Backyardscope

Very well done. I also have a EVOGuide but with SW Field Flattener, but I think in short I should have gone for Starizona FF instead, I am still scratching my head thinking of using a 1.25" T mount adaptor on my Svbong IMX294 DSO cooled camera to see if I can get it to focus.

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Wonderful work that is! The balance of colours are superb.

@alacant The stock quattro focuser with the two knobs is actually pretty well stable I have found, I do not see the point in buying another sub £200-300 focuser, the focuser tube does not intrude into the light cone unlike the focuser tubes in the PDS range.

Sorry that's what I meant, my wrong description. Have you tried TS: https://www.teleskop-express.de/shop/product_info.php/info/p4634_Skywatcher-Quattro-2--Crayford-Newtonian-Focuser.html

Hi, The focuser on the left is supplied to the North America region, the right is supplied within the UK as mine was , AKA Skyline. The rack and pinion one has two locking screws on each side, which has zero shift and can take more weight.

I have the same camera, the dessicant chamber is one side of the camera. I have imaged a few more images, but not had time to process them. The most recent of them here: I am surprised you did not start this thread on cloudy nights. As it seems your doing a bashing thread. Surprised at your username flo???? @FLO

Balancing the scope will be a challenge on EQ mounts, unless they introduce a longer carry handle which can accommodate a rail guide scope as well. I don't like bling as well.

I feel like that sometimes, just one, but what one would it be?

Oh! I forgot to mention, IMHO I also found running Linux was much more less cpu intensive then running Windows.

I wonder if any or at all any credit was giving to the original open source community for their efforts and work from ASI. Give credit where its due, it goes a long way. I so was so impressed with Stellarmate OS and simplicity I went and bought the Stellamate X OS for the mini PC. Don't get me wrong I like N.I.N.A as well everything under one hood and importantly is free!

I am sorry if I have caused confusion nor was to cause offence. Nor do you need to justify your profession, who cares! @powerlord But I do stick to my opinion INDI was very much there before ZWO decided to somewhat replicate the idea and make it proprietary to only their devices, nice idea if you want lock people into buying your devices. Some people prefer Open Source you know! and not just locked into one brand and nor is it about being Anti-ASI. However, I do wonder did ASI credit the original open source community for their efforts? Some of my previous cameras were ASI Pro's. Nor did I claim that ASIAIR was inferior or better then Stellarmate. I gave my 2p's worth. If your happy with the ASI and it floats your boat stick with it. Why bother looking at something else! N.

This may answer your question: https://www.stellarmate.com/help/PAA.html#:~:text=If your mount supports Polar,Settings to modify the settings.

Here's my 2p worth. Stellarmate X on a Mele Mini PC or Stellarmate on a Raspberry Pi 4B 8GB. INDI is cross platform and supports all hardware, not like ZWO which they have made proprietary only to their devices. The INDI platform was very much there before ZWO came along. All credit goes to Jasem Mutlaq (developer of StellarMate) and also a major contributor to the INDI Platform. ASIAIR just rebranded and sold under a different guise, for people who do not know or can't be bothered to program a raspberry pi. You could easily either load Ubuntu, install the indi drivers and Kstars, phd2 or use the internal guider program and use an external wireless dongle to control your gear remotely. Use Kstars windows version to link to your raspberry pi and capture the Data on your pc, mac or mobile device. Buy Stellarmate OS for $49 or for $80 StellarmateX, load it onto the raspberry pi or mini pc, voila! you have now a cheaper universal version of the ASAIR AIR PRO and you can hotspot onto it and use a tablet, smartphone to connect. Or connectly remotely via windows Kstars or use VNC. FLO sell the Stellarmate X version which is just a Mele Mini PC Quiter 2 with the Stellamate X preloaded onto the system. The Quiter 3 has a more powerful CPU and has WiFi 6 available from amazon, something ro consider if your planning to get more of an advance camera in the future. I currently have a Raspberry Pi 4B 8GB with Stellarmate OS with my Quattro 150P setup with an external 5Ghz Atenna and my Evolux 62ED setup up running a Quiter 3 with Stellarmate X on WiFi 6. When I bought the Quiter 3 from amazon they were offering 3 months 0% interest on payments.

Try a Skwatcher Quattro 150P, which comes with a dedicated ED Coma corrector/Reducer.

I only asked as my 62ED has two locking screws on the dew shield, it looks quite a reasonable scope especially for the price for a Petzval at f5. Thanks Steve. Backyardscope aka Skyline.

Does the dew shield extend and lock?

Have you used the Svbony 80ED in the cold yet? Meaning temperatures below 5c?

Good write up. I am considering a SVBony 70ED I would like to compare say a 72ED from skywatcher and a Evolux 62ed and see if I can notice any difference in quality in optics. I can remember visually how the 72ED performed and how my current 62ed performs. How to do find the QC on the SVBony refractors?

A very nice image, one of many on my hit list for the Quattro 150P

Hi, I had to change my username as I could not remember the email which I initially registered my original username as Skyline, nor would the rules of the forum allow me input a symbol into a username, otherwise it would have read 'Skyline#2' Thanks.