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Congratulations Waldemar for this new purchase, The DDM85 is a great mount, specially if you have had experience the small brother, mine have no absolute encoders, but I am vey happy. I wish you all the best and plenty of clear skies to enjoy with your new mount. Best regards Luis http://astrophotographysirius.com/

Awesome Image Antonio! It's a really amazing image, you are always looking for the curious objects! Congratulations. Luis.

Hello Waldemar! Hope you are fine! Thank your for your words, we have done a great team working together. Take care, clear Skies!!

Muchas gracias!!!! I am sure you can do it in only one season, but need patience!!! A big hug! Luis.

Hello Mark, thank you!! Yes I have enjoyed and learned much with my friends.

This image is the result of the efforts of three astrophotographers, Miguel Angel García Borrella, Antonio Pérez Ambite and Lluis Romero Ventura that, using different equipment from their observatories located hundreds of kilometres away have chosen a common target to render the Orion Sword area (one of the most beautiful areas of our night sky) with the highest possible resolution and signal level. Lluis and Miguel Angel have contributed with high resolution images of the Great Orion nebula and the Running man nebula and Antonio with the magnificent field surrounding both nebulas. Miguel Angel has also contributed with a higher resolution image of the Trapezium composed by very short shots with a Takahasi Mewlon 250 telescope. It should be noted that Antonio's Observatory is located 50 km north of Madrid, which means that the sky conditions are not optimal due to light pollution. For all this work four remote observatories have been involved, gathering images during more than two months, collecting the maximum possible amount of signal taking into account the poor climatology and lunations: The Astrosirius Observatory in Àger (Lleida), The Hyperion observatory in Caraquiz (Guadalajara), The SPAG Monfragüe observatory in Monfragüe (Cáceres) and one of the e-EyE observatories in Fregenal de la Sierra (Badajoz). The final image was obtained from the assembly of all six tiles, four of them with the same exposure times in all channels (L-RGB) but with two different telescopes covering the Orion and the runnning man nebula, one more to define the Trapezium cluster and its surrounding area, with Very short integration times in the Ha and RGB channels and, finally, some hundreds of wide field images using medium exposure times that helped to resolve the dust clouds that surrounds the objects that compose the Orion Sword area. The best tool of each processing program was used, and dozens of final images were processed during three months, to obtain the best resolution and colour for each one. The total amount of integrated images were 808. Details Data: Place: Monfragüe-Cáceres-Spain // Àger-Lleida-Spain // Caraquiz-Guadalajara-Spain // Fregenal de la Sierra-Badajoz-Madrid SQM: 21.7 Average (except Caraquiz) Dates: From November 2016 till January 2017 Telescopes: ODK 16 f76.8 // GSO RC14 Truss // ASA N10 // Takahashi Mewlon 250 f/11 Mounts: TITAN 50 LOSMANDY // ASA DDM85 // ASA DDM85 // G11 LOSMANDY Cameres: SBIG STL 11000 C2 /AOL // Moravian G3-11000 // FLI 16803 Exposure nebula x4 Mosaic HR: L: 21x900 sec bin1 // RGB: 21x900 sec bin1 // Ha: 21X1 sec bin1 Exposure nebula Surrounding: L: 340x300 sec bin1 // RGB: 100x300 sec bin1 Exposure Trapezium: L: 110x1 sec bin1 & 40x60sec bin1 // RGB: 40x60 sec bin1 // Ha: 10x600 sec bin1 Processing: Pixinsight Cs6, MaximDL Software: CAP5, The SKY6, pixinsight, CcdStack, Sequence ASA, CCD Commander. Remote control: Talon6 ROR Copyright by: Miguel Ángel García Borrella: observatoriosspag.es/index.htm Antonio Pérez Ambité: www.datsi.fi.upm.es/Hyperion/astronomia.html Lluís Romero Ventura: astrophotographysirius.com/ https://youtu.be/xgYbuTw75RU

