Davey-T

45 minutes ago, CraigT82 said:

Jave been looking into these myself for my unborn obsy plans. 

One issue I forsee is if you have thin soils over bedrock preventing them going in, or otherwise rocky ground that could deflect the screw off vertical.

There are less heavy duty ones.

Dave

Alternative things here.

Dave

I think somebody used them but can't remember who, maybe worth a search through the DIY Obs'y section.

Dave

3 minutes ago, Ouroboros said:

I must say I'm pretty impressed by this little ASIair gizmo.

Me too 👍

Dave

15 minutes ago, Ouroboros said:

Also ... do you have a procedure for switching off the ASIair?  The manual says close the app and then 5 to 10 seconds later power down the ASIair.  

That's what I do, close the app take the iPad indoors come out and switch off Asiair, remember to park the mount first 

Dave

This from Astronomy tools, using .63 reducer and binning gets somewhere near a good sampling rate but as above given the FOV of your scope your current camera is fine.

Dave

You need something with decent sized pixels to achieve a reasonable image scale, images can be binned although it works better with mono cameras.

I use an Atik 314L that has 6.4um pixels and bin those with 10"SCT.

At the top of this page under resources there is a calculator where you can enter your scope and camera to see what image scale it will give, to see if it's under / over sampled.

Dave

Super images, did you put them on Solar Chat ? might get a POD.

Forecast Sun here but got clouds.

Dave

Very nice Adam, haven't really got to use my ZWO2600MC a lot, did try it on Caroles SW120 the other night in poor moonlit conditions and captured a few subs on the Dragons but keep getting distracted by comets and super novas 😂

Muddled my way through APP processing Dragons, still not got the hang of it.

Dave

Excellent result even if it didn't oblige with a big flare.

Dave

Welcome to SGL Wes, there are a few of us on here fighting with S London light pollution.

Dave

Atmospheric effect normal for low planets, folk use an ADC to try to reduce it.

Dave

Should be near enough to achieve focus then you can adjust if stars are misshapen at the edges of the image.

Dave

Asiair WiFi is pretty poor but can't see why it should be slower on ROI.

Dave

If you're planning on attaching it to the scope rings you'll something with the right hole spacing or a suitable bar to attach it to.

Dave

You maths looks OK, curious why it won't focus.

Dave

3 minutes ago, Aramcheck said:

I've fitted the Baader Coma Corrector.

Doesn't that alter the back focus ? I think it's designed for DSLR 55mm back focus.

Dave

The official ZWO  manual doesn't appear to have been updated since the original, so no new introductions included.

Dave

The 1.8mm sets the normal back focus for a DSLR at around 55mm for Canon with T ring, so add up your accessories and subtract them from 55mm and adjust accordingly not forgetting to account for the 1.8mm

Dave

Have you tried starting in different positions ? ie camera higher than the weight to see if it affects the time between issues.

No harm in giving it a little helping push in the right direction to see if it helps put it back on track.

Dave

5 hours ago, powerlord said:

Woohoo - After a 3 month wait - my EQ6R-PRO has arrived !!

Perhaps SW have started catching up, maybe my tripod will arrive soon.

Dave

Well done, I wonder if the newly fitted solar panels are brighter than the old ones.

Dave

I've had one for a few months and would highly recommend it, had a couple of glitches but nothing to worry about.

I use it with all ZWO gear and iPad.

Everything powered with a 24ah Tracer LiFpo battery including mount powered separately from the battery ie not from the ASIAIR.

Just fire up the ASIAIR, connect iPad to ASIAIR hotspot, connect cameras and mount, calibrate guider, autofocus scope, GoTo target from list , platesolves and centres target and off you go.

Dave

If I want to return to the same centre spot I plate solve it and save it as a user object  with a name so I can recall it any time in the future, have to keep the camera orientation the same.

Dave

I also got light leaks on flats  using the Badder filter draw, ended up putting the scope in a cardboard box to do them otherwise have to do them at night.

Dave