Steve Paxton's photos

leave the track at your peril you get lost in the mud.

Gives you some idea just how tightly packed the trees are.

A galaxy that is very faint and was not the best to do as it was small and in moon light. This really was more done to try out the second camera and Nina. Happy to say all went well but for this rather dim view that is BEST Viewed LARGE. The mount flipped perfectly, Nina is getting to a program that is easy to use.This is a better target done in Narrow band with coloured filters but I am not there yet. This was taken over two nights and sits not far under the String Of Pearls Galaxy. this is my last two under clear skies. This in a shot for Ko. QHY183C -10c 90 shot 10 min MeLE Mini PC Prima Luce Essato Focus Optolong LeNhance filter, Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro SVbony 50MM Guide scope QHY QHY5L-II-M Guide camera Guided PHD2, Nina Pixinsight, Ps.

So many it almost like a wall you cant see out the other side the sun is coming from.

The first real result in Nina. the only snag I have hit and cant figure out why the mount is not flipping over to the other side at meridian. The two night that this ran I had to stop and restart after the time 12:15 am had passed so it set up correctly as the auto flip did not work. We think one of two things the set limits for the flip to happen where not being picked up, so I have redone them manually the setting of the limits. Cable snag but I don't believe so as there is enough cable now there is even more. Ps the setting of the limits manually the mount flipped correctly. This in a shot for Ko and the next Galaxy. ZWOASI071MC -10c 90 shot 10 min MeLE Mini PC Prima Luce Essato Focus Optolong LeNhance filter, Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro SVbony 50MM Guide scope QHY QHY5L-II-M Guide camera Guided PHD2, Nina Pixinsight, Ps.

Herdsman Lake Walk I had a few hours to kill while the wife was at the Hairdressers. What a place.

This is built up over the swamp water and in amongst the paper barks of the swamp. the trees are so thick it like looking into a wall.

you can see the flowers that the wind removed from the plant when you look at this shot.this plant is 20 something years old and was sold for a garden Wisteria but I planned to keep it small.

You can tell its spring when the Wisteria comes in flower. I have been hiding this from the very strong winds to try an capture the flowers. I had a hard time trying to get this through the doors and getting a back ground to show off the flowers. I can promise you, you miss out on the heavenly scent from having this in the room. This got a change of pot which gives it a bit more room to grow which it has done.

You can see the photos being stacked LIVE only 3 very top right of shot and graph bottom right ON the photo. to the right the focus V, below that the position in the sky of the target and the mount is the dotted line. The red bottom right is the guiding graph if you look you can see when I touched the mount to peg down the plastic cover, high Blue line in the middle . The green line is the shot time that is taken far left. You go blind trying to work out all the rest but its all part of how you build it, Nina you build it yourself how you want it and how the steps fall. So far I am totally impressed but I have not hit a Hicup yet and had to get my self back on line. Its coming. Today I totally rewrote how the file header is saved and the info that I want on it. camera was set to -10 C and shot time was 300 sec and 100 of them more than a nights all this info you can find on this page. the result of close to 80 shots .

I probably bit off more than I could chew I wanted to do a 4 panel shot of the SMC which meant it had to be rotated. In SGP 3 goes I can get below an error of 1.5 degrees. Nina fail in rotation first I was asked to move 8 degree anticlock wise , second was 44 degree anti , then 65 anti, then 65 clockwise , then 55 anti so I moved 30 anti but I was still asked to move 85 anti. I just gave up I took this photo where the camera was rotated but It had to have rotation canceled completely. going forward no rotation in Nina till i can find out why but it worked well. Everything worked as it should have which is a big plus. I am going to try and see if this can be used on the other three panels but I dont hold out much hope but at least I got a good look at Nina below is a look at the interface of nina 9 more pages you cant see. This is the "brief" shoot info.

While I was checking out a new park to try and see if I was able to get some photos. This battle started just beside me between two crows and a pair of Willi Wagtails A real miss match in size. you can see the look in the crows eye Pissed off, this bird did not give up on the Crow. Till the crow flew away. Some 30 interesting shot of this tussel

I went for a Walk to Lake Herdsman while my wife went to the Hair dresser...

The very latest update of Pixinsight brought out a lot more of the finer details in the nebulosity. Contrast the first one I ever did this is the very same set of photos as the first( March 2021) just the updated stacking and processing. Processing is a little longer but I believe it is worth it. Enjoy a few cloudy /rainy days learning. ZWO ASI071MC Pro @ -10c ZWO AEF, Optolong LeNhance filter, Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA Skywatcher EQM35Goto Sequence Genorator Pro Guided PHD2, Stacked /Processed PixinSight , PS and Lr.

I wrote down what this was for but I lost my paper, if memory serves me correctly it was a small boat motor for bilge pump that is operated by air. this exhibit is out side of the main museum and run by volunteer's all the parts' in this area work/ turn over as they should. Hence the fence to keep fingers away from all the moving parts. there are a number of shed that contain these and others it is amazing to see all these part run and run as if they where brand new. www.combemill.co.uk/portfolio-item/small-steam-engines-sissons

My trial was to try and take a photo with Nina while it did not work 100% the resultant photo give me some hope. nighttime-imaging.eu and use the Nuc away from home with a mini screen 7" and mini keyboard. while not what I was after it is still a shot and happy with that. what I was suppose to get and what I got where two very different things this is a program you build yourself how you want it to behave, so it may have been unlucky as a 7" screen is small and we where using a magnifying glass to try and see the small print on the small screen.. but it did work I have stars tp prove it.

Three friends on a night with the moon all of doing trials out of the city on a farm. Mine worked (sort of got a photo) , Carlos focuser for Guiding did not so his trial ended quick, Brendan was able to get the info he needed. This is 13 shots at 9:30 pm just before the clouds vanished at 10 pm. We all slept out here for the night the groups new Dark Site. It was a lovely night to be out under the stars with some like mined company. If you look above my car far left you can see the city lights of Perth and we are about 40 min from Perth . The morning temp was 3c yep it was cold but was nice when the sun came up. we shared the place with other campers if you look you can see the fire above my car and light to the left in the trees but in general we had the place to our selves and the Kangaroos that visited...

Not able to go inside some thing As 6 3" person wanted to see inside a Sub. Looks like I will keep wanting. Old Collins Class Submarine.