backyard observatory -Meade ETX imaging

Taking deepsky images from light-polluted suburbia with a small Meade 'goto' telescope + Starlight Xpress CCD camera.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• backyard
• observatory
• telescope
• Meade
• ETX
• Starlight
• Xpress
• CCD

[qmriis]

Cool video. I just got a 5" Meade w goto. Might put link to your wobsite in the description.

[nytecam]

@qmriis Hi - thanks but that sites down - try home .freeuk .com/m.gavin/ cnlinks. html [removing gaps!]

[Alphamarketingsoluti]

hi, I am quite a new user of the meade etx70at computertelescope and was wondering if you could help me out... Could you help out with the alignment of the telescope? please email me or maybe you could make a short film how to? thnx a bunch I am member of your feed

[nytecam]

@Alphamarketingsoluti Thanks - may do an "alignment vid" sometime but do a search of YouTube for this - there's sure to be a vid or two that does.

[theskyshed]

No sorry,

I meant what imaging software are you using to process the photo in the video.

Thanks

[nytecam]

Oh - Starlight Xpress s/ware that came with camera as demoed in vid with just a few clicks;-).

[PaintSlinger99]

Great vid I envy your observatory!

[Alphamarketingsoluti]

I bought myself a compass and did the alignment in a heartbeat.. thnx.. sometimes the simplest of answers is the best answers.

Greetings AJ

[nytecam]

Vids via Fuji E550 pocket cam in 'moviemode' and then MS MovieMaker

v2.1.4

[theskyshed]

Hi,

may I ask what imaging software you are using in this video.

Thanks

Lee