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This folder contains photos taken from my house. The view is quite obscured to the west and south so I must wait for things to come to me.
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Jupiter with Great Red Spot and shadow transit of Io. 2022 Dec 08, around 9pm UK time.
spaceman_spiff commented on KevinPSJ's gallery image in Member's Album
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Love it! It really shows space as a constantly changing place.
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This album contains my newer images of Solar System objects taken using my 150mm Skymax Mak-Cass.
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Imaging Mars tonight, seeing is bad/can't get good focus. Will wait for Mars to get a bit higher...
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EQ5 Pro, clearance / mount limits quesion.
spaceman_spiff replied to Anglo's topic in Discussions - Mounts
I have an EQ5 Pro and this can happen if the RA is well past meridian and the Dec is low. This is never an issue when in operation as the computer would do a meridian flip. -
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Sky-Watcher EQ5 PRO SynScan GOTO Equatorial mount
spaceman_spiff replied to amateur-astro's topic in Discussions - Mounts
I just noticed, you started that previous post - was there something else you wanted to know about the EQ5 pro mount? -
Sky-Watcher EQ5 PRO SynScan GOTO Equatorial mount
spaceman_spiff replied to amateur-astro's topic in Discussions - Mounts
What would you like to know? It's a good mount for smaller telescopes and imaging with a budget. I use one with my Skymax 150 for lunar, planetary and solar imaging and it gives good results. I also used it beyond its max payload for imaging deep sky and it did work if the scope was properly balanced. However, I agree with other members points in the post below about the benefits of a HEQ5. I got the EQ5 when I was starting the hobby and I did not want to commit tones of cash early on. Later I got the AZEQ6 but the EQ5 is still in service. Take a look at the previous post here...