Models By Night

Not sure if you found a solution yet. I came across one of these mini pc's He connects it to his tablet/phone. Not sure if windows can be remote controlled via iPad. And looks like they also sell a Stick computer that actually has an option to add a M.2 drive inside. There might be a minor/major issue as they come with windows 11 and based on video Astrophotography needs windows 10 for full compatibility.

I am thinking that one of these can be use to connect a camera Ball Head to the Dovetail that came with my EQM35 Camera Nikon Z7ii Lens Nikon Z 85mm f/1.8 The green item. the 2 holes in the middle are threaded 1/4" and then can use the other end 3/8" to connect the ball head I don't want to use the round part which replaces the Declination axis/motor from the mount. I did buy the ballhead adapter that actually mounts to the round part. I thought it would connect to the Dec Axis but it does not.. ADM makes a universal Camera Dovetail that costs around $100. that would be the best option except the cost. The Best Ball head which I like is a Manfrotto not cheap but compared to cost of camera it would hold cheap. But I also don't really need a ballhead as the mount rotates the camera 360 by 180 degrees for me. This is where the Dovetail mounts

yes it was useful. Lots of good info.

I watched the whole thing. first time for me to watching technical details in a language I dont understand, thank goodness for sub titles in english. Also for the blog.

That is what I found at least the FAQ for the forum software site.

[img]https://i.imgur.com/rQ9lytN.png[/img] i think it is suppose to be here, but for me Signature option is missing

Trying to find how to add/edit the signature line

Years ago I used a 4.5" Newtonian I forget the eye piece , I was able to see rings of Saturn , Jupiter and the red spot, 4 galilean moons. My Night sky was Black Scale B1 . Both Saturn and Jupiter were small discs, however zero color they were just shades of gray (black and white) If I recall it is not possible to see color with Telescope, at least with small ones. I did write to Mount Palomar to use the Hale Telescope, they wrote back and said Not available. I did however get to look thru one of the Largest Refractors 20" In Denver CO. very nice Moon was amazing, not recall what else we looked at that night. This during Halley's Comet last visit.

OK not so North 43.6° N 😄 I'm new here but not to Astronomy , I've seen Halley's Comet twice oops once. Actually went to Mile High city of Denver to try and see it but it was cloudy. But lucked out they had an observation night at the 20 Inch Chamberlin Observatory. Got to see the moon and even take a picture with my Film Camera just pointing at the eye piece , it actually turned out OK.When I got my first 3" mirror Newtonian and started getting serious, I wrote a letter to Palomar Observatory asking to view with their small 200" Telescope. They actually replied back with a nice letter and brochure of images with various telescopes and recommendation to contact local astronomy groups for observation nights.I lived in a Bortle 1 location for 10 years which was also 1,000m above sea level. Last year I started doing Astro photography, learned to use Sequator to stack photos but I need to improve and since I got my 85mm f/1.8 lens the weather has been either cloudy or too cold. I got rid of my 2 telescopes, and have only been using camera or binoculars recently. I had no idea that you could actually get good results with photo stacking. but I am in the process of upgrading to a tracking mount. but will need help going forward. I am also a professional Photographer with models (people) but not with Deep Sky objects. One of my first coolest views with my 4.5" equatorial mount Newtonian was Saturn, it at first did not look like saturn, it was an oval with two holes near the edges. I remember seeing pictures when Galileo was looking at Saturn https://attic.gsfc.nasa.gov/huygensgcms/Shistory.htm My all time Fav is 2.2 Million Light Years away (current distance is 2.537 million, I assume current distance measurements have improved) I don't recall when and if it changed from 2.2 to 2.5 as I took a long brake from Astronomy. My project is to try and capture it. also Jupiter and the Galilean moons, which I have seen many times. Zip to March 2023 I picked up a EQM-35 mount, a few days ago, to use with my Nikon Z7ii and my 85mm f/1.8 lens Still need 1. Power Supply to 12 volts to it so it actually starts working 2. Better mounting setup for my camera. 3. and the most important thing clear warmer nights to actually try and use it. Which is not easy when the sky is Bortle 7+