This image is the result of the efforts of three astrophotographers, Miguel Angel García Borrella, Antonio Pérez Ambite and Lluis Romero Ventura that, using different equipment from their observatories located hundreds of kilometres away have chosen a common target to render the Orion Sword area (one of the most beautiful areas of our night sky) with the highest possible resolution and signal level. Lluis and Miguel Angel have contributed with high resolution images of the Great Orion nebula and the Running man nebula and Antonio with the magnificent field surrounding both nebulas. Miguel Angel has also contributed with a higher resolution image of the Trapezium composed by very short shots with a Takahasi Mewlon 250 telescope. It should be noted that Antonio's Observatory is located 50 km north of Madrid, which means that the sky conditions are not optimal due to light pollution. For all this work four remote observatories have been involved, gathering images during more than two months, collecting the maximum possible amount of signal taking into account the poor climatology and lunations: The Astrosirius Observatory in Àger (Lleida), The Hyperion observatory in Caraquiz (Guadalajara), The SPAG Monfragüe observatory in Monfragüe (Cáceres) and one of the e-EyE observatories in Fregenal de la Sierra (Badajoz). The final image was obtained from the assembly of all six tiles, four of them with the same exposure times in all channels (L-RGB) but with two different telescopes covering the Orion and the runnning man nebula, one more to define the Trapezium cluster and its surrounding area, with Very short integration times in the Ha and RGB channels and, finally, some hundreds of wide field images using medium exposure times that helped to resolve the dust clouds that surrounds the objects that compose the Orion Sword area. The best tool of each processing program was used, and dozens of final images were processed during three months, to obtain the best resolution and colour for each one. The total amount of integrated images were 808. Details Data: Place: Monfragüe-Cáceres-Spain // Àger-Lleida-Spain // Caraquiz-Guadalajara-Spain // Fregenal de la Sierra-Badajoz-Madrid SQM: 21.7 Average (except Caraquiz) Dates: From November 2016 till January 2017 Telescopes: ODK 16 f76.8 // GSO RC14 Truss // ASA N10 // Takahashi Mewlon 250 f/11 Mounts: TITAN 50 LOSMANDY // ASA DDM85 // ASA DDM85 // G11 LOSMANDY Cameres: SBIG STL 11000 C2 /AOL // Moravian G3-11000 // FLI 16803 Exposure nebula x4 Mosaic HR: L: 21x900 sec bin1 // RGB: 21x900 sec bin1 // Ha: 21X1 sec bin1 Exposure nebula Surrounding: L: 340x300 sec bin1 // RGB: 100x300 sec bin1 Exposure Trapezium: L: 110x1 sec bin1 & 40x60sec bin1 // RGB: 40x60 sec bin1 // Ha: 10x600 sec bin1 Processing: Pixinsight Cs6, MaximDL Software: CAP5, The SKY6, pixinsight, CcdStack, Sequence ASA, CCD Commander. Remote control: Talon6 ROR Copyright by: Miguel Ángel García Borrella: observatoriosspag.es/index.htm Antonio Pérez Ambité: www.datsi.fi.upm.es/Hyperion/astronomia.html Lluís Romero Ventura: astrophotographysirius.com/ https://youtu.be/xgYbuTw75RU

Hi thomas, Great image!! Contratulations! Luis

Hello Antonio, Thank you my friend for your kindly comments. Take care!

Hello Waldemar, I am in business trip, sorry for the delay to answer you, but I have not too much accessibility in China. I never tried to connect directly to the computer, I always do by router, but as I understand can be possible. Please try to check the web site of Silexeuroope.com and download the Data sheet, it seems is possible. http://www.silexeurope.com/en/home/products/usb-device-servers/ds-600.html As I have read you can put an Ethernet cable Cat 6 with up to 100 mt and about the USB cable around 5 mts. Note: When you have said you have replaced the internal USB hub, as I understand you are talking that you sent the mount to ASA to repaired or did you it by yourself? I have been contacting with Martin Puch from ASA, he recommended to send the mount, but too much work for me in this moment, maybe in the future I will send to ASA to handle the internal HUB plus to install the Absolut encoders. Best regards Lluis.

Hello to everyone, Here you have my last photo of the M94 Spiral Galaxy including the Outer Ring. Hope you liked. Best regards Lluís.

