Expat_tony

Hello 6" GSO RC users (mine's a TS Optics but all brands are similar) A picture is worth a thousand words. So if you have a photo of your rig with spacers etc and a DSLR attached, I'd love to see it so I know what I need to set me on the road to astrophotography. A big thank you to anyone willing to help. Tony

Update on 22.00 pass, Tuesday 21st. Towards the end of the "show" there was a missing link in the chain. I wonder if this was a deployment failure, or a test of the "darksat". If that's so, then it certainly succeeds to the naked eye. In an astrophoto, though, it remains to be seen, or not as the case may be. They passed quite close to Thuban, alf Dra, 3.7mag. I saw them a little brighter, maybe 3.5. I know their final orbit will be further out, but it's still going to be inconvenient to say the least.

Here's Baader's own online instructions. They worked for me, and believe me, I'm no genius at DIY. http://www.baader-planetarium.com/sofifolie/bauanleitung-objektivfilter-en.pdf (German web address but English text version) The most useful tool to go with them is some school geometry compasses, and make sure the card you use is heavy-duty enough.