Ohessa yksi hyvä kirjoitus CN foorumilta, joka mielestäni kuvaa aika hyvin sitä mitä monet (uudet) harrastuksen pariin tulevat odottavat näkevänsä ja kokevansa. Lompakon paksuus määrää kehityskaaren nopeuden ja hankittavien putkien määrän.
I started out in this hobby as a visual observer about 6 years ago. I moved from a 4.5" reflector to a 13", then a 16" and topped out at a 30" F/4.5 by my 2nd year in the hobby, all because I wanted to see more...... Faint fuzzies weren't enough for me, I found myself looking at, and trying to figure out how to buy a 36” scope…..I’m a product of Telescope advertising…. You know the ones, pictures of nice big Galaxies on the boxes of 4” Telescopes
Even with the 30" from great dark sites I was going back to the same objects over and over..... The ones that showed me some really good detail and some showed color..... but for all the work involved I just was not getting the return that I wanted for all my effort, I was questioning weather or not I wanted to stay in the hobby.... I was on my way out....
Then I found the MallinCam... I used it in my 30" with good results, but quickly found I needed better tracking and a wider FOV to max out the Camera's potential, So I found myself going down in Aperture.
What really Sold me on the mallinCam was that it could be used Live without processing and thats how I use it with a Speco Monitor, sometimes I use it with a Computer but only to Broadcast Live, not to capture and process images.
I sold the 30” and used some of the money to build a fast 16” on EQ mount for use at my home location, I also bought a CGE and Meade 10” S/N for darksite trips.... I’m back in the Hobby for the long Term….. And as a side note I put A LOT of money from the 30” back in the Bank……
The only visual I do at home is Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, and the Moon
From dark sites I like to look at a VERY few objects through an eyepiece if there is a big enough Scope around, but even then I need to see more….
From my heavily light polluted Backyard even with my 10” F/4 reflector I can see WAY more detail in objects Live Without the Processing that goes with CCD Imaging, and can even see detail in objects that I couldn’t even see with my 30” and an Eyepiece from a dark site……
I have Two Good eyepieces left a 26 T5 Nagler and a 13mm Ethos that I will keep for now to use in other peoples scopes at Dark sites.
I know and respect people who like the challenge of spending a lot of time searching out Faint Fuzzies , Using averted vision and all that.... I myself even like to be dark adapted and under dark skies, but averted vision is not for me ....
What they are using averted vision to see I can see Spiral structure and even color in star forming regions with the MallinCam and a smaller Scope.
So Long story Short…. Video Astronomy is not for everyone, But, The MallinCam Saved me when it comes to staying in this Hobby.
What I can do with a smaller scope and the MallinCam Live without all the processing that goes with CCD imaging, and from my Light Polluted backyard, Still Amazes me, even years after I first started using it.....
