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Finally pointed the UC18 at the green comet

 

The Green Comet as seen last night with my UC18, DS287c, Eagle 4S, ServoCAT, Argo Navis controlled from my recliner. ?


Richard
 

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Nice Richard. Been visually observing with my 22UC. Thanks for sharing.?

Regards,?
Frank Nowatzke?





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From: Richard <rmille64@...>
Date: 2/14/23 13:39 (GMT-06:00)
Subject: [ObsessionUsers] Finally pointed the UC18 at the green comet

The Green Comet as seen last night with my UC18, DS287c, Eagle 4S, ServoCAT, Argo Navis controlled from my recliner. ?


Richard
 

Thanks Frank.

Does your UC22 have ServoCAT installed?

Would be fun to slip a Mallincam DS278c camera into your feather touch focuser.

Richard
 

Yes it does.? I often think about moving over to the dark side!? Though after retirement my son and I should have our property out in West Texas away from the moisture of Houston and those lousy "lights at night is good" mantra!

Clear skies!
Frank

On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 3:47 PM Richard <rmille64@...> wrote:
Thanks Frank.

Does your UC22 have ServoCAT installed?

Would be fun to slip a Mallincam DS278c camera into your feather touch focuser.

Richard

 

Frank,

Sounds like a plan.

A dark site + ServoCAT + Argo Navis + Mallincam DS287c + a UC22 would be awesome!

I am looking for a north east Ga site.

Richard
 

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Hi Frank, Richard,
How long have you been enjoying your UCs?
I just received my UC22 in early January.?
It is quite a beast.?
I unfortunately couldn¡¯t get a ServoCAT as the company fell victim to the Si Chip shortage. So sad as they have served the community for so long. But did get an Argo. ?
First big scope. Only used 10¡± dob prior. Getting comfortable with it.?
I had to modify my house for it. A slider door got converted into French double doors.?
Win-win as the wife is excited about doors ?
Just had it out tonight looking at M42, M45 and Betelgeuse.?
Wow to all of them. The filaments in M42. The blues too. Simply wow.?
Betelgeuse looked like a fireball. Like the color of our sun. Beautiful.?
Incredible instrument thanks to Dave Kriege.?
What have you been able to see? ?By the way, I am strictly a visual observer.?
Tom Bosia


On Feb 15, 2023, at 8:56 PM, Frank Nowatzke <fnowat@...> wrote:

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Yes it does.? I often think about moving over to the dark side!? Though after retirement my son and I should have our property out in West Texas away from the moisture of Houston and those lousy "lights at night is good" mantra!

Clear skies!
Frank

On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 3:47 PM Richard <rmille64@...> wrote:
Thanks Frank.

Does your UC22 have ServoCAT installed?

Would be fun to slip a Mallincam DS278c camera into your feather touch focuser.

Richard

 

 

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Richard,
Great images. Great news about Gary offering ServoCAT alternative. Thanks for that info. Look forward to it.?
What¡¯s your NELM or Bortle rating?
What filters do you use for your local light pollution?
Thanks
Tom



On Feb 16, 2023, at 6:07 AM, Richard <rmille64@...> wrote:

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Tom,

when your telescope casts a shadow you are in Bortle 9. ?My sky quality meter never gets better than 18.5.

My favorite filter is the Optolong LeNhance for Ha and O3 which I use for nebula.

I also purchased a RGB clear set of filters.

the clear filter cuts my light pollution.

Richard
 

You can read about the intentions of Wildcard Innovations to develop the ServoCAT alternative on their website forum if you have interests.

Richard

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Hi Tom,
I own a UC22 too, the very first one indeed and I am an absolute fan eventhough I have to drive one hour to my dark site in le Perche region, south west of Paris. I am a visual observer too and If you are, as I am, fan of very detailed images with tiny stars all over the 100¡ã apparent field of view of Ethos or equivalent, I have to say that adding a Starlight SIPS changed the way I enjoy the views with my scope. This integrated televue paracorr in the feather touch focuser, tuned once for all eyepieces, is just awesome and highly simplifies the use of paracorr with all eyepieces and gives you tiny stars all over the field.
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Classic15 and UC22 AN/SC
 

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Hello All,
? I picked up my 22" UC in October of 2019 and like most of us have added a couple of tweaks. In my my case I have a 360 dew/light shield made of Kydex. I need in my neighborhood. My location in the eastern panhandle of West Virginia gives me Bortle 4.5 skies at best (SQM 20.8-21.05). I also have a dark sky location 2 1/2 hrs away in central WV (~ SQM 21.7). I've thoroughly enjoyed using this scope after star hopping for over 30 years.? At this stage of my life I'd rather spend more time looking at something than looking for something(:>? Star hopping taught me the night sky however and I treasure all the searches of the past. My current major observing project is seeing all of the Herschel Objects (557 to go). I'm using the baseline created by the Astronomical League Herschel Society observing program. I enjoy reading what other are doing with their UC's in this group.

Since Oct. 2019 I've logged 1,124 new observations so the scope is definitely being used(:>

Clear Skies,
Matt Orsie - Hedgesville, WV

On 2/17/2023 4:23 AM, ¹ó°ù¨¦»å¨¦°ù¾±³¦ Ruciak wrote:

Hi Tom,
I own a UC22 too, the very first one indeed and I am an absolute fan eventhough I have to drive one hour to my dark site in le Perche region, south west of Paris. I am a visual observer too and If you are, as I am, fan of very detailed images with tiny stars all over the 100¡ã apparent field of view of Ethos or equivalent, I have to say that adding a Starlight SIPS changed the way I enjoy the views with my scope. This integrated televue paracorr in the feather touch focuser, tuned once for all eyepieces, is just awesome and highly simplifies the use of paracorr with all eyepieces and gives you tiny stars all over the field.
¹ó°ù¨¦»å¨¦°ù¾±³¦
Classic15 and UC22 AN/SC

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