newbie alert

I've got this brand new unused as I have a set of and guidescope rings..fits the synta finder bracket..i have the screws with the delrin tips also unused

Fantastic image of something I've never heard of..beautiful galaxy..

I think deep sky stacker is a better program for stacking of two rather than registax..and probably easier

Orion is pretty bright..you can get a decent image from very short exposures..its said that is one of the easiest and difficult nebula to image because of its extremes of the dynamic range..easy to over expose the core (trapezium) but long exposures are better for the outer dust.... hense why the experienced use different subs lengths and merge them together.. Whatever you do you will get a image..and when the first one pops up on the back of the camera I bet you have a grin from ear to ear..

Thanks Mark.. something to play with at a later date ...

As has been said above,once the mount has been accurately aligned the mount should only track In RA..youre getting dec drift because its not aligned and the longer it goes on the more drift you will get.. I'd of thought it's never going to be a 100% accurate test as there will be inaccuracies in the gears both RA and DEC ..thats what backlash is..to get a mount that will track more or less 100% is going to be of professional standards..a mount made in Asia isn't.. that's why we use guiding software ...

Dave wood from darkframe ltd was interested in doing my avx a while back..i hesitated in getting it done as there was a issue with someone else's eq6 and I wasn't that happy the way he dealt with it so holding onto my £469 for the time being..yes you get stiction with all mounts but thinking how slow the gears turn it don't need to swing around like a sail.. but if you have £469 for a hypertune or £560 for the stellerdrive burning a hole in your back pocket..

First light optics have a top class service...ive always tried to use a local source..as try to use local business etc but..flo have more of the items I'm looking for at great prices..you can't complain on delivery either..place the order..get comfirmation straight away..then a email back to say when it be delivered..within hours.. can't fault anything with them

Qhy5 and lodestar have a bigger pixel than a skyris

Hi i use a skyris 236m , im only just starting guiding with phd2 but have managed to sort of do it but not tried it with my oag yet..what it could be is because the prism picks off a small portion of light you might not be able to find a decent guidestar,ive been told by someone who used a qhy5-ii that he had to rotate it in the housing to find a guidestar..he then upgraded to a lodestar and now doesn't need to rotate... i am finding the exposure setting difficult to get a high enough snr on the guidestar but thats another test for the next available clear night,in your daylight test did you manage to get focus in both cameras?9 sorry,just reread what you wrote!) Quick question you could maybe answer for me is when you enter the focal length of the guidescope obviously there isnt one so what did you do? is there a separate part for oag's?

Sounds interesting..which direction was you looking..what horizon to horizon was it travelling?

I'd say a 80mm guide scope will do the job very well..and 50mm might be too small ..so somewhere between 60-80mm with be fine..i will be using a 80mm on my sct.. .but the same on my 80ed might be too much...consideration should be given to the mounts capabilities and the resolution of the guide camera..

Thankyou

Thanks..im working away so no chance of having a look..its a new unit,if i go onto auto align it goes off on its own accord and never reached full alignment.. First night i tried it i lost the whole eve as it recommened removing the finderscope..so when it didnt work i couldnt do my normal alignment as trying to find a star without a finder was impossible..second time it slewed around and thought about it for 10 mins before i swtched it off started again and did the same thing 3 times..another night lost..3rd time after doing the same thing again switched it off packed it away and did my normal alignment..and there its sat since..will try again soon if this weather playsball.. thanks again for your help

Glad your one works..at what stage have you enterered the coordinates as ive never found it or its never asked me. Ive tried 3 times but not wasting another night of good seeing with it..i wait until i havr a free evening and try again..

I was thinking the same thing... Didnt think it was that complicated.. i suppose asking a camera to do 2 separate things complicates the matter a little..

What are you going to image with it as its a planetry camera..i know your going to use it for oag but abit expensive just for that

Avoid Amazon..hearing lots of scams going on..support your local telescope shop or outlet.. I thought you need the small pixel size for higher resolution..i use a 8 inch sct..works good enough on that..

Ive got the mono version..awesome product..not used it as yet for guiding ..ive had people look at me in disbelief on the fps..

First thing with deep sky objects is you need a mount that will track..otherwise your limiting your exposure to seconds rather than mins..i get better results with a iso of 800 than any higher..