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ShaunyC

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  1. Sweet.... Been looking for a write up like this for a while now.. Will give mine a jolly good re-greasing while waiting for some stepper motors 😁 Thanks for the write up badgers 👍
  2. I only at 1st wanted to go with tracking but read something saying if you've gone that far may as well go goto.... Also guiding will be something that I'd be looking to adopt.. I have come across astro eq in my readings but then my next search will come up with me ending up reading about onestep... Then I'd read some about arduino's then some on raspberry pi's.... There's other things that's getting mixed in there too PhD, github, amongst a host of other words that have lost me my direction Its all just created conflicting info in my head and I was just hoping to get a prod in the right direction... Regarding astro eq which sounds like the direction you two have gone, on the site it says closed due to covid!? So can't get any of there stuff
  3. Hi guys sorry to be a pain, I've been searching about for days on diy'ing goto or at least a tracker for my eq3-2 mount... I seem to be reading loads of varrying bits but can't quite put the full picture together and it's making me more confused... Any chance someone can point me in the right direction of what I should be reading and taking note of some sort of guide or how to? Or even give me a dummies type bullet point version of the process I can than go expand on.. Thanks for any help I can muster together itching to start buying things
  4. I apreciate that there is better mounts out there... But "one of these" alone was over what I was willing to spend.... I want a hobby not another debt... Lees pictures shows you don't need to spend a fortune to get something I would be proud of.... Its been mentioned several times in this thread that buying the most expensive gear possible isn't what it's all about.... And where would the expense stop? The hubble telescope? The James Web telescope..... I'm looking fwd to getting out with what I have and doing my best to get something half as decent as Lees photos.... And I've read a few posts on here about diy tracker goto on the 3-2 so nothings impossible 👌
  5. 150pds on eq3-2 mount looks brand new... Only marks are on the dovetail and theres a new one of those in the box anyway.... I know someone's gona pipe up and say the 3-2 mount won't be enough but it seemed pretty sturdy.... And for me I think it's a good starting point at a reasonable price.... I can upgrade later if I fall head over heals for the hobby... When I get time I'm gona do some reaserch motorising it with rasbery pi and NEMA 17 motors, that looks interesting....
  6. Jst been and collected a new toy..... £250.. bought new last Feb still has years warrenty and even the receipt.. Looks mint Well happy... 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
  7. Love abit of diy..... And off to pick up my 1st telescope tonight which has eq3-2 mount... How have you got on with the diy goto?
  8. OK thank you I'll l add this to my list to look out for 👍 So regards the pds for sale do you think its too close to rrp? Take away the mount/scope discrepancies.. I want to get shooting and can upgrade later if I go full flow at the hobby 👍
  9. Lol... Snap, I just responded with msg about expanding search into fracs 👍 Edit: 120 startravel in particular I think Apparently a thread I found on here someone saying they have similar usable apature of about 114mm I think.. After taking into actount the focuser tube and secondary mirror of the pds and the multicoated lenses of st
  10. Yea been scouring for weeks the buy and sell on here, flo clearance, astrobuysell, ebay, Facebook, gumtree, wholesalers... Even started to widen my search field to refractors of similar qualities to the pds's
  11. Got the chance of a 2nd hand telescope.... 150pds £190 looks like new in the box with wrapping on still.. Got the black dovetail bar tho, does that just me its an old model? Can also supply eq3-2 mount £120 which he says used just waiting on pictures.... I know its not the best combination bit heavy bit flimsy but have seen decent pictures done with same set up.... My main query is, is £310 for both a little bit too much considering I can wait till mid February and get a new set for £70 more? Should I go for it or not!?!? Thanks Shaun
  12. Even if it shows up red in reomended settings? I was doing 80 lights at 3 secs... I deleted all that.. was really red once I'd stacked only the lights... I tried again for orion hoping longer exp would show horse head blasted through the frames even sussed out flats (I'd left the cap on from bios and darks before 😂) left them stacking through the night and woke up to pretty much all the stars looking like nebulas aha so deleted that aswell did put it into cr2 but histogram was like 3 thin spikes and nothing sorted the fuzz... I imagine that was down to atmosphere more than focus as stars seemed bright just with a glow..... So bit of a waste of what I was hopping was going to be a good night... Did help me get a bit more use to the whole process now tho images, settings, calibration, stacking.. Until the next time..
  13. I think I did the threshold I a about 15%, 41 stars.. I did notice thou if it means anything the settings was saying median rather than kapa sigma.... I have no idea what that means but not the same as the video I've been following
  14. I suppose it's all learning curve for me atm.... Must of got lucky with my 1st image of orion lol.. Jst been out again and although there's no clouds it dosent see too clear.... When you look at stars lower down there as most a halo around then so suppose the atmosphere is being too kind.... Definetly not a hobby for the faint hearted aha
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