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I was certainly surprised too. It's really closer to a telephoto lens than a telescope, and I'm not using extraordinarily long exposures either. Currently it feels like human error and my processing techniques are what's holding me back, not my scope.

Thanks Paul, good to hear from you again. I have a William Optics Z61, 61mm aperture and f/5.9. I have a small tracking mount too, I can carry my entire imaging rig in a backpack! This is my first imaging rig, and I find it perfect. The mount is a Sky Watcher Star Adventurer fyi

Hey everybody, I haven't checked in for a while! Thought I'd share what I've been up to. I've been getting deeper and deeper into astrophotography, and the particularly tricky area of deep space astrophotography. I'm doing quite well! Here are some of my most recent pics, all could be improved...

Awesome, thanks for taking the time to take and assemble so many pics Pete! Glad to hear you're alright too. I've always had a soft spot for that host, so now that it's in conjunction with that wavelength I'm extremely envious!

Nice looking hosts! Sean makes some great stuff.

Yes that is true, I didn't think about that. Things don't really interact with visible light that much when they're smaller than the wavelengths themselves.

I tried the sharpie method with one of my single mode lasers this evening and it worked! Although there's one thing I still don't understand, what exactly is being levitated when you put a sharpie in the beam? I doubt it's anything clear, so is it maybe a bit of felt or smoke or some other...

Yes super cool, I'll have to try the sharpie trick soon. I was really jealous, that 510nm green laser really looked like a higher powered 490-500nm pointer in a beautiful host, I was wondering which kidney you had to sell to get a diode in that wavelength which looked like it output like 50-75mW.

Re: new Sharp 495nm diode This is awesome too, I'm excited to see how this turns out!

Hahaha while it was a beautiful laser and wavelength, I found I just hardly turned it on or took photos of it compared to other lasers. I find I miss my 177mW 473nm laser more, but it looks like those new 473nm diodes will scratch that same itch for me at a lot less of the price. That diode and...

A steal indeed, I agree! :crackup: I wanted to 'liquidate' some of my laser assets so I could buy some camera equipment before I go on a road trip, but due to some hefty car repair costs that won't even be happening. But hey, the canadian dollar just climbed in value a bit so I have more money...

Hi Chicxulub, I'm really sorry to hear that and I hope you're feeling as well as you can be. Unfortunately the sale is closed and the laser is shipped, I totally forgot to close the thread, my bad. See you around the forums!

Oh my..... I thought I was just about done with lasers but this... this is exactly what I was dreaming of the entire time I was in the hobby!! I may have to make some converted flashlight builds in the near future... :drool:

I just did a quick look and there are a couple threads within the forum on the subject of CNI GLP laser disassembly... looks like it's notoriously hard. "These pens are 99% glue" I'm fairly certain if I tried to take it apart right now I would break it, so I won't. Although it does apparently...

Thanks Jeff, I'm in no rush to get this sold so I've got all the time in the world :cool:

Thanks everyone! And bowtie, I'd forgotten about people polishing up the brass tubes, it really does look great and fits with the laser colour. This could be yours, folks! Only $200 US! As you can see, the first person that took interest is banned for being a returning banned member with...

Hey, just shot you a PM, thanks for joining! :) Hi Alex! I haven't been around for a while so I wasn't sure of the standings these lasers have in the forum's opinions, glad to hear they're not worthless ;) As for photography, things are going great! My passion for it keeps getting stronger and...

CLOSED Howdy B/S/T browsers, I'll be putting my amber laser up for sale, I just don't use it much and I could be using its value in much better ways. I'll be selling it at a pretty huge loss, here's why. Aesthetically, it's got a couple scratches and chips in the black enamel. Other than that...

Wow that's crazy good Andrew, thanks for sharing! I'm amazed at the faint details you could get from it being just a fist's width above the horizon, that's a lot of atmosphere to contend with. I've accidentally snagged Andromeda in a couple photos before but I want to get a really great shot...

The more I look that that photo of yours of the LMC and the Milky Way the more I like it. I want to get a star tracking mount, they'd be really useful and I want to take a good photo of Andromeda. So you aren't able to view Andromeda from the Southern Hemisphere? That would make sense, it's...