Pat, I agree 100% about the book, Project Hail Mary. I’ve been reading science fiction my entire life and read Project Hail Mary when it was first published. It was simply the best science fiction novel I had ever read, and my thinking was that it would make a great movie. So thank you for the update about the movie upcoming in 2026. Hope they get it right.
Hey Pat! Great video mate. Those pixels are huge! It has certainly given you that wide field you were after! Great images there Pat👍 I love that area of the sky! The book looks interesting, I liked the Martian! Loved the garden Pat, it’s really come to life this time of year! This is my favourite time, the month of May😀 Couldn’t help notice the 50 year anniversary sign! Happy anniversary mate what ever it’s for🤔 Clear skies!
Always good to read your comments, Simon. Thank you for the anniversary greeting. Yep, 50 years and counting. I am having garden tours this weekend and next. It really does look good. Now that the moon is moving away, I hope to start on some new projects this week. Our nights are a bit longer here than yours with my location at 32N, but oh so humid, hence the need to have active anti-dew equipment. Our ocean waters warm into the upper 20s Celsius (mid-80s Fahrenheit) during the summer resulting in that very high humidity.
@@HeavenlyBackyardAstronomy Congratulations on 50 years Pat! This August it’s my 40th and counting 😀 Don’t know why I thought you were the same altitude as me🤦♂️ That humidity is a killer!! Thanks Pat!
Beautiful yard and home. I like my Rokinon 135mm for widefield. I've been looking for that exact spanner wrench. Narrowband Channel used one to take a SVBONY 30mm guide scope apart. Couldn't find it anywhere local or online. No other astronomy dealer has it. THANKS!
I was going to suggest the hyperstar still nice you already have the edge ... but I realised that I have the same reason 😅😅😅 they're not cheap ... love it when you can use old gear to do new stuff! that's why I didn't sell my ancient Celestron AS-GT... I got it guiding 0.3-0.4 after considerable effort 😂 it does have its hiccups every 6-7 minutes but as long as I'm shooting from the city and keep my exposures shortish I'm ok ... a hyperstar v4 for C11 is north of 2k Euro over here ... 😢 have fun Pat! Awesome garden!!!!
For wide field of view, I could suggest ASA H400 f2.4. It could be pricey, but you could ask some funds from different foundations set up by politicians. You never know they may agree to support your educational projects. I personally think that cost of any telescope and mount are pennies for those foundations and they have to support you! 😉
I do get a big circle of an image but with using flats and now with those amazing gradiant correction tools the lensing is smoothed out. Thank you for watching my video
Yes, the mini-computer should be set up with all the software needed to operate the rig. You should transfer your incoming image files to your main computer either in real time or after the session is done. No need to load any processing software on the mini as that should be performed on your main computer.
Beautiful garden and image. Great idea on the Full Frame camera to give you a wider field.
Thank you and Thank you and thank you for watching my video. I have big garden tours this weekend
Pat, I agree 100% about the book, Project Hail Mary. I’ve been reading science fiction my entire life and read Project Hail Mary when it was first published. It was simply the best science fiction novel I had ever read, and my thinking was that it would make a great movie. So thank you for the update about the movie upcoming in 2026. Hope they get it right.
Thank you. Of course, this time I made the crucial mistake ... I read the book first. Usually, the movie is a let-down. But yeah, great book.
Hey Pat! Great video mate. Those pixels are huge! It has certainly given you that wide field you were after! Great images there Pat👍 I love that area of the sky! The book looks interesting, I liked the Martian! Loved the garden Pat, it’s really come to life this time of year! This is my favourite time, the month of May😀 Couldn’t help notice the 50 year anniversary sign! Happy anniversary mate what ever it’s for🤔 Clear skies!
Always good to read your comments, Simon.
Thank you for the anniversary greeting. Yep, 50 years and counting.
I am having garden tours this weekend and next. It really does look good.
Now that the moon is moving away, I hope to start on some new projects this week. Our nights are a bit longer here than yours with my location at 32N, but oh so humid, hence the need to have active anti-dew equipment. Our ocean waters warm into the upper 20s Celsius (mid-80s Fahrenheit) during the summer resulting in that very high humidity.
@@HeavenlyBackyardAstronomy Congratulations on 50 years Pat! This August it’s my 40th and counting 😀 Don’t know why I thought you were the same altitude as me🤦♂️ That humidity is a killer!! Thanks Pat!
Great combo producing some very nice images. I used to get that dew problem on my ASI294MC all the time too.
Thank, Logan.
Well, you are getting some long dark nights now. Enjoy
Looks like a great combo. noce and wide FOV. CS
Thank you Jason.
Beautiful yard and home.
I like my Rokinon 135mm for widefield.
I've been looking for that exact spanner wrench. Narrowband Channel used one to take a SVBONY 30mm guide scope apart. Couldn't find it anywhere local or online. No other astronomy dealer has it. THANKS!
Thank you Mike. I was looking for that tool for ages and finally found it on Agena's websight. Works like a champ
Beautiful garden
Thank you
Thanks for sharing Pat. Great shots.
Thank you, Ron
I was going to suggest the hyperstar still nice you already have the edge ... but I realised that I have the same reason 😅😅😅 they're not cheap ...
love it when you can use old gear to do new stuff! that's why I didn't sell my ancient Celestron AS-GT... I got it guiding 0.3-0.4 after considerable effort 😂 it does have its hiccups every 6-7 minutes but as long as I'm shooting from the city and keep my exposures shortish I'm ok ...
a hyperstar v4 for C11 is north of 2k Euro over here ... 😢
have fun Pat!
Awesome garden!!!!
The HyperStar is good but it is soo much easier to use the 80mm refractor with the even wider field-of-view. Thank you for watching my video
Nice garden.
Thank you and thank you for watching my video
For wide field of view, I could suggest ASA H400 f2.4. It could be pricey, but you could ask some funds from different foundations set up by politicians.
You never know they may agree to support your educational projects. I personally think that cost of any telescope and mount are pennies for those foundations and they have to support you! 😉
Thanks, Ana
First!!
Pat, I love your videos, and my wife loves your garden.
What ever happened to the Celestron 0.33 reducer? I never see it referenced anymore.
Thank you.
I have the 0.7x reducer for it and the hyperstar which takes it down to f/2. They'll be back later this summer.
Hey Pat, great images! How did you find lensing with the increased sensor size? CS!
I do get a big circle of an image but with using flats and now with those amazing gradiant correction tools the lensing is smoothed out.
Thank you for watching my video
Pat, I now have a mini computer for outside does it need to have the same astro software programs as the inside computer for remote access to work?
Yes, the mini-computer should be set up with all the software needed to operate the rig. You should transfer your incoming image files to your main computer either in real time or after the session is done. No need to load any processing software on the mini as that should be performed on your main computer.
Happy 50th anniversary, we are going on 44 ourselfs!
Thank you, Tim. Congratulations on 44 years ... and counting
Why not try the hyperstar v4?
I have but it doesn't give the wide field of view along with the simplicity of the 80mm refractor. Thank you for watching my video