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Hi Chris
Tomorrow I should get a ZWO ADC and no doubt that will create clouds. But have you any tips regarding the use of these? Am hoping to do Jupiter, Mars and Saturn. I've a Celestron 9.25 AVX and the ZWO ASIMC120-S which gives me quite good images but I think I can do better!
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Colin
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Hi Chris,
Yes - I had read through Martin's spiel and am still just a little confused, particularly about the bit getting the levers parallel to the ground no matter how many times I read through that. I usually image with the diagonal in place and the cardboard method seems a bit impractical, especially with a dew shield in place. So any suggestions for that.
Also, it is only on the rare occasions that I have used a 3xBarlow - have the Meade Shorty - as conditions are seldom good enough. But as the ADC is supposed to work best at f 30 - 40 would that Barlow be good enough? Or maybe I should invest in another, better Barlow - a 3x TV Barlow (have 2xTVBarlow)?
Do you do the prism adjustments on a nearby star rather than on the planet? Regulus is near Jupiter so I was thinking maybe do it on that first?
By the way, free airmail from China took from Friday to Monday!
Regards
Colin
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Hi ..I recently got my self the Nexstar SE6 with mount .. no problem i HAVE A lcm 80 ALSO i NEVER HAD A PROBLEM ALIGING IT .. BUT WITH MY NEXSTAR EVERYTIME i WANT TO ALIGN IT .. EX:SKY ALIGN i DO ALL THE RIGHT THINS BUT WHEN IT IS ALL CONFIRMED AND ALL iT WONT GO TO WHERE IT IS SUPPOSE TO GO i LIVE IN oTTAWA . i AM IN ZONE 6 i INPUT THE RIGHT DAY...DATE ..TIME AND IT ENDS UP GOING THE TOTALLY OPPISITE WAY ..aM i DOING SOMETHING WRONG HERE i DONT GET IT CAN ANYONE HELP...LOL CONFUSED
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When the hit is confirmed press UNDO and check that the stars you have found are actually the ones that you looked at. Once last year I had Betelgeuse confirmed as Mars - ok both red but I have always checked since then. The other things to check are obviously the lat and long - worth being as precise as possible - and obviously the time and date. Currently you should be -5 hrs from GMT with no daylight saving.
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