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Mikea

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  1. I don't think you can get it text book perfect - I can't remember why for the minute....what OTA is it?
  2. Now you have to tell us what camera you used! 😃
  3. Unfortunately - confusion is often the way to start! You have to prioritise what is most important and then compromise. You seem to want everything - ( don't we all) - and of course you'll never get it in one package!! Personally , I will say don't go for a manual mount. Alt-Az is easier to figure than EQ, but once you've set an EQ mount up a few times, you'll wonder what all the fuss was about. Whichever, you want GOTO! I would hold off on the photography kick if you can for now. Reflectors will gather more light for a given weight if portability is important and a larger aperture is always better. Don't be put off by second-hand although the current virus stay at home thingy makes that awkward. If you can find a decent scope on an EQ5 PRO mount, that would be ideal, although the mount is quite heavy! Consider Skywatcher, Meade or Celestron OTAs. Sorry if I have added to the confusion, but you should be able to pick out some common threads from all the above good advice from everyone. Come back and ask more when you have had time to digest it all.
  4. 20 years ago, I didn't have a telescope. Now I have three!
  5. Almaak is very nice. Also, although not a double, but one of my favourites is the Stargate asterism in Corvus.
  6. If you have a decent car battery charger, I'd use that rather than the built in charger control circuit which, in my opinion, is a bit c**p. I use a Cetek MXS 5.0 (on motorcycle battery mode) to charge mine via the 4mm terminals on the back. Never had a problem. Take no notice of the LEDs!
  7. Having just got my bargain Meade 6000 APO from eBay, I was a little disappointed to find that the mount which had been supplied for the finder scope was in fact the wrong one. The seller was unaware of this because the scope had never actually been set up. Anyway, I rattled off an email to Opticstar late on New Year's Eve and was very surprised to get a reply next day! Peter promised to email me when back in the office on Monday. This he did, having identified the bracket that I needed. I placed an order which was delivered by recorded delivery on Tuesday 5th. Very pleased with the service I received - especially as I had not even bought the scope from them. Thank you Peter!
  8. You are in UK aren't you? - you don't need to bother with the timezone thing. Just make sure you use the correct setting for daylight saving
  9. Timezone at 0.00 is correct. Daylight saving is ON. Enter current time as BST. Make sure you enter the date correctly: MONTH FIRST!! Do you get alignment successful message after alignment?
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