jake_wright
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thank you Newtown Astronomers Society I had a great afternoon learning more about our local star
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just over 18 hours to go then I'll be on a catameran sailing to the Isle of Man :)
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woohoo its actually clear out! shame the moon is far too bright for playing with the camera
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am I allowd to start a new thread in the photography section? I have twice now but for some reason its not showing the threads?
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oh well I better get an email ready...bought a luggage rack for my motorcycle and the seller has posted it via myhermes, it will either get run over by a fork lift truck or not arrive at all!
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just found this video for the isle of man...wander if I can strap a 8" dobs to the back of my bike for when I go over in May http://www.visitisleofman.com/placestovisit/DarkSkySites/darkskies.xml
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OK I've decided I'm saving up for a skywatcher explorer 150p eq3 GOTO, then "borrow" my dads nikkon d3200
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yes make sure your happy before even thinking about clicking the buy button :) as for extras go id get a chesire to check collimation http://www.firstlightoptics.com/other-collimation-tools/premium-cheshire-collimating-eyepiece.html and a polar scope if the EQ3 does not come with one, are you really set on the GOTO? an idea would be to drop the GOTO and put the saving towards the EQ5? i just got rid of my GOTO mount to get a EQ5 with dual motor mounts and im also loving that move :)
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I'm not really set on the GOTO, just sounds easier to hit a button to go where you want it to. I just had a look and if I don't go for the eq-3 GOTO I can get the eq-5 (without motors), 150p-ds, Cheshire, coma corrector and polar scope for the same price. I'll leave the motor drives until another time. Won't be able to get all this for quite a while though
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As pointed out I don't think the EQ3 somes with a polar scope. If you got the EQ5 it is a better mount but to image you need motors. So an EQ5 and no motors is no good for any imaging. Read the Nikon manual for setting exposures, I suspect you will need a remote timer, sold on Amazon and usually made by Shoot about £25. This will allow you to take long period exposures and will take a series of 10, 20 etc, up to 999 I think. You can set it to take 20 exposures of 40 seconds each with a 30...
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daft question...do I stand a chance of seeing M95 with a 3" reflector telescope?
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