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You may need to alter the number of stars it sees in settings there is a slider you move you want about 150 ish move slider to suit .

Could you be more specific

I wonder if a small red led would work?

Thanks John for clarification 👍.

I ordered a concentre visus from Apm telescopes Germany which has arrived one question for anyone using a concentre there is a small hole on the side of the barrel can anyone tell me of its purpose? Is it to let light in or for fitting an led ? managed to find the sphertec pdf instructions online no reference to it mentioned, surprised that it came with no instructions, no end cap to protect the clear Perspex nose piece and no protective tube considering it’s quite expensive for what it is .

Make sure you get an fdti type cable , and it’s wired /configured properly if you were using an old type eqdirect cable it may have been the prolific chip type known to be troublesome .

Well done winners, great work 🥸

Well done winners great work 🥸

Don’t worry about a card board box if unit undamaged make a note and photos as proof ,installation instructions https://pegasusastro.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/motor-focus-kit-FocusCube-Universal-installation-guide-v.2.pdf

Welcome , out of interest what Nikon are you using , I’m using a Nikon D5300 and that’s an excellent camera for Astrophotography 👍 the 250pds is a big sail though I have the 200pds it’s going to be a heavy piece of kit personally I wouldn’t get the 250pds unless I could keep it mounted in an observatory , I hope your feeling fit.

Seems zwo cameras come with adapters needed https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/609462-skywatcher-scope-and-ccd-cameras/

I’m considering a duo band filter for my dslr with all the duo band triband filters about are they all perfoming on par with each other or are some makes better than others , to be used with a Nikon D5300 .

Shouldn’t you be platesolving off the imaging camera, why would you need to pltesolve off the guide scope I only platesolve off guidescope when used with polar aligning using sharpcap pro

What iso are you using for blind solving, using APT i find iso 1600 works well with a 6 sec exposure and use the ASTAP option usually blindsolving in about 4 sec and have the G18 star catalogue installed , I would ask @han59 for help with Astap settings I’m sure there’s a setting that needs tweaking I use a 350 and a 1000 mm fl scopes .

This would make a great story for The sky at Night 🤔

Ordered 👍

Excellent work Pete very nice

If your parking telescope you need to re engage sidereal after unparking check in Eqmod this is happening.

Yes https://www.astrophotography.app/nikon.php

Mk2 processed in Startools 1.7.430

I see your using eqmod ,go into eqmod and clear sync points ,this should help jeff.

Skywatcher do a polar scope illuminate if that helps it should fit https://www.firstlightoptics.com/sky-watcher-mount-accessories/polar-illuminator-for-eq3-2eq5-mounts.html though it is possible to use Eqmod via suitable cable just unplug handset plug this in and control from your pc a godsend if your starting Astrophotography and once you get the hang of it image from the comfort of the living room , https://www.firstlightoptics.com/sky-watcher-mount-accessories/lynx-astro-ftdi-eqdir-usb-adapter-for-sky-watcher-eq5-pro-heq5-syntrek-pro-az-eq5-gt-az-eq6-gt-and-eq8-mounts.html if you do go this route and you go the Astrophotography route then you can polar align using sharpcap pro which uses your guidescope to pa then you won’t need a polar scope illuminator .

Seems Ivo Apt author has COVID 19 https://aptforum.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=4000 wishing him well

i have three units little stars the original unit af1 and af2 all work flawlessly

Ok af1 is the same size Af2 I thought I saw a picture of af3 being bigger .