poppasmurf 377 Report post Posted May 11, 2011 Nice one Phil, I love the shirt as well. Cheers Shane Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingeing Pom 836 Report post Posted August 8, 2013 The latest incarnation: Front-view mini-WASP array by cybermystic, on Flickr Rear-view mini-WASP array by cybermystic, on Flickr Mini-WASP configuration by cybermystic, on Flickr Greg 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Radar 712 Report post Posted August 15, 2013 Wow! Holy crap! That's is my way of saying, Wow! Holy Crap! Killer rig you got there Greg. Can't help but notice there is a second obs in the background as well. What do you use that one for? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingeing Pom 836 Report post Posted August 15, 2013 Hi Ray - that one has the C11 and the Hyperstar III in it On a handful of occasions I have had both systems running - but I am a typical male - absolutely crap at multiplexing. Greg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Radar 712 Report post Posted August 24, 2013 You've got 4 apo's with monochrome ccd's. In the centre of those apo's, it looks like another one, but I'm thinking this is the guidescope? How much of the kids inheritance did the mini-wasp take up exactly? Ray Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingeing Pom 836 Report post Posted August 24, 2013 4 Apos - 3 are imagers with M26C OSC CCDs the 4th is the guidescope - the thing in the middle is the DEC counterweight. Greg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stephen 10 Report post Posted September 11, 2013 My scopes Ok guys, here's my main scopes. The observatory is 3x2 meter rolloff roof shed with 8" Meade LX90 with Meade 5000 series 80mm triplet on piggy back. This is on a standard wedge on the pier. The mount in the observatory will soon be upgraded to an EQ6 PRO goto mount and my triplet and a spare Orion ED80 will be mounted on a side by side configuration. The reason is that a fork mount on a wedge cannot image the South Celestial Pole area effectivly. As this is where some of our most famous fuzzies are, then a change is needed. My mobile scope is also a Meade 8" LX90LNT. It has an Image Source DBK31 camera with a 55-300mm telephoto lens attached and if the weather permits, I'll actually get to see if it works. :eartoear: Clear skies Stephenok, been a looooong time between posts and a serious lot has happened. The main stuff is that the Inner Sanctum Observatory, that it all became with additions of a rather large warm room and a heap load of extra cameras and scopes etc etc...... is closing down as we are moving because the house is to be sold through public trustees. My parents passed away in 2011 and blah blah blah, we are getting ready to move. The good side of it is that I get to build a new obs setup. I'm thinking of a control room in between two rolloff roof sheds with a pier in each one with a mount and scope setup. I've got my original EQ6 pro goto and that will go in one and a HEQ5 pro goto which will go into the other. I'll endeavour to update my webpage as soon as we get where we are going. Could be a few months yet but I'll be popping in here each day now to update pix folders etc. Really like the new format too. Oh yeah, where do I find our pix folders? Do we have pix folders? Oh yeah, I remarried my ex wife from 17 years ago.... damn facebook heh heh nahhhh very very happy clear skies guys Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Radar 712 Report post Posted September 11, 2013 My scopes Ok guys, here's my main scopes. The observatory is 3x2 meter rolloff roof shed with 8" Meade LX90 with Meade 5000 series 80mm triplet on piggy back. This is on a standard wedge on the pier. The mount in the observatory will soon be upgraded to an EQ6 PRO goto mount and my triplet and a spare Orion ED80 will be mounted on a side by side configuration. The reason is that a fork mount on a wedge cannot image the South Celestial Pole area effectivly. As this is where some of our most famous fuzzies are, then a change is needed. My mobile scope is also a Meade 8" LX90LNT. It has an Image Source DBK31 camera with a 55-300mm telephoto lens attached and if the weather permits, I'll actually get to see if it works. :eartoear: Clear skies StephenYou remarried your ex-wife? Classic. As long as you are happy, that's all that matters. Whereabouts are you moving to? And yes, you can create your own album on here, or you can simply post the images into the thread. Is this what you mean by pix folders? Ray Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stephen 10 Report post Posted September 12, 2013 My scopes Ok guys, here's my main scopes. The observatory is 3x2 meter rolloff roof shed with 8" Meade LX90 with Meade 5000 series 80mm triplet on piggy back. This is on a