Sunshine

Impressive detail here, very well done.

My most desired telescope is a TOA130 on a Skywatcher AZ3 mount 🤣 kidding about the mount but it's fun to imagine that combo.

A TOA130, it will be mine!!!!

Great review! i am considering one of these zooms.

Very nice work!

I love it, it looks like a sliver or Mars.

I must say these are some of the most detailed lunar closeups I have seen, amazing!

Amazing!

Congratulations! it looks wonderful and I am sure you've just jumped into a love affair with a 4" scope which will sweep you off your feet.

Welcome to SGL!

Wow! the detail in these is amazing!

Awesome image!

Yes! now let me read your post.

1 hour ago, JeremyS said:

It’s been a while since I’ve had Dizzy, the Tak FC 100DZ, out for action. Grab and went with ScopeTech Zero and Berlebach Report.

When you look at your collection of Tak's trying to decide which to take out do you sometimes feel dizzy? 🤣

Amazing, considering Mars has looked a lot like Betelgeuse, to me, also using a 100mm refractor. In great seeing I can see the most minuscule white dot of a polar cap but that’s about it.

Beautiful! at first glance I thought it was a detailed sketch, it has that contrasty charcoal sketch look especially the northern portion.

Ooh interesting! i was always able to see those images (stereographic images) almost immediately, i have to try this if not just for fun as I can’t imagine holding this technique too long.

Wonderful images as always!

Beautiful images, though i am not an expert, I believe these may be what are referred to as sprites or upper atmosphere lightning, they occur high up and look sort of like a solar flare. Though i am not so sure they are associated with the aurora as much as with storms, but i could be wrong.

By the looks of this fine pic I’d say you are an imager, nice work.

On 31/03/2023 at 05:59, josefk said:

Using this rainy Friday to mess about weighing eyepieces and fine tune balancing arrangements on the AZ100 - just dialling out minor irritations in my set-up basically to enjoy next time it's clear - anyway - here the TOA behaving itself with an EP at the heavier end of the scale.

Beautiful setup, beautiful image!

Omg these are stupendous! just gorgeous amount of detail!

1 minute ago, wookie1965 said:

Yes incorporating skysafari into it or a way of using skysafari with starsense

I am not aware of any cross compatibility with the starsense module and other software other than the Starsense app itself, good question though.

26 minutes ago, DaveL59 said:

self-contained version.

Which one are you referring to? the dobs labelled "starsense explorer" use the phone module (the only dobs celestron makes) plus there are a few newtonian and refractor models which also use the phone modules.

WOW that is phenomenal, the detail in that flare is gorgeous!

Wonderful setup! I didn't know the AZ GTI could handle the weight of a 102 but I guess I was wrong.