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ZWD
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hello OF!

Im a fairly recent Speedmaster collector but a long time astrophotographer —im curious if there are others on here that have the same interests!

Astrophotography and horology are intwined so I figure theres gotta be some of you on this forum 😀

cheers!
 
Charlemagne1333
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I have a ZWO AM3 harmonic drive mount and a 60ED imaging refractor for deep-sky. My home skies are Bortle 5, so it’s possible to get some half decent images from the garden.
 
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Since getting into watchmaking, i've taken a pause on getting out to some dark locations but im now working on having telescope system hosted somewhere in world with good weather and dark skies.

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Galaxies! M33 Triangulum , NGC7331 Deer Lick Group, Cadwell 12 Fireworks and some IFN.

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Thread 'Any of You Speedy Freaks into Telescopes or Astronomy?' ·
Just wondering if any of the Moonwatch owners or collectors have a Telescope or an interest in Observational Astronomy ? All my life I had been keenly interested in things that were in the night...
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Thread 'Int astronomy group calls for a lunar clock keeping time on the Moon' ·
What about the Helbros wrist watch designed by Kenneth Franklin (1923-2007), keeping "Time on the Moon"
#Moonwatch #MoonwatchUniverse
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SpeedyPhill ·
🧐 use the search function of this forum
 
ZWD
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SpeedyPhill SpeedyPhill
https://omegaforums.net/threads/any-of-you-speedy-freaks-into-telescopes-or-astronomy.102624/ Cover Image
Thread 'Any of You Speedy Freaks into Telescopes or Astronomy?' ·
Just wondering if any of the Moonwatch owners or collectors have a Telescope or an interest in Observational Astronomy ? All my life I had been keenly interested in things that were in the night...
JohnnyRocket ·
and
https://omegaforums.net/threads/int-astronomy-group-calls-for-a-lunar-clock-keeping-time-on-the-moon.175595/ Cover Image
Thread 'Int astronomy group calls for a lunar clock keeping time on the Moon' ·
What about the Helbros wrist watch designed by Kenneth Franklin (1923-2007), keeping "Time on the Moon"
#Moonwatch #MoonwatchUniverse
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Helbros_Moonwatch_KennethFranklin2.jpg

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SpeedyPhill ·
🧐 use the search function of this forum
I did in fact search first, but figured starting one of my own focusing on astrophotography in the photography forum would be fine
 
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Here is my two cents worth, shot with a Takahashi E210 astrograph.
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ZWD
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tpatta tpatta
Here is my two cents worth, shot with a Takahashi E210 astrograph.

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great photo! also amazing instrument! im planning on an epsilon one day. Ive pretty much always been a refractor user but it would be incredible to use something as fast as a 180 or 160.
 
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ZWD ZWD
great photo! also amazing instrument! im planning on an epsilon one day. Ive pretty much always been a refractor user but it would be incredible to use something as fast as a 180 or 160.
Here is the setup at my observatory. Losmandy HGM200 mount, Takahashi FC60 guide scope, Canon 60Da.
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ZWD
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lol nothing like the finest 60mm scope for your guide camera 😀
 
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actually im thinking of the FOA-60. that vintage of FC60 is no slouch either 😀

ive got a FS-60cb on a EM-11 for my visual scope after I get my imaging system going.
 
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ZWD ZWD
I did in fact search first, but figured starting one of my own focusing on astrophotography in the photography forum would be fine
As far as I know, this is the only thread focussing on astro imaging.
 
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Here is the setup at my observatory. Losmandy HGM200 mount, Takahashi FC60 guide scope, Canon 60Da.

im putting together my next setup an waiting for some clear weather in the PNW.

currently its a AP Mach2 mount with an AP110GTX.

Ive used a QSI6120 for the last 8 years on various optics but I’ll be moving to full frame to make use of the GTXs corrected field so im trying to figure out the new image train.
 
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Not the best image? That’s amazing.
Much appreciated 😀

I think it was about 30 mins integration on that image. If I’d have put a couple of hours in, I could have resolved some more detail. I’ll have to revisit and collect some more photons.
 
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ZWD ZWD
lovely shot of out neighbor!
Yep, only 2.5 million light-years away. 😲 I struggle to comprehend these distances, sometimes. Earth is just a blip really.
 
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Yep, only 2.5 million light-years away. 😲 I struggle to comprehend these distances, sometimes. Earth is just a blip really.
yeap, wild things to consider. so close and yet so far.
 
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