jACK101

Hi,

Thanks for your replies. The telescope is a Nexstar 6se by Celestron. 

I demolished my home designed observatory a few years ago due to increasing health problems. My granddaughter has now become interested  and I have bought her a telescope. She would like to get into astrophotography, but I am not too keen to spend £4-500 on a wedge. I still have my original telescope mounting with 1/2 tonne of concrete. Would it be practical to make a fixed wedge using steel plate and triangular sides cut for my specific latitude? I could make these myself and get them welded by a local engineer? Could this be accurate enough to allow tracking?

Thanks

Jack

4 hours ago, jACK101 said:

I hesitate to post this, all the rules have been broken, but it is my first DSO. I used a Celestron 925 but with no tracking and a Nikon D200.  I do have the Celestron wedge but have not yet got it set up. This result is from 1 exposure of 1 second, no stacking. I realise that the quality is very poor, but I think I know what I need to do to improve it. Processing was done in Lightroom. I would appreciate any comments.

 

Jack

Sorry,

It was a Nikon D3200 not 200

Jack

I hesitate to post this, all the rules have been broken, but it is my first DSO. I used a Celestron 925 but with no tracking and a Nikon D200.  I do have the Celestron wedge but have not yet got it set up. This result is from 1 exposure of 1 second, no stacking. I realise that the quality is very poor, but I think I know what I need to do to improve it. Processing was done in Lightroom. I would appreciate any comments.

Jack

On 03/12/2016 at 20:31, mikeDnight said:

I'm considering using some kind of mechanical method of opening and closing my roll off roof. Up until a couple of weeks ago it rolled with little effort just by pushing. Since ive carried out some essential repairs the roof has proved to be quite a bit heavier. I can still move it ok, but as im getting older, 54 presently, I'm just planning for the time when I might not feel like giving myself a coronary or a slipped disc. 

I'm looking for ideas and inspiration! Some kind of mechanical or electronic method of opening a runoff roof is what I'm looking for, but not sure about my options. Hopefully there will be some on SGL  who can point me down the path I need to go.

Thanks in advance,

Mike

Mike,

I am also thinking about the design of a small observatory that I would like to build. On this topic I found item   eBay item number:   400855884979   which is a manually operated winch for about £12 new.

I have no experience in using one of these but I think it is worth a look. Most of them seem to use wire cable, but some have webbing straps.

Hope you get a suitable solution.

Jack