Tomvictor

10 minutes ago, tomato said:

Thanks for the heads up, alas it only achieves 7 degrees altitude from my location.🥴

Yeah it’s low,  22˚ here and I live on a little mountain but I usually don’t mess with objects so low.
I took more exposures tonight to see if it’s possible to get any color. I guess colors going to be funky due to all the atmo.

Is it compatible with ZWO EAF?

Bright supernova type II in NGC 1097 discovered 2023/09/08 by Mohammad Odeh.

https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2023rve

https://www.astronomycenter.net/articles/2023/09/10/sn2023rve?l=en
 

My cameras a popping out of connection occasionally. I would like a source of quality USB cables in short lengths, do anyone know of any?

Are you still satisfied with the pier? I am considering one for the AM5.

On 07/02/2023 at 15:37, rorymultistorey said:

HI,

 

I've done a review. 😁 https://astrobiscuit.com/2023/02/07/cq350-mount-review/
I think its pretty good.

Tar Rory

Thanks for a nice review, well done. Looks like a decent mount for the price. I would have liked to see how it preformed with a lighter load (60-80mm scope) also. Some big mounts can struggle with light loads.

Question: what was the image scale on the Horse head neb?

Any news regarding tracking and use?

Lovely star color!

Congratulations on a very nice result!
Can I ask why you decided to use f5.6 and if you used step down rings? 

For my TS-PL80 f/6 with TSRED80 0.8 reducer it’s 61mm.

Back Focus - distances from the M48 thread to the camera sensor

depends on the focal length of the telescope:

♦ Focal Length to 350 mm .... 70 mm
♦ Focal Length to 420 mm .... 65 mm
♦ Focal Length 450-500 mm ... 61 mm
♦ Focal Length 510-600 mm ... 58 mm
♦ Focal Length 610-700 mm ... 57 mm
♦ Focal Length 710-790 mm ... 56 mm
♦ Focal Length from 800 mm .. 55 mm

That is a very fine image sir. Did you use a field corrector on the Photo Line 130?
No Ha data?

Well, I have asked the same question here but with Fornax and the GTI. Good to see that you have the same question. I have not purchased the GTI yet, but I think I will try. To to get away from the polar scope you can mount some kind of spacer with a little hight on the Skytracker and then mount the GTI.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1044142-REG/cambo_99211106_compact_camera_tripod_mount_riser.html

Ridgidness  is a factor when you do mount two things together, be sure that everything is a tight fit.

The waste of time is not to do it in my opinion.