standard wedge on the pier. The mount in the observatory will soon be upgraded to an EQ6 PRO goto mount and my triplet and a spare Orion ED80 will be mounted on a side by side configuration. The reason is that a fork mount on a wedge cannot image the South Celestial Pole area effectivly. As this is where some of our most famous fuzzies are, then a change is needed. My mobile scope is also a Meade 8" LX90LNT. It has an Image Source DBK31 camera with a 55-300mm telephoto lens attached and if the weather permits, I'll actually get to see if it works. :eartoear: Clear skies StephenG'day Radar, we are looking at Armadale or Stratton over near Midland. Armadale for the wifes job up at Southern Hills Christian college or Stratton to be close to her mum. Anywhere as long as it gets me away from here in light pollution central heh heh. Yep, that's what I meant for somewhere to post some pix of whats happening and latest efforts. I managed to get down to Wagin on a farm for a few days a couple of years back and got some seriously better images than I was doing before. It feels good to be back Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Radar 712 Report post Posted September 19, 2013 My scopes Ok guys, here's my main scopes. The observatory is 3x2 meter rolloff roof shed with 8" Meade LX90 with Meade 5000 series 80mm triplet on piggy back. This is on a standard wedge on the pier. The mount in the observatory will soon be upgraded to an EQ6 PRO goto mount and my triplet and a spare Orion ED80 will be mounted on a side by side configuration. The reason is that a fork mount on a wedge cannot image the South Celestial Pole area effectivly. As this is where some of our most famous fuzzies are, then a change is needed. My mobile scope is also a Meade 8" LX90LNT. It has an Image Source DBK31 camera with a 55-300mm telephoto lens attached and if the weather permits, I'll actually get to see if it works. :eartoear: Clear skies StephenStratton and Armadale both big improvements on where you were before. I'm not sure what the light pollution would be like from Roe Highway, but Stratton would be good. Just near Toodyay Road. Armadale would sure have some dark areas to work from as well. Keep us posted. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingeing Pom 836 Report post Posted February 3, 2014 The mini-WASP array February 2014 by cybermystic, on Flickr Front and back views of the array beginning February 2014. On the top a Canon EF200 prime lens with a Trius M26C OSC CCD. On the left (front view) two TS80 triplet APOs with M26C OSC CCDs and Hutech IDAS LP filters. Top right a Megrez 80 with SX guide camera. Bottom right a Sky 90 with filter wheel and M26C OSC CCD. All sitting on a Paramount ME. Now all I need are some clear skies to play with the damn thing ang01 ang01 ang01 ang01 Greg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Radar 712 Report post Posted February 4, 2014 I've said this before, and I"ll say it again Greg, that is some serious piece of kit. Looking at the array, you have the perfect comet hunting setup. You can scan the sky with filters of different wavelengths all at the same time. How many degrees is the field of view? Ray Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingeing Pom 836 Report post Posted February 4, 2014 For the refractors it's 3 x 2 degrees, for the Canon 200mm lens it's 6.7 x 4.5 degrees. Greg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingeing Pom 836 Report post Posted May 23, 2015 Guess I may as well put the very latest - and very definitely final incarnation of the array in here On the top plate there's a pair of Canon 200mm prime lenses with Trius M26C CCDs on the back and a 52mm UV/IR cut filter on the front. The main array holds 3 x Sky 90s two with a filter-wheel on the back holding IDAS, H-alpha, H-beta, OIII and SII filters, all 3 with non-Trius M26C CCDs. The Gold capped scope is a Megrez 80mm which is the guide scope. The whole lot which weighs in at over 100 pounds (50 kilos) sits on a Paramount ME. As there are 5 CCDs there are also 5 computers in the observatory, as well as a de-humidifier and a greenhouse heater. And as it has been non-stop rain and gales for over three months now I have only got ONE image with this kit in 14 weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The megawasp array 21/05/2015 by Greg Parker, on Flickr Greg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
poppasmurf 377 Report post Posted May 3, 2016 Here you go Ray, as requested some pics of my setup. Shane 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingeing Pom 836 Report post Posted March 24, 2017 As all the pics of my kit have disappeared as I closed the Flickr account - here's an attempt to link to my NFO website piccy Greg 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
