by StarHugger
Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:33 pm
Moon 15th

Last post by Baurice « Sun Mar 17, 2024 2:40 pm

by Baurice » Sun Mar 17, 2024 2:40 pm

I snapped the Moon with my Mak and DSLR at 1.54m focal length, ISO 100 and 1/160 second exposure. I tried some closer shots but my back started...

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Last post by Baurice
Sun Mar 17, 2024 2:40 pm
Messier Marathon attempt ended up in London-like Fog

Last post by EmeraldHillsSkies « Tue Mar 05, 2024 12:26 pm
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by EmeraldHillsSkies » Tue Mar 05, 2024 3:24 am

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Hello, fellow SkySearchers. Thanks for the help you all gave in trying to prepare for our recent attempt at a Messier Marathon. (Several of you...

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You guys are very kind to give encouragement to a fellow-struggler. : )

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Last post by EmeraldHillsSkies
Tue Mar 05, 2024 12:26 pm
Which Messier catalog objects in 2-degree field of view?

Last post by EmeraldHillsSkies « Thu Feb 29, 2024 5:35 pm
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by EmeraldHillsSkies » Thu Feb 29, 2024 1:14 pm

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Hello Sky Searchers. I'm going to try to tackle a Messier Marathon this Saturday night. Would anyone happen to have a resource (or an experienced...

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Thanks Graeme. We could squeeze toward the M58 side of things, but we currently were already squeezing in M88, M89, M90, and M91. I don't think we...

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Last post by EmeraldHillsSkies
Thu Feb 29, 2024 5:35 pm
Seestar stuff

Last post by OzEclipse « Sun Feb 25, 2024 3:46 am
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by helicon » Sat Feb 24, 2024 8:14 pm

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A bunch of members of our local club have purchased Seestars recently. Last night a member posted an excellent rendition of Bode's Nebula taken with...

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I agree with Gordon and Michael helicon .

I don't own a Seestar or similar however, I love using 135mm and 300mm telephoto lenses with a DSLR for...

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Last post by OzEclipse
Sun Feb 25, 2024 3:46 am
Favor: Help me think of DSOs related to Valentines please?

Last post by EmeraldHillsSkies « Thu Feb 15, 2024 7:26 pm
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by EmeraldHillsSkies » Wed Feb 14, 2024 1:08 pm

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Here's a big favor: Can you help me think of deep-space (deep-sky) objects (which is it: Deep-space or Deep-sky? Wiki says Deep-Sky) related to...

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Well, I keep learning - and I keep hoping for more and more muscle memory. Here was the live stream in which I learned from this list.

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Last post by EmeraldHillsSkies
Thu Feb 15, 2024 7:26 pm
Unistellar Odyssey pro telescope

Last post by helicon « Wed Jan 10, 2024 11:39 am
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by KingClinton » Tue Jan 09, 2024 5:36 pm

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Seems like this class of scope is gathering momentum.
New unistellar odyssey pro out now.
I suppose if it gets kids looking up it must be a good...

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There is certainly is a great wave of EAA gaining momentum.

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Last post by helicon
Wed Jan 10, 2024 11:39 am
EAA with regular AP gear?

Last post by Xio1996 « Wed Nov 22, 2023 10:33 pm
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by SkyHiker » Fri Nov 03, 2023 3:37 am

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I want to do video astronomy with my regular AP gear and am wondering what live stacker to use. It should work from a folder in order to combine it...

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Hi guys.

I'm a SharpCap user and find it powerful and
straightforward to use.

There is another EAA oriented application called Jocular. I just...

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Last post by Xio1996
Wed Nov 22, 2023 10:33 pm
What is this ?

Last post by Groovy2 « Wed Apr 19, 2023 9:04 pm
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by Groovy2 » Sat Apr 15, 2023 9:29 pm

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recorded this a few nights ago -
Last year in April recorded similar in same area of sky same area in Arizona -
last april used wyze cam V3

my...

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after studying this for a while Im pretty sure this is starlink satellites -
satellites pretty much stay same brightness - Same part of sky- earth...

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Last post by Groovy2
Wed Apr 19, 2023 9:04 pm
Insta 360 Cam ?

Last post by Groovy2 « Sat Jan 07, 2023 6:04 pm

by Groovy2 » Sat Jan 07, 2023 6:04 pm

has anyone tried Inst360 type camera for sky recording ?

Just started looking into 360 cams and what ive seen looks promising

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Last post by Groovy2
Sat Jan 07, 2023 6:04 pm
Stars & Storm

Last post by Groovy2 « Sat Jan 07, 2023 6:00 pm
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by Groovy2 » Sat Dec 31, 2022 9:11 pm

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Dji Action One

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for some reason watching videos on Small YT screen stars Flash - full screen stars looks normal ?
everything looks pixelated too

also have been...

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Last post by Groovy2
Sat Jan 07, 2023 6:00 pm
Stellina is NOT discontinued

Last post by smp « Mon Jan 02, 2023 2:58 pm

by smp » Mon Jan 02, 2023 2:58 pm

I noticed that Stellina resellers started marking Stellina as discontinued late last week, so I sent a message in to Vaonis Customer Support asking...

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Last post by smp
Mon Jan 02, 2023 2:58 pm
Satellite or Something

Last post by The Wave Catcher « Tue Dec 20, 2022 1:18 pm
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by Groovy2 » Sun Dec 18, 2022 9:43 pm

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recorded this Dec 17 -
used Dji Action One - 13 second expo - video

what ever it is flashing and bright
my guess is it was recorded for 10 to 15...

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Cool. I saw something like that last month on 11/05/2022 at a star party with my AT80ED while observing Saturn. Below are my personal notes about...

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Tue Dec 20, 2022 1:18 pm

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