knobby

Looks promising Lars

3 minutes ago, Snooze said:

Anyone else feel like the equatorial wedge of the star adventurer is a weak point? I find that it flexes and moves quite a bit when I move my DSLR/Mak102 which can be annoying ? 

Are you locking it and tightening all the adjusters, I find that a rough alignment, then almost completely tightening the lock lever then fine adjustment then fully locking and checking gives a pretty steady platform.

Good luck Louise, you certainly deserve it !

I've had similar problems with my WO ZS71 which I seem to have resolved by sitting the scope on the dew sheild and loosening the nylon screws that allow the focuser to rotate then using gravity to make the focuser sit straight gradually tighten the nylon screws until tight (a bit each time going round in a circle) may be worth a try if you have a similar set up on the TS 

Any desk is a good one to try, I use it frequently at work when TeamViewer is blocked by customers I.T. 

Looks good, hope it goes well

The tee shirt should be way out of focus ... strange

Trial and error ... It's a beautiful thing ?

Still a lovely image though !

It wasn't meant as a criticism, the tracking looks spot on ! I was just intrigued about which lens it was.

That's a beauty, what lens ? Lovely pin sharp in the middle but edge iffy ? 

3 minutes ago, NGC 1502 said:

Don’t start late in the afternoon when it looks like it’s going to be clear........

HTH, Ed.

Best advice I've seen for a long time ?

I'm tying to see in the background ... where do they store all the clouds !

That's really sad news, pass our condolences on to his wife please.

2 hours ago, petevasey said:

Gone to an awful lot of trouble for an April Fool joke - hardware, trek up the mountain for the video etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4u4KAD3Aqo

But yes, definitely wind up...

Cheers,

Peter.

 

 

Yep, pretty conclusive ! Hadn't seen that .

I do like the look of it ... It just seems so much like an April Fool though !

1st April launch date and it's Wind up 

Sounds sensible, I guess half a dither is better than no dither .

Slightly off topic but will dithering only in RA be of any benefit ?

8 hours ago, dazroome said:

hi people im a newb here just took delivery of my star adventurer mini sam look forward to posting in this thread in the future  i have also got the az gti with a 102 mak attached no big stuff i like small things

Good to see a fellow Star adventurer mini here ! Most are the bigger Star Adventurer owners.

24 minutes ago, gtis said:

Nice set up but what’s the black thing in between the two mounts and the silver thing on top the small scope

Have you got a photo from the back please 

Black thing is polar scope illuminator, silver thing is a autoguider.

I think ...

Very interesting !

Top man, much appreciated !

40 minutes ago, ChrisEll said:

Adjusting the RA and Dec axes tightness is really quite straightforward, no need to take anything apart (well, not too much!). I'd be happy to create a post on the subject if you're interested.

Please !

Nice, if you weigh the tripod down with something it won't move so easily ...

In theory !

19 hours ago, willinliv said:

Nice, where abouts was this taken?

Back garden, Essex ... red zone.

Took advantage of the clear ish spell tonight to try the 'non wedge' polar alignment.

I'm now a member of the star adventurer mini imaging club.

I used f8 at 400 ISO to see how long I could go without trailing.

Managed 300 seconds @ 24 mm