steviebee

Does anyone do the 3D printed fine focus knob for the Nexstar 6SE as l have just bought one as retirement pressie to myself. 

Love my little ST102, views of M42 and M45 are beautiful through it. l have had it about 7 years now and bought it second hand for £40. l love it so much l have instructed my family when the time comes to have my ashes put in it so l can always look to the stars lol. 

Thank you Julian much appreciated

Could some kind person let me know what size bolts theses are on my SW 130pds Crayford please.

Welcome from West Kent.

Hi and a warm welcome from North Kent.

Yes. 130 PDS in now all nice and snug along with its 50mm guide scope.

Firstly welcome to SGL. Have you looked on eBay? l bought a flight case yesterday 850x270x295 for my SW 130PDS cost £52.50 which l thought reasonable. Obviously you would have to look for a size similar to the one you need. l have the eBay flight cases for all my scopes except my Celestron 800 CPC but will probably get one for that as well. 

Steve.

We are on the edge of a small well spread out village, no overhead power lines so hopefully it will be Ok.  l think there are only 5 or 6 street lamps as well so nice and dark.

Thank you fifeskies much appreciated. l had bought the Cat5E cable but have not used it yet. Still it was cheap enough. l will get the Cat6 cable now. Expensive hobby this LOL!

Hi fifeskies, update. l have found them on eBay l obviously did not look hard enough. So l think l will be OK now :-).

On 31/12/2020 at 09:46, fifeskies said:

I remote my whole setup using USB over Cat6 , essentially it has a USB2 hub at the scope end for mount and my guide camera and DSLR.

Saving DSLR output to computer over the link works flawlessly, it takes a moment for the image to download across the link but that's all.

With APT running subs automatically I add a 15 second pause between exposures mainly to allow the sensor some cooling time. In this gap my image downloads. (in the first second or so)

 

 

The Startech system will allow a 50m cat 5/6 cable (or 100m with its expensive big brother)

Hi fifeskies I'm just in the process of building my Obs, well l will be when l can get back to France. My Obs is about 50m from my house and my worry has been the distance involved. l have just seen your post so thought l would ask a question or three. l'm not very techy but will have the help of a good friend who is who will set it up for me. Right now comes the silly question. The StarTech system pictured l assume you connect the Cat5/6 cable where it says Cat5/6 on the unit. A diagram of how  it is set up would be good if possible. l have looked for the same StarTech system as in your pictures but cannot find it would you happen to have a link or point me in the right direction. Thank you in anticipation. Steve.

Welcome to SGL Moosi.

Hi Burns84 have you looked on this site for second hand?

https://www.astrobuysell.com/uk

The bracket came with the autofocuser.

l have the SW auto focuser on my 130 PDS and will fit one to my ED80 when the bits arrive. Pics of my 130PDS and pics on another ED80. Going to look at the PDS to see lf l can do the same set up as the 80 ED.

Thank you that's my next project now

Hi Merlin66. l like your set up. l have just purchased the SW ED80 PRO and was going to fit the SW autofocuser to it. lt has the 10-1 focuser. Have you a list of the parts you used please so l can go down this route. TIA.

Steve.

Hi lm struggling a bit on the wiring for a diy cooler for my Zwo camera. l have a Digital Thermostat Temperature controller (see pic). l have connect it to a 12v live and it kicks in and out as it should as the temp rises/lowers. The problem l am having is how to connect the 12v fan so it works off of the controller. Please be gentle with  as l am normally OK with electrickery but this has me flummoxed. l have attached a picture of the controller. Should the fan be connected to the Green and yellow lines as per picture? TIA.

Steve

Thank you for your replies and putting my mind at rest. 

l am awaiting delivery of my Zwo ASI224MC today and l have downloaded the drivers to both my PC and laptop. Quick question should there be an icon on the screen or will it just start up when l connect the camera. l have been reading there may be a problem loading to windows 10. TIA.

Steve.

Many thanks for your replies. An HEQ5 it is then, followed by the Esprit. l may get the 80ED to tied me over if l can find one for the time being, but the mount will be first. 

Steve.

l am after some advice from you good folk. l have the EQ3-2 pro mount with the heavier duty stainless tripod from the EQ5. l was wondering if this would be man enough to take the Esprit80 triplet or would l be pushing it to it's limit.  My cameras are the Canon 1000d and ASI224MC. TIA.

Steve

2 hours ago, 8324689 said:

I bought it 2nd hand. It’s great. Can check measurements tonight if you want to know 

Yes please, l am about to get one made and was looking at size of pier

8324689, what size box section did you use for the pier?