Here's my question. How can you see these types of deepspace objects in such detail? The etx 70 is only 70mm in apeture, with my 76mm orion nebula looks nothing like that just a fuzzy blob.
@mrastronomy15 Hi - the answers simple - I DON'T look through the scope but have replaced the eyepiece with an ultra sensitive astrocam - these pics have exposures of many minutes and not the fleeting brief view the eye see in 1/25sec - just staring doesn't let you 'see more' but it does with a cam as it builds up the image of these faint objects!
Is it possible to atach a sony dslr to this scope? And would you recommend buying it in a goto set for beginners. Btw i realy like your observatory :)
hello ,i have an etx 90 but it does not have goto.it does however track objects,i have a canon t1i rebel that i have an adapter for and i also have a shutter release button.is there any advice you can give me on how to improve my photos? thanks, and keep up the great work
@herbalactivist19 Hi - I assume you means pics of deepsky objects? Just experiment - an f/5 [or better f/3.3] focal reducer will make your scope 'faster', cover a wider field of view [fov] and make scope tracking errors less noticeable. Keep exposures brief say 20s - 60s and stack many good images in freeware DeepSkyStacker for 'deep' galaxy images etc. Good luck.
@nytecam Just remembered - if you an piggyback your Rebel [via an adapter] on the ETX90 you can take wide angle shots of the sky and capture many deepsky objects - expose for 1-5m depending on how dark your sky is and tracking accuracy.The moon and planets can be snapped direct with Rebel attached to scope rear port.
@KingWing777 thanks - got another identical cam but with a colour chip and new shorty scope on order and will redo much of these again but in colour over the next year so keep looking;-)
hi, I would like to ask u some questions, I'm about to get my first scope, but in doubt between the etx70 with few extras and the ds114, Im interested in deepsky view, which one would you recommend? I dont have any friend into it. thanks.
ITs true it is a meade etx70. Images depend on optical clarity, exposure amount, and exposure length. Ive only had mine for about 40 days now. I Filmed Saturn for the first time ever, tonight at over 1000x optical magnification.
Digital barlow technology is the greatest thing to ever happen to astronomy.
@AmpleLight I think x1000 magnification is too much for any amateur scope - you only get blurry results and digital zoom only magnifies a tiny central part of the image and makes the view worse - IMHO;-)
Impressive for such a small scope .I'm getting a LX90 with a meade DSI later this week .Hope I can do as well as you eventually .Looking forward ,Thanks for sharing
I have a Meade DSX 90. 1250mm focal length, and I have super plossl's for eyepieces, I have 6.4mm, 9.7mm, 12.4mm, 15mm, 20mm, 26mm, 32mm, and 40mm. Think I can see any of these through those?
Hi - I replaced the eyepiece with an ultra sensitive CCD camera [Starlight Xpress] to take the pictures with longish exposure up to 5minutes. The human eye sees 'movies' at a frame rate of ~5frames per second so unfortunately no amount of peering through the eyepiece will show this detail.
Yep - all down to the POWER of CCD cameras;-) Dug out an old film-photo of Stephan's Quintet galaxies group in Peg via my former massive 444mm [17.4"] aperture Newt and today the little ETX-70+CCD outperforms it in stellar penetration at only 1/40th the size eg [444/70] squared!
Thanks for sharing, I'm actually looking for a meade etx 70 or 80 to use as a guide scope for a mewlon. This video helps a lot :)
alienatusAlienus 5 months ago
@alienatusAlienus It should work ok - currently using my piggybacked etx70 to autoguide my 12" LX200 via PHD freeware;-)
nytecam 4 months ago
@nytecam Nice, etx 70 has arrived now. tiny little thing:_)
alienatusAlienus 4 months ago
Here's my question. How can you see these types of deepspace objects in such detail? The etx 70 is only 70mm in apeture, with my 76mm orion nebula looks nothing like that just a fuzzy blob.
mrastronomy15 8 months ago
@mrastronomy15 Hi - the answers simple - I DON'T look through the scope but have replaced the eyepiece with an ultra sensitive astrocam - these pics have exposures of many minutes and not the fleeting brief view the eye see in 1/25sec - just staring doesn't let you 'see more' but it does with a cam as it builds up the image of these faint objects!
nytecam 8 months ago
Nicely done!
