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  Hi, welcome to SGL I'm also from Sheffield 👍
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  Thanks everyone
- Stellarium with Synscan
  
  By Cornelius Varley · Posted 5 minutes ago
  
  Select the option "Start/connect at startup" (picture 3). Also make sure you also selected "Load on startup" from the plug-ins dialogue screen prior to configuring the telescope control. 1. Open Stellarium and press f2 2. Go to Plugins and scroll down to Telescope Control. Select Load on Startup and the press the Configure button. 3. Select Add 4. Choose the first option "Stellarium direct through a serial port". 5. Select start/connect at startup. 6. Scroll down and select Skywatcher Synscan v3 or later. 7. At this point you will also need to know which com port the usb-serial adapter has been assigned. Select the com port from the list. 8. Press OK
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  Hello and welcome! I'm new to astrophotography too so in the same boat.
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  By JOC · Posted 53 minutes ago
  
  You might even be able to take some pictures of the moon against earth bound objects and enter the new SGL competition. I don't often enter the competition, but I have taken some nice pics of the moon like that and am tempted. Taking more standard photos won't tie you up for hours in the cold, and will still give you something with an attractive result.
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  Very pleased that one of my granddaughter's Jasmine, has shown an interest in astronomy and astro-imaging. She managed to use her iphone and eyepiece projection with a Celestron 70 mm refractor on a wobbly plastic tripod to image the Blue Moon. She also took a nice landscape image of the moonlight illuminating the mist over Blythburgh Mere which I have uploaded to my Flikr account and blog.
  
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