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I suspect 'IR conversions' is just to help with the search on ebay, as that is a common terminology used.

Had a look and was tempted, but didnt bother! Must resist Please post more photos.

Cable I had wasn’t even an RJ45 😂 it was an RJ11. Ordered this, £4.08 on Amazon @pmlogg I’ve found them helpful too. Even remotely logged into my pc when a firmware update on a focus Lynx controll failed to try and fix it.

Hey Rodd, looking good there! I'm currently processing the same region, and am curious what your Ha looks like. Can you post that? Cheers Adam.

In my view that doesn’t look like field rotation. I think @ONIKKINEN is most likely correct in that it looks like differential flexure. Posting a photo of your setup will possibly help identify any weak areas. I don’t get too hung up on things like periodic error myself, and let guiding take care of it. How do you measure your PE?

What a fantastic FOV, I think NAN looks so much better from a wider perspective! Looks a bit green on my monitor, maybe this is the issue you mention with colour balancing?

It’s a manufactured cable so I’m just going to be testing what goes where 👌🏻

Alan you are a legend, cheers 🍻

Bit of a niche one, but cant seem to find the information online. I have a spare Optec FocusLynx Controller that I have read can be used to control a Moonlite focuser. It requires a conversion cable to go from the DB9 on the Moonlite motor to the RJ45 on the Optec controller. In the Optec box I have found a cable that goes from RJ45 to DB9 but no labelling etc some I am reluctant to just connect it up to try it. There is a conversion part for sale but would anyone have information of the correct pinout sequence so I can check the cable I have? Cheers! Adam.

Parcel force worldwide would ship that for £15 next day. Probably won’t be covered by insurance but ask the sender to package it properly to help mitigate damage. If he/she is an astro enthusiast then hopefully they won’t have any issues. Alternative would be to find a transporter going that way and ask to collect, or a ‘man in a van’ type situation where he does collections across the country for people and meet at a point.

My 7 year old son just beat me in a 5km run, and I was trying! Anything is possible! (but it's likely the seeing that made the difference!)

It's the same here, more that web brower shortcut IMHO, doesnt open in a web brower. That has it's disadvantages as I always open images in a new tab to view at full resolution, and you cant do this as conveniently!

Good job Mick, a firm favourite of mine also.

Very nicely processed image Rodd

It’s fully inclusive 😂 just needs a ‘+’ at the end.

Nice image, the stars look very sharp and sparkly 👍🏼

Occasionally I say I’ll be back in ten and it’s 1+ hour later. The wife now accepts 10 minutes can mean anything. But it’s a real benefit, you can justify setting up for an hour when it’s handy.

That’s very interesting Alan, thanks for that! I gather data here there and everywhere, the advantage of putting in the effort of setting up an observatory. I can walk out the back door, turn everything on, platesolve my target, focus and be started imaging and back in the house again in as little as 8 minutes (I ‘time it’ every time 😬) Cheers Simon

Thanks Carole 😊

Agreed! In direct sunlight I’d say with the black cover it wouldn’t be long getting hot inside.

I don’t think I will get better value. I used an (n)eq6 originally so I am familiar with SW. A friend has just offered to lend me his HEQ5 to try it out so I think that might be an excellent idea.

This is part of a bigger nebula, centred on NGC7822. I used my dual rig of APM 105/650 scopes with 0.75x Riccardi reducers given a focal length of 487mm at F4.65 Data with the mono QHY 268M: Ha 3nm Chroma filter 300s x 54 subs = 4.5 hours Oiii 3nm Chroma filter 300s x 54 subs = 4.5 hours Data with the OSC ZWO 2600MC: Sii 3nm Chroma filter 300s x 48 subs = 4 hours RGB (unfiltered) 120s x 71 subs = 2 hours 22 minutes Total integration time: 15 hours 22 minutes Guided on Mesu e200 with an OAG/290MM using PHD2 Captured with SGPro v3 Stacked and processed in APP, PI, Images Plus, PS I attached a couple of versions - original full version and cropped rotated version. Both attached at 100%. Edit - images from each filter attached and annotated version. C+C welcome Adam

That looks very nice Stu. Is that the full FOV, no cropping.

That does look pretty heavy! I assume it guided well, one thing to carry, another to perform 😂

Thanks Stu. Seems perfect for a wide range of uses.