Hello Mark, Great work, I liked the colors! Well done! Best regards Lluís

You're wellcome Max. Is my pleasure try to help to the ASA Users. Best regards Lluís Romero. http://astrophotographysirius.com/

Hello SuperB Image well done, I liked the colour balance and the details. Best regards Lluís

Hello everyone. After many years working to solve my problems due to loss of connection in the DEC HUB axis, I have found a way, for that reason I would like to share with the entire ASA community, maybe I can help my friends and future buyers. I know I am not the only Person who have suffered such problems, but finally I give up, I think I am not the only person to give up this issue. I hope it helps and sorry for my poor English, maybe it's not the best, but I think understandable within the comunity. Best regards Lluís Romero. http://astrophotographysirius.com/

Hello Fabrice, Welcome to this Forum, if you also need help in Spanish language, here I am. Lluís Romero www.astrophotographysirius.com

Thank you Antonio. !Coming from you, it is always a pleasure! A big hug!

Hello Mark, thank you for your kind kind words. I hope this year will be a wonderfull astro-year for your to balance the last year. Luis

Hello, This is my latest photo that I posted in December 2016, closing a good astroyear for me. Location: Àger-Lleida-Spain Dates: 06-07 Sep 2016 & 30-31 Oct 2016 & 2-6 Dec 2016 SQM: 21 - 21.4 Telescope: GSO RC14” Truss f8 Camera: Moravian G3-11000 classe 2 Focuser: Feather Touch 3” Kit boss II Flattener: TSFlattener 2.5” Filters: Astrodon LRGB Gen2 I-Series True-Balance Exposures: L:22x600 sec bin1 R:G:B: 17:17:17 seg x 900 sec bin2 H-alpha: 34 x 900 sec bin1 Total Exposure: 20.6 h Processing: Pixinsight & Photoshop CC 2015.5 For more resolution click on this link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/llromero/ Best regards and a Happy New Year! Lluís Romero www.astrosirius.org https://www.flickr.com/photos/llromero/

Happy New Year Mark. Stunning photo, a beautifull galaxy, I am thinking to add in my favorite list for this year, hehe. Best regards Luis https://www.flickr.com/photos/llromero/ www.astrosirius.org

Good day to everybody, The Triangulum Galaxy (also known as M33) that is about 3 million light-years away from Earth. Under exceptionally good viewing conditions with no light pollution, the Triangulum Galaxy can be seen with the naked eye. It is one of the most distant permanent objects that can be viewed without the aid of a telescope. Being a diffuse object, its visibility is strongly affected by small amounts of light pollution. It ranges from easily visible by direct vision in dark skies to a difficult averted vision object in rural or suburban skies. With a diameter of about 60,000 light-years, the Triangulum galaxy is the third largest member of the Local Group of galaxies. It may be a gravitationally bound companion of the Andromeda Galaxy The Triangulum galaxy may be home to 40 billion stars, compared to 400 billion for the Milky Way, and 1 trillion stars for Andromeda Galaxy. As mentioned above, M33 is linked to M31 by several streams of neutral hydrogen and stars, which suggests that a past interaction between these two galaxies took place from 2 to 8 billion years ago, and a more violent encounter will occur 2.5 billion years in the future. Studying M33 in infrared light, NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) revealed hotspots of activity within the galaxy in 2011 while also showing that the center of the galaxy doesn't have much going on within it. DETAILS PHOTO: Location: Àger-Lleida-Spain Dates: 27-30 Sep 2016 & 09-26-27-28-29-30 October 2016. SQM: 21.3-21.6 Telescope: GSO RC14” Truss f8 Camera: Moravian G3-11000 classe 2 Focuser: Feather Touch 3” Kit boss II Flattener: TS 2.5” Filters: Astrodon LRGB Gen2 I-Series True-Balance Exposures: L:32x600 sec // R:G:B: 16:16:16 seg x900 sec // H-alpha: 18 x 900 sec Total Exposure: 22 hours Processing: Pixinsight and Photoshop CC 2015.5

Welcome to the ASA community and congratulations for your nice equipment! Clear Skies Luis

I hope that will be achieved. Best regards Luis

Good Morning Waldermar, Thank you to comments my photos, Is a pleasure to listen your words to me, hehe. Clear Skies Luis http://www.flickr.com/photos/llromero/

Hello Bernard, Thank youuuuuu!! I have already processed again and the result is much better! Next year I will try to gather more photons.s. Best regards Luis. http://www.flickr.com/photos/llromero/