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@zander Thanks for the pointers on getting the telescope aligned. Maybe I'll be ready by the next eclipse! 😎
@zander I was never able to get my telescope aimed correctly at the sun. Not exactly why I was having the issue.
@dronebot-workshop You can even Baily's beads! My solar telescope adventure was a total bust. I did get to see the partial eclipse at its fulles...
@zander I have the scope that Bill uses in his video, but I'm finding the aiming device doesn't work very well, at least for me. I'll try the sigh...
@zander We'll try again in the morning. Shut down for the day. My issue now is training the scope on the sun and not empty sky!
@dronebot-workshop Is that using the sky tracker?
@zander The CS adapter is in place. It wasn't to begin with but it is now!
@zander On this scope the solar filter isn't removable.
@zander I've been unable to pick up the sun again in my scope. Just the HQ camera with the adapter for the scope eye piece screwed into the back fo...
@zander My first picture of the sun through my solar telescope. Captured from a VLC recording of the stream from the Raspberry Pi
To all like minded astronomers, Somewhat of a success! Not focused or entirely in frame, but my first capture none the less. Maybe I might...
@dronebot-workshop and others... I finally got my camera to focus on something and have successfully gotten the Pi streaming video. My issue now is...
@dronebot-workshop Oh No! Hope it doesn't last a long as the last outage! Maybe just as good that it's going to be cloudy in the Atlanta area on...
@dronebot-workshop I'm just trying to get a focused picture with the camera and lens on an object across the room. No telescope involved at the mom...
I've made some progress, but it looks like I might not be up and running until the next eclipse. By the way, I did find my HQ camera, but @dronebot-...