Knighty2112

TBH with my Skywatcher Heq5 pro mount I only use the syncan app to establish connection to the mount with my ipad, then use Skysafari app to control it. I find It easier use Skysafari when using the mount than the synscan app to get targets. 

Looks interesting. Look forward to seeing it when available. 👍🏻

Skyportal is a very slimmed down version of Skysafari which is made by the same people for Celestron. I have Skyportal but never use it. I do however use Skysafari Pro both for  a guide when out at my scopes, or when I am connecting up via goto too with Skysafari Pro. Stellarium is very good too, but I tend to rarely use it and favour Skysafari which I have on both my iphone and ipad. It does come up on offer quite regularly so keep any eye out for it and you could nab it cheaper.

Hmmm……just thought! Now I need to get the Lego model too of the Space Station!  

As it stands at the moment with the black and white display. Use the key4 on the display to shut it down. Track shows up OK in grey, but would look better if I  can get the display with red in fingers crossed.

4 hours ago, Dark Raven said:

Don't forget to show us when you make it.

Sadly when the display arrived yesterday the seller from ebay has sent the version without the keys on, so waiting for a response back from them if they have they version they advertised with the keys. If not I’ll ask for a refund and source another one from elsewhere. I just ordered the Protostax case to from the US, so await that to arrive as well. Managed to get tracker to close down with pressing one of the keys on the black and white e ink display I have at least, so slowly moving forward.

Yep, mostly observe as much as I can without filters visually.

Well, was supposed to be nice and clear here this afternoon and tonight, but so far still pretty much wall to wall cloud otherwise I’d have a crack at it. 

Waiting for the sun to appear from behind clouds later on after 1pm so the forecast says, so fingers crossed! Nice captures! 👍🏻

According to web page this is for Linux and Mac OS only. You seem to be trying to install it under Windows OS, so most likely that is causing issues. 
 

Got my display today for this, but didn’t realise that it was just the black and white version with no red in the display to show the track of the ISS.  

Got the correct version coming from Ebay, so should get it later in the week. The black and white one will come in handy for another project though.  

From the Clementine Atlas of the Moon.

Sadly clouds rolled in at around 7:30pm and spoiled play! 😡😡😡

No criticism from me. Very nice image! 😀

Excellent. Love it! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Thanks for the heads up. I’ll look out for them if skies allow! 👍🏻

Excellent sketch! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

49 minutes ago, Kon said:

Thanks. I am still amazed that you can pull cloud details visually. Did you use some filters? I have visually seen Venus clouds only once.

No, no filter used. First time I’ve seen any detail too on Venus. I think the binoviwers helped with teasing out these details. Was viewing the sun in WL for sunspots earlier in the day the image in the binos with them also was very good. The sofware of the brain does a very good job of taking two images from each eye and merging them into a much clearer picture. Need to use my binoviewers much more, and wait eagerly now for some lunar work with them.

Excellent images. Well done! 👍🏻 I was out looking at Venus visually with my 80ED ‘frac and my little used binoviwers yesterday evening too. Used 15mm EP’s in the binos, then pushed magnification up with a 2xBarlow. The image held up very well, and visually I could see some darker cloud shading on Venus which corresponded pretty well to you photographic image of the clouds.

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Nice images. Well done! I was out a little earlier on looking at the sun with my binoviewers through my 80mm ED ‘frac and 2” Lunt wedge. Was some excellent detail on display. 👍🏻

33 minutes ago, Naughty Neal said:

Nothing arrived today yet Royal Mail tracking says my package arrived today at 12.15p.m,  why do we have to continue with such a bad service from this organisation.  

Although my package is not large or very expensive the item is still nearly £14 , all I can do is complain to the sender as Royal Mail themselves are totally useless.  One reason why I never use them at all.

I had this a couple of times from RM for certain small items. They tended to turn up with the postie (either on foot or by van) Ok the day after usually.

I like his quote, “To me, telescope viewing is primarily an aesthetic experience - a private journey in time and space. Stars look like tiny pinpoints to the unaided eye, and that’s the way I want my telescope to show them.” One reason I like ‘fracs too mostly.  

Nice haul Paul. Some spectacular views there. 👍🏻

I have a small paperback 2nd edition of this which I bought second hand a few years back. Interesting lay out of the book for the maps which do make it quirky for sure, but to be honest can’t say I’ve actually used it much. Wasn’t aware it was still in print, nor available as a hardback book either. Larger pages in the hardback book look as though they show the maps better, and with some colour too. Astro pictures of the objects are nice, but wonder as this is aimed at viewing with binoculars or small telescopes etc whether these might cause disappointment when viewed visually.