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Tinker1947

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  1. Put up Sterling Board its no expensive, has 1 side varnished and if you want it removable hold it in place with 42 x 1" timber with a rebate so it sits in the rebate piece at the bottom and top ,,,some thing like this...
  2. Hi, I had the SW on Astro Buy and Sell, had a contact this afternoon and he has confirmed he wants, there were 2 other's on if you care to look.....Regards Ray

  3. Could have been i only done it the once........will check next time its clear....
  4. It asked me to increase the DEC/RA aggression i have it at 3500 atm, poor seeing will depend on your guide CCD, i use a Lodestar and it doesn't have a problem with even the faintest, clouds seem to stop it working though....
  5. I have a NEQ6 Tripod i use with a Star Adenturer, it seems a solid tripod to me, the cost of the one you mention is quite a lot and i'm not sure you will benefit, have you checked out flexture on the dovetail ect maybe a Loosmandy plate might do better.... http://www.firstlightoptics.com/adm-losmandy-type-d-series/adm-losmandy-style-universal-dovetail-bars.html
  6. I now use a mains powered hairdryer, this is kept in my workshop along with the EP Box it's normally 50-60f in there, the secondary gets a blast of warm air clears in seconds and as do the EP's before i use them and when there returned to the case, i just couldn't stand there with a 12v unit the little bit of puff it gave out meant the Tracer would die very quickly and the Obby PSU's wouldn't drive without a voltage drop and there by screwing up the Mount supply and then the GoTo, this is all referring to the Dob the Imagine rig will need a some form of secondary dew protection, taking the kit out of the focuser to give that a puff would really kill a imagine run....
  7. 12v Hairdryers, well the one i put in the dustbin required 15amps @ 12v to blow out barely warm air
  8. I had this set-up, since the photo the 200w gave up due to a cap blown up and this took a couple of other bits with it, the scope has change back to a 250P-DS and the SCT along with the 2 dew heater were sold, the Maplin heaters sent to power to the SCT, if your outside a then low voltage cable would be should be run from the PSU this should be kept in a sheltered shed/garage away from dew or damp, i would myself in hindsight have gone for a bigger output PSU the 2 Maplin units combined outlay would have brought a bigger unit....
  9. I had the Astrozap with a additional dew strap around this both running off a 13.8v PSU no controller....no dew either....
  10. Depending on the size you require, 11" SCT or bigger won't require a controller....
  11. Its not a black art Colimating a scope, just needs a little bit of practice, coma corrector for a Reflector, focal reducer flatterers for Refractors, go for a 130P-DS in the reflectors easier to use and cheap......
  12. If you have other lower powered EP's run some tests, i only tried a few images as the results were never very good.
  13. You may be trying for to much magnification, my D80 and Hyperion's works fine down to 10mm in a 10" Reflector.....Not sure of other EP's that take a DSLR Len other than Pentax, but there will be some...
  14. There's this thread, i think the 44mm is right but you need to take into account the T-Ring space....My 600D T-Ring measure about 11mm thick... http://stargazerslounge.com/topic/196140-dslr-camera-body-distance-to-sensor/
  15. Canon DSLR's are listed as 55mm sensor to flange, if your DSLR has a a 44mm distance then the OAG will work, finding stars will still be a bit hit and miss but it seems the distance will be right....
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