mykylc 11 months ago
Awsome pic of m42 it's always a fav of mine
gmaninthusa 11 months ago
Is it possible to atach a sony dslr to this scope? And would you recommend buying it in a goto set for beginners. Btw i realy like your observatory :)
nelis555 1 year ago
@nelis555 Yes - its possible to piggyback a DSLR on most scopes that track the stars so the resultant images go 'deeper' - if thats what you mean;-)
nytecam 1 year ago
hello ,i have an etx 90 but it does not have goto.it does however track objects,i have a canon t1i rebel that i have an adapter for and i also have a shutter release button.is there any advice you can give me on how to improve my photos? thanks, and keep up the great work
herbalactivist19 1 year ago
@herbalactivist19 Hi - I assume you means pics of deepsky objects? Just experiment - an f/5 [or better f/3.3] focal reducer will make your scope 'faster', cover a wider field of view [fov] and make scope tracking errors less noticeable. Keep exposures brief say 20s - 60s and stack many good images in freeware DeepSkyStacker for 'deep' galaxy images etc. Good luck.
nytecam 1 year ago
@nytecam Just remembered - if you an piggyback your Rebel [via an adapter] on the ETX90 you can take wide angle shots of the sky and capture many deepsky objects - expose for 1-5m depending on how dark your sky is and tracking accuracy.The moon and planets can be snapped direct with Rebel attached to scope rear port.
nytecam 1 year ago
awesome
KingWing777 1 year ago
@KingWing777 thanks - got another identical cam but with a colour chip and new shorty scope on order and will redo much of these again but in colour over the next year so keep looking;-)
nytecam 1 year ago
@nytecam Yeah im totally looking forward to it! thanks for the vid dude!
KingWing777 1 year ago
hi, I would like to ask u some questions, I'm about to get my first scope, but in doubt between the etx70 with few extras and the ds114, Im interested in deepsky view, which one would you recommend? I dont have any friend into it. thanks.
andersonlavor 1 year ago
@andersonlavor Aperture counts for deepsky viewing - get the largest you can afford;-)
nytecam 1 year ago
ITs true it is a meade etx70. Images depend on optical clarity, exposure amount, and exposure length. Ive only had mine for about 40 days now. I Filmed Saturn for the first time ever, tonight at over 1000x optical magnification.
Digital barlow technology is the greatest thing to ever happen to astronomy.
watch v=HrJ6Hslhj_k
AmpleLight 1 year ago
@AmpleLight I think x1000 magnification is too much for any amateur scope - you only get blurry results and digital zoom only magnifies a tiny central part of the image and makes the view worse - IMHO;-)
nytecam 1 year ago
oh my
that was beautiful stuff...
professional.
4leafmetal 1 year ago
Impressive for such a small scope .I'm getting a LX90 with a meade DSI later this week .Hope I can do as well as you eventually .Looking forward ,Thanks for sharing
Radicalindifference 2 years ago
Excellent, I like it a lot. It is obvious that your heart and soul is a searcher!
Thank you for sharing your work with us.
murraykat 2 years ago
Great pictures! I've just bought an ETX-70 for my first telescope. Thanks for sharing.
DeadWakeUp 2 years ago
What eyepiece do you use?
I have a Meade DSX 90. 1250mm focal length, and I have super plossl's for eyepieces, I have 6.4mm, 9.7mm, 12.4mm, 15mm, 20mm, 26mm, 32mm, and 40mm. Think I can see any of these through those?
guitar4life1995 2 years ago
Hi - I replaced the eyepiece with an ultra sensitive CCD camera [Starlight Xpress] to take the pictures with longish exposure up to 5minutes. The human eye sees 'movies' at a frame rate of ~5frames per second so unfortunately no amount of peering through the eyepiece will show this detail.
nytecam 2 years ago
hi- i have a etx 70, but can barely see even venus. how do u c so much?
toaster881 2 years ago
My eyeball can't but my cam can - see my reply of a month ago on this;-)
nytecam 2 years ago
Yep - all down to the POWER of CCD cameras;-) Dug out an old film-photo of Stephan's Quintet galaxies group in Peg via my former massive 444mm [17.4"] aperture Newt and today the little ETX-70+CCD outperforms it in stellar penetration at only 1/40th the size eg [444/70] squared!
nytecam 2 years ago
thanks!
nytecam 3 years ago
That is awesome.
Silentone134 3 years ago
thats is the coool thing ever, i hope to see more of ur stuff
see ya
servimax2000 3 years ago