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Leveye

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  1. Thank you so very much for looking at it and giving me your take and advice on this. Much appreciated. I will try that eventually. Would you know why the tracking drifts off center so much after about an hour in solar and lunar in simulations? Sidereal seems fine. It stays centered on objects for hours.
  2. Ok I've changed the locations setting to make things a bit tighter and more correct. This has slowed the err messages some but I still get them about every 15 minutes or so. Again the mount slews to proper position every time and tracking is smooth with no interruptions. The solar and lunar seems to drift after about 45 minutes or so. A real outdoor test as soon as the rains let up.
  3. I have it set up in the living room and have been testing it daily it has been slewing and tracking perfectly for a week now since initial set up. Pointing right were it should every time. Nothing unusual except when tracking in lunar after about 1/2 an hour it's off a bit. In solar it takes a few hours and it's off. I'll post a picture of the CommErr messages today.
  4. A question for the experts. My new Atlas Pro AZ/EQ-G mount seems to be slewing fine using EQMOD with both my laptop and desktop computers using an FTDI serial converter which shows signal flow both ways however I do see in the messages center window I'm getting constant CommErr messages. Should this concern me and will this cause any issues when I finally try auto guiding? Many thanks. Oh forgot to mention I'm connected through the V4 Synscan handset with the supplied cable and an FTDI usb serial adapter showing good signal flow in both directions in PC direct mode. So far zero issues and no interruptions. Just curious why i'm getting the messages at all.
  5. Takumars are a real steal. 50mm-135mm-200mm-300mm That or spend a bit and get an early 80's Nikkor ED 180mm . Great astro lens! Here's one of comet Catalina using it on a standard tripod doing only 6 second shots at ISO 6k Great color still.
  6. I can't help with the possible reflection there to the right but I did have the same offset diffraction spikes at one time while testing a three vane. That turned out to be a faulty secondary replacement mirror whose coating did not cover the entire surface on either side. Going back to the original mirror corrected the issue right away so in my case i know that was what was causing it. I'd inspect the secondary very carefully. Some of these Chinese imports are flawed and many companies are using them in their reflectors..
  7. You may have to move the primary mirror forward to achieve primary focus. There are a few threads about this. Take a look.
  8. Always, always,always balance and align to the very very best you possibly can.
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    A few attempts at the night sky

    A few early attempts at astrophotography as brutal as some are well here they are and honest opinions most welcome
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    iOptron ZEQ25GT

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    Andromeda

    From the album: iOptron ZEQ25GT

    © Chris Levitan all rights reserved

  12. From the album: iOptron ZEQ25GT

    © Chris Levitan all rights reserved

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    The Pleiades

    From the album: iOptron ZEQ25GT

    © Chris Levitan all rights reserved

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    Saturn 6550

    Quite amazing maybe just a touch of color
  15. From the album: iOptron ZEQ25GT

    25 lights 5 darks 180 second exposures stacked in DSS and tweeked in PS5 and LR4 Gradient xterminator filter used.

    © Chris Levitan

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    The Scope

    AT65EDQ and Zhumell 9x50 guidscope
  17. A little to much contrast overall for my taste but i like it try shadows and highlights in photoshop you can use the select tool for just that area.
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    First light with IOptron SmartEQ Pro mount

    First light attempt with the IOptron Smart EQ Pro mount more to come!
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    ORIONTHEGREAT

    From the album: First light with IOptron SmartEQ Pro mount

    © All Copyrights Chris Levitan please no usage without expressed permissions given

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    M42 130301 4

    Real nice work!
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    The Sun feb1st2013

    From the album: A few attempts at the night sky

    Canon 60D Tokina 400mm with Kenko 1.4x teleconverter

    © Chris Levitan

  22. Bravo! I will look at this and strive to even come close someday you inspire!
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    SunSpots baby

    From the album: A few attempts at the night sky

    My first sunshot ever Tokina 80-400mm with a marumi 10000 nd filter

    © Chris Levitan

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