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Tested camera last night for 3 hrs imaging ambient temperature reported by the Eaf internally was 12C and ccd sensor temperature was 3c .

Thanks ivo and Maria for your time and effort you put in greatly appreciated 👍🥳

A fine image John , well taken 👍

Stunning image olly great work 👍

I’d mirror others comments, to start off do the simple tweaks that cost minimal outlay , Flocking ota , blacken inside of draw tube, blacken edge of secondary, check centre spot on primary, mine was out 6mm , apeture mask to primary to stop reflections, upgraded springs to primary, shower cap to end of ota , 6mm bar across ota rings on to stiffen tube , then if the bug bites cnc spider off Aliexpress (£60), Steeltrack focuser ,

Does anyone know what the torque rating is on a zwo EAF 5v version ?

New widefield setup thanks to @AstroGS 🤩

In Eqmod you can clear all sync points , manually reset scope to park position and your all good to go , are you imaging or visual observing ? I’m assuming your using Eqmod .

On a stock 200p the 1.25 “ adapter unscrews from the base part , you can then screw into your T adapter and that’s all you need to achieve focus

The 3M tape does seem to be very good and seems rock solid .

Yes I was looking at the the camera coolers when I spotted the peltier cooler , it must be 4 months since I’ve been out .

The cooler came with a very thin 3M sticky pad and it seems solid , bit like he pad that holds a rear mirror on a car windscreen , the 585 does give a clean image uncooled so if it cools the camera a bit then that will help and for minimal outlay , hopefully I can test in the next few weeks rather than in a warm living room .

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I picked up a small peltier cooler off of Amazon just to see if it made a difference to the 585mc uncooled camera £17 so not a big loss if it doesn’t, initial testing in the house gave a reading of approximately 10degrees below ambient temp , initially the sensor was reading 28 degrees after ten minutes using 120sec exposures temperature was reading 18 degrees , hopefully in a few months the clouds may part to test 🤦‍♂️ cooler runs off 5v 2A usb power and very quite .

I used the firm black foam that the focuser came in , see image

I fitted a Steeltrack to my 200pds and holes didn’t match , make a paper card template I wish I had , and measure what the focuser center is before dismantling , I just used the elongated holes , I got light leakage on the base which I plugged using black foam , excellent focuser though .

You could try asking https://www.astroprinter.co.uk/home formerly Jack the printer .

Cheers ivo , marks channel is going great, kudos to him 👍

Here’s my take on reflectors buying a reflector will require collimation at some point so if your thinking of buying a reflector and collimating scares you buy a refractor, if you do buy a reflector at the point of having to collimate don’t worry dive in and make a pigs ear of it you’ll get your head around it eventually and there is plenty of peeps on forums to help , YouTube videos etc ,yes it can be frustrating but believe me once you get your head around how a reflector works it does become easier , for me two things that I have upgraded to make my life easier but Not necessary was cnc spider off of Aliexpress for my 200pds no need to fret and centralise spider and Steeltrack focuser (but only because I’m imaging) and I picked up an Ocal electronic collimator which I personally found very effective for checking the focuser was aligned to the OTA which having the Steeltrack you can align the drawtube easier than the stock focuser on a 200pds but a Cheshire collimator and a colli cap are the very basics you need until collimating OCD takes over 🤣 DAVE

Stunning olly just stunning 🤩, well done 👏

The new session craft features look brilliant, being able to image to altitude then move to a second target for me me is great as I can now image until target gets close to my house the move too a second target 👍

Excellent ivo ,now updated and Mark is doing a super job with his Apt video user guides too https://www.youtube.com/@SCAmateurAstro now if only the clouds could disappear 😭

You could try using Astrohopper just place /fasten phone to scope , not used it myself personally but seems to do what it says on the tin https://artyom-beilis.github.io/astrohopper.html

Processed in Startools Matrix set to SHO 40SII+60Ha,70Ha+30OIII,100OIII

Give ENS optical a call I did read a while ago somewhere , I can’t recall where that they were looking into servicing , wether they now do I don’t know but I’m sure a quick phone call you’ll find out one way or the other . Dave