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Skywatcher AZ GTI mount owners thread
happy-kat replied to AstroNebulee's topic in Discussions - Mounts
Interesting list of updates on the synscan pro update just released, I've installed it and just need the sky to clear -
happy-kat started following My HEM15 has arrived , Refractor + Barlow + dslr = planets? , First light with new Altair 585c - M81 and M82 and 3 others
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Refractor + Barlow + dslr = planets?
happy-kat replied to TiffsAndAstro's topic in Getting Started With Imaging
planets are tiny you may not need a flattener if you were using a tmount with a tring to your dslr then you could insert the tmount into a barlow or screw it to a shorty barlow then put dslr with barlow into focuser on telescope i think could look at this https://www.astropix.com/html/equipment/canon_one_to_one_pixel_resolution.html -
First light with new Altair 585c - M81 and M82
happy-kat replied to Astronomist's topic in EEVA - Reports
M82 has worked particularly well. For reduced trailing and rotation in the northern hemisphere aiming E or W ideally lower altitudes will help eek out the exposure time you may find you can use -
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Getting back into it!
happy-kat replied to Nebula82's topic in Getting Started Equipment Help and Advice
Welcome Liking at sky watcher for example keeping in budget of the suggestion you gave there's the skymax 127 or 102 in a flavour of mount options. Depends what's key to you like portability, goto, ease or weight etc. -
have you tried sharpcap sharpsolve and the .25 database
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Sky-watcher P 130/650 Starquest review
happy-kat replied to Nikolai De Silva's topic in Member Equipment Reviews
(When viewing the site using the simple theme on a mobile all the review text is white) Lovely to see images as well in your review, where they afocal images? It's a great setup I like how the mount is versatile offering both altaz or Equatorial with the further option of adding a motor for in EQ use. -
It's not looking optimistic with the Moon and clouds for me I'd have to hope for a fireball, I'll try and have a go anyway.
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Hope you get clear windows I just looked at the aurora alert and it's red now
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That image isn't bad, the star shapes are quite good so if that was the lens I had I'd be trying it again. If it's a mirror lens is it f8? Whilst that might be slower then F5 still useable on bright targets could also try it on bright globular clusters I get odd white cross shape stars and think it's more the camera then the lens As processing skills develop old data can be revisited and reprocesses. If you decide you don't want it, clean it and could pass it to a charity shop
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Thinking going forward
happy-kat replied to TiffsAndAstro's topic in Discussions - Scopes / Whole setups
When fiddling with processing I prefer no refraction spikes, it's easier to make a star round if there are no spikes.