rorymultistorey
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Yeh thx for that. I think I have a tripod which would work. Binos look good too. Why did you go for the x22 rather than the x15s? Cheers rory -
Yeh it was getting a bit wobbly. I'd be really interested in getting some bigger bins with a tripod. Will a camera tripod do? And do you have any recommendations in the 500quid range?
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cool good to know, thx bud
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Hi all, I've made a video about my experience looking through binoculars at deep space objects. I am NOT an observer. So I expect I got a few things wrong. Particularly the fact that it was impossible to film in complete darkness. I'd be really interested to hear whether I was way off the mark or not. And what other deep space objects are good to look at through a small pair of binos. Many thx in advance.
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Just wanted to thank James for this post. I have purchase a budget AVX mount and spent last night with all the same issues. I'm so glad I came across this post before wasting more time buying new cables etc... I will test it today and see how it goes 😀
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Secondary is suprisingly big. And the tube is made out of some kind of reinforced cardboard... I think. Looks eminently cuttable. I think this lovely scope is getting the chop😈
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Pics of the secondary assembly ( i hope) Doing this from my phone so bear with... Please note how thin the spider vanes are. They are made from ribbon, maybe rubber ribbon whoose tension can be tightened. How the the secondary only has an up down adjustment. And How the secondary can be rotated around a central shaft. Far better than the 3 screws which easily lead to miscollimation if your only collimating with a laser.
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Many thx chaps... Most enlightening BTW I used to go to a sailing club near Pershore when I was a kid. So 1/10 wave is not necessarily going to help me for astrophotography. Squaring the camera is more important. I happen to have an orion optics OC1 (I think) 2 inch focuser which I'm going to fix onto the tube. I will be using a full frame canon 5d mark ii with a 0.9 x skywatcher coma corrector for imaging. Having digested the above advice I think will use the brighter, newer, faster, synta f5 mirror AND controversially I will cut the end off the tube in order to reach focus. I mean how hard can it be 😉 (famous last words). [Maybe I should see if someone is keen to buy it before getting the saw out. Does seem a shame to carve up such a well made scope.] Also still curious to know whether high quality mirrors make any noticeable difference in DSO astrophotograhy or whether the only real benefit is planetary.
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So I picked up a classic... a 1970's - 80's edmund optics f6 150mm newtonian... ... like this one but mine has a different mount. It was cheap. Very good condition. The focuser is pants. The mechanics of the secondary holder is (IMHO) brilliant and apparently the primary is 1/10th wave. But its f6 and I trhink I'd rather swap it out for a faster synta f5 mirror. . The thing is its a one shot job bc to make the f5 mirror work I will have to saw off a good few cm from the barrel of the scope. So the question is: Is a high quality f6 mirror better than a faster synta f5 mirror for wide deep space astrophotograhy? All comments gratefully received. 😉
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BORG 60 ED Setup help.
rorymultistorey replied to Vixen4eva's topic in Discussions - Scopes / Whole setups
I have the 07870 borg super reducer with a very similar scope - a 60mm f5.9 tak . It works very well. Let me know if your still having trouble and i can share my settings. Also let me kniw if your thinking as selling as I'd be interested. Many thx Rory -
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From the album: astrobiscuit pics
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From the album: astrobiscuit pics
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From the album: astrobiscuit pics
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From the album: astrobiscuit pics
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From the album: astrobiscuit pics
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From the album: astrobiscuit pics
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tried hour long exposures....3 of them
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