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  1. I took this shot originally with my Quattro 150P @f3.45 with an SVBONY SV405CC Camera - a 294MC Pro clone. I needed to revisit using a SVBONY SV220 Dual Band Filter. 60x120sec
  2. Another interesting note is the quality improvement of the optics. Don't get me wrong Sky-Watcher has still got to improve on their QC. One thing I did notice, there is no Spherical Aberration appears around the stars, which I noticed on the stars when used with previous Sky-Watcher Newts which I owned. However my Celestron OMNI XLT 150 Reflector does not exhibit any Spherical Aberration as well, I would say the coatings have improved.
  3. I share your thoughts and you have some wonderful images you have produced with this scope. I believe the Quattro 150P will become another winner like the 130PDS, with the improvements. Just to add further comments: - The tube is rigid and and components are pretty stable, however I have not had the opportunity to use the scope in the winter months as yet to comment further. - The upgrades which are available from Backyard Universe I have held back on as I do not think it warrants me as yet to change anything I need to. However if i do change something in the near future possibly the CNC machined secondary spider which is offered by them. There is a carbon fibre tube available, but I cannot see me buying unless the tube temperature fluctuations really are noticeable. - As mentioned before in my short review and from your experience. You need to cover the rear with a shower cap or in my case I 3d printed a cover which clips into rear mirror cell. - I have not needed to flock or paint the inner tube, not to say it will not be effective. But not experienced any reflections as such or that I have not noticed. - Maybe you have noticed the secondary spider assembly seems to be a better improvement over what generally is offered. I always seem to have a problem with slightly twisted vanes but I have found the vanes on this scope a fraction slightly better/stronger, which is a good thing. Maybe to a square secondary holder instead of a circle perhaps? - Secondary collimation, no problem there as well, once set, hardly need to touch it, same with the primary. If need be a tweak now and again on the primary, but otherwise very stable. Laser collimators do not cut it for me, nor have they for a while. I use a 2" Concenter Sight Tube for any secondary adjustment and Cheshire Tube for the Primary. I think people just see its like any fast newt but they are not appreciative that you need to take time in collimation and understand the change of dynamics of a newtonian anything faster then f5, dramatically changes. The mirror cell is better then the GSO variants and also I have noticed the mirror cell springs are better. - Newts always need tinkering, a short travel focuser, which the draw tube does not intrude in the light path. So no hacksaw needed. Even the premium newts you will need to tinker to some degree. - For better balancing definitely upgrade the dovetail, balancing on a HEQ5 Pro I am using a 11" ADM Vixen Dovetail. Just a few updated thoughts.
  4. Hi Four shots, 1st & 2nd taken with an IDAS LPS V4 Filter with the Evo62ED, 3rd with a SVBONY SV220 Duo filter with a quattro 150P and the 4th tonight's single light of the wizard nebula with the quattro. The only time I use <10secs, when I am framing, there is some at lower exposures but a lot less then the svbony 605MC and 605CC sensors.
  5. The SV220 is touted to be the L-eXtreme equivalent but priced more reasonable. Some report it as 6nm Ha. But officially it is 7nm.
  6. Nearly a year is approaching, since buying this scope, apologies to everyone who read this short review and was expecting me to feed back much sooner. Due to a very busy year due to a house move and personal/work commitments, I was only able to get out on a few occasions, but not enough to warrant any proper imaging with the scope. However since purchasing a new cooled camera, I have been using the scope more often lately. Taken with a SVBONY SV405CC Camera inconjuction with the SVBONY SV220 Dual Band Filter I imaged the Veil Nebula a couple of nights ago. A quick process as I am playing with data of 36mins and some darks at f/3.5, I hope you like?
  7. I use Kstars/Ekos on a mini pc and stellarmate on a rpi 4 8gb, without any issues, both have strong antennas running on a 5ghz network. The pi had to buy an external one and the other for the mini pc is built in. No problems so far re image capture even remotely controlled with a windows pc using kstars 😆 I am sorry you have had a bad experience but I just find using linux based software like kstars/ekos a lot less clunky then windows. NINA is a good bit of software better then APT in my opinion. But still relient on other dependent software to work with it. Just my 2p's worth.
  8. I actually ended up, buying the SVBONY SV405CC camera which is a 294MC Pro clone, much better and has no banding. Shall I post up an image or two. What I have done with camera so far?
  9. I had the same issue with my SV605CC, which I just returned to Amazon and opted for the SV405CC. I had a 5mm spot glow in the corner of my frames and the banding was horrendous.
  10. Currently their SV series IMX533 cameras are exhibiting serious banding issues on images, I just sent back my SV605CC to amazon.
  11. Stellarmate X OS is good as well. It is Ubuntu based with Stellarmate running on the top which can be installed running a AMD/Intel mini pc. I also have a RPi4 running Stellarmate purely linking my gear together with an external wifi antenna and have a laptop indoors which is windows based to capture the data. Usually the free stuff is the best.
  12. I actually found the linux Ekos/Indi system a lot more accommodating for my range of equipment. Atik, Canon, ZWO and QHY drivers on the mele. The mele pc is great with linux as is not that power/resource hungry compared to Windows. I noticed with windows the mele would get quite warm in operation. However I do use a windows netbook with Kstars and/ or with xrdp to link into ekos on the mele while imaging remotely. I just find windows clunky and not really stream lined for astronomy automation (my 2p's) worth. Why do you think the ASIAIR works well, it has a linux OS underneath and user friendly. Very similar to how stellarmate works. Which ZWO's idea more then likely came from. All credit goes to Jasem Mutlaq.
  13. I use a Mele Mini PC with USB 3 ports loaded with Ubuntu and Ekos/INDI, its universal support is a better option instead of something locked down to just ZWO. You can also run the same setup using a Raspberry Pi 4, the mini pc does run a lot smoother though.
  14. All I say somewhere in London, sorry can't reveal it.
  15. This I will be doing - deleting my prints from Thingiverse and hosting on my own site, which you can order via the website or freely order should you want to print yourself.
  16. Success! The 1st seller apologised and has withdrawn the ad. The 2nd seller refuses to give me a picture of the side where my 3D printed signature is printed?
  17. But the funny thing is my name is shown on the 3d prints still. They haven't been covered or blanked over.
  18. But the funny thing is my name is shown on the 3d prints still. They haven't been covered or blanked over.
  19. All my designs have my name indented on them.
  20. You make something and you contribute to the community freely, not that someone makes a buck from it. There are some astronomy IoT products in the market, the idea/products are freely available before an alternative came along, but there are others which are quite happy to take the idea and make it proprietary only to their products only to be sold under a different name, with no thanks to the open source community which helped to establish the original product. I can understand if you designed them yourself and wanted a small charge to cover the material and postage charge, not say they are made by Farpoint Astronomy! I use this licence attributes for my 3d printed astronomy.
  21. No, but selling on a Auction site it is. That is classified as Commerce. Especially when your name/username is clearly printed on the products and the only site they were uploaded to was a website which your able to select the licence agreements.
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