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  1. Thank you Mr Spok amd mal-c... this was the kind of advice I was looking for!
  2. I have an EQ6r Pro. I want it for visual and imaging. I just want to know if these are good as I want to move away from Sky-Watcher scopes.
  3. At present I have a Sky-Watcher Explorer 150P Newtonian with an upgraded (supposedly) dual speed crayford focuser. I am wanting to get a new Newtonian... The one I am leaning towards is the StellaLyra 8" f/5 M-LRN Newtonian Reflector. I am also seriously considering the 8" f4 one, but I have read they can be diffucult to collimate, is this correct? Would this be a good replacement for the SW Newtonian and will it prime focus? Thank you, Ian
  4. Ay oop! Last night I took an image of Cygnus using a SW SA2, with a 50mm lens on a Pentax K5ii. 24 x 1min exposures with 10 light, 20 dark, and 15 bias frames. Stacked Siril, the split in Starnet. PP'd in Ps and Lr. Can somebody run an eye over this and give me some tips to make my future shooting better? Ta
  5. Earlier in the week I posted my first tracked and guided image. Elp recommended Siril.... So I went and got and found a great tutorial... So this is my first fully tracked, guided and astro edited image! This is the result. I am well happy with this!!
  6. Hey When shooting over several nights, is better to do it from the same position, or is ok to move about?? Thanks
  7. Thanks, I'll have a shufty at that
  8. Good evening guys, Last night I did my first attempt at guided imaging. My target was the North American Nebula... but I think I missed it as I was eyeballing on the aiming. Kit: Svbony SV503 70mm ED f4.8 with red/flatt. Skywatcher EQ5 mount guided by a Synguider 2 on a 9x50 scope. Skywatcher Enhanced handset and motors. Pentax K5ii and remote intervalometer. Exposures: 20 x 2mim iso1600, 15 dark, 15 flat and 10 bias. Stacked in DSS and processed in Photoshop. All help, and tips will be gratefully recieved!!
  9. Righto.... I'll point at the next full moon and see what happens!! TBH... I might just stick a 50mm 1.8 on it, then slap it on my Star Adventurer and see what comes out... Thanks everyone!
  10. Number 1 So pretty much useless for astrophotography then! Also... daylight snaps is quite a narrow view. It far more capable than that generalisation. When yiu start fannying with the on camera white balance, in Photoshop, and shooting at night (not astro). You can get some quite startling and ethereal images.
  11. I had a feeling it would not, but thank you for clearing it up for me. So if the telescope is, say to right of the centre line. Do I have to orientate the scope to point at the NCP?
  12. Screw on or Cokin type IR filters on DSLR's require long exposures. So the mod on mine allows you to shot like a normal colour camera, but it's in IR. I believe they do remove the IR Cut Filter on the sensor. Some are full spectrum, mine is a 720nm. Here is an image of the sensor. It needs cleaning too!!! Spose the easiest thing to do, is slap it on a telescope and do some shooting!
  13. I have an IR modded DSLR with a 720nm filter. Is this any good for doing astrophotography?? Thanks!
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