Ken82

I have always used darks with my 6d. Just disable the internal noise reduction.

Interesting mount, ideal for grab and go! RST brought out a revised mount with encoders recently. I wonder if zwo will do the same with this mount? Ken

A bit overkill but Borg 72 and nagler 31mm is my choice for really awesome widefield views ! FOV 6.36

I had a slight issue with APT and sesto senso 2 last night and wondering if anyone has experienced similar. When I connect the focuser it said position 0 last night instead of the usual 9934 or similar. APT also wouldn’t move the focuser in either direction. I disconnect the focuser and connected via the primalucelab focus manager which again said position 0 but only this time it would move the focuser in one direction. Strange that it’s just gone to position 0 as the focuser hasn’t actually moved. I’m going to try to re calibrate but just wondering if anyone has had a similar problem ? Thanks Ken

I need to add slightly more resistance to my dob for when I’m using heavy eyepieces. I’m assuming if I take off the 2 Teflon sliders and add a full length strip this should be adequate. Has anyone done this ? Did it work with adding resistance? Thanks Ken

Where might I best get some 6mm Teflon strips for my dob ? Thanks Ken

Started on the Veil last month but unfortunately poor weather has prevented me from collecting OIII and SII. Until next year........

I received my Borg 72 this week and decided to mount it on my dob for the time being as it’s very light. I've added a 2kg counter weight which balances perfectly whilst using an ethos 21 in the dob and luminos 23mm in the Borg. Unfortunately the Borg doesn’t have enough inward travel to focus with the ethos but hey ho no problem the luminos works well. Im assuming most people will be imaging with the scope with the flattener although I only plan to use it visually. Very slight yellow fringe on the moon but very pleasing view (much better than my skywatcher 72ed). Although it’s maybe a poor comparison as the focal lengths are different and of course the price ! Very well made little scope and I’m really happy I have a new travel scope 😀

I’ve got to say my fsq 85 is a really good scope! Yes it struggles now with my full frame asi 6200 but if I was using an aps-c type sensor it would be my first choice. Incidentally I wasn’t happy with an fsq 106 I bought a while back and returned it (due to the focuser). And I was concerned buying another one. But thankfully my concerns have not been justified. So I now have two very good fsq’s 😀

Thanks for the kind comments 👍

Well I'm guilty of not processing this image for some months during the summer as the garden takes over. But pleased with the result I think It was around 2hrs in each channel HA OIII SII Ken

Ah sorry Andrew my last message was misleading. I haven’t bought the Borg yet although at this moment it would be my preference for the reasons stated above. My travel scopes at the moment are a SW 72ds and fsq 85. Both are great but just a bit too heavy when trying to save every ounce for a flight. I was just hoping to maybe get some first hand feedback before taking the plunge, I know the Borg 72 is relatively new. Ken

Thanks for the feedback everyone 👍 The takahashi 76dcu does look good although I think it’s much heavier than the Borg 72 ? I wanted to keep the weight as low as possible for flights etc so it was a straight choice between the Borg 72 and tak 60. Although these are both around the same weight (1.2kg) so I opted for the Borg. Thanks Ken

Has anyone purchased the borg 72 scope yet? Any feedback? I want something in the 60-70mm bracket to take abroad so it needs to be as light/small as possible. Thanks Ken

I want one 😀 just need to figure out what to do with my c11edge in planetary season as I think it will be too heavy ?