R26 oldtimer

As long as they keep supporting their products (after all you don't buy a mount for a couple of years) with spare parts, then the more, the merrier...

What Louis said, I've got the GSO one and works really good. I think that a 5mm length m48 to m42 adapter is already included, meaning you'll need aprox 15-20mm spacer to fine-tune the distance. You will unscrew the eyepiece holder part and screw your t-ring with spacers to the CC's main body which houses the optical elements. The focal plane will also be shifted aprox. 20mm outward of the focuser which means that newtonians that normally won't come to focus with a DSLR (unless you move the primary mirror up) will focus with this cc as they would with a Barlow. Gave up mine for a Lacerta GPU which is a bit better but far more expensive.

That's a VERY nice find, congrats. Do you mind sharing the asking price, just for the extra drool sake? 🤤

There is an adapter available to fit the nyx on the eq6 tripod. Very simple to install. https://www.firstlightoptics.com/harmonic-drive-mounts/pegasus-universaleq6-adapter-for-nyx-101-mount.html

Too far away to get a scope or eyepiece signed, but you can make it if you hurry up!

Having received my nyx-101 yesterday, I thought it would be nice to have a dedicated thread in order to have all the information and feedback from the users gathered together. I'll start with a couple of photos and a mini "first impressions" review. First of all I must say that this is my first non-skywatcher mount. Before the nyx I had an Eq6 as well as an azgti, so pretty much covered in terms of portability & payload. My intention was for the new mount to replace the other two. Sizewise it sits between the two but it's closer to the eq6 albeit much lighter especially without the counterweights. I've kept the eq6 tripod for it's sturdiness (and because I already had it), but may consider the carbon tripod in the near future. So, it came in a very nice padded case and it certainly has the looks to support it's price tag. It is very well engineered with nice finish. The polar aligning nobs are not made like cable traps and the altitude bolt operates a tangent gear, so no more bent altitude bolts. Once secured on the tripod via the eq6 tripod adapter I grabbed the dual vixen-losmandy puck and tried to move it around. No wiggle, no movement, no backlash noticable, just rock solid. After downloading the unity app (which includes all the necessary ascom drivers) on the PC, as well as my phone I did all the necessary software and firmware updates. Then I played a bit with unity & skysafari 6 on the phone. Used the LX850 protocol for skysafari 6, although I hear there is a dedicated nyx protocol for skysafari 7. Two things I found different was that due to the RA brake you can't slew or go-to the mount unless previously unparked/tracking from the unity app and that by pressing the direction buttons the mount slewed first on one side and then on the other but that's because of the way it's direction commands are taken literally (north is always north so movement differs on sides of pier). Next I set it up in my balcony and loaded my ED120 with guidescope on it. Keep your fingers clear and set the mount's limits properly (it has horizon and 2 hours before/ after meridian user set but not user overriden limits) because when that thing starts to moves, it really moves in an unstoppable and forcefull way. It just moves like it doesn't care what is carrying, even though the ED120 is pretty light for a 5" frac. I will certainly try it with my 10" dobsonian newt this summer for imaging and I am pretty sure it will handle it for visual. Fired up the mini PC, Nina, phd2 communicate seamlessly. At this point I have to say that I am really impressed with the wifi connection. Tried PC connection with USB or wifi and there was no difference. Pretty strong signal, never missed a beat, unlike the low signal and lag that I had with the azgti or my diy wifi adapter. Guiding started a little rough @1.3-1.6" but after a few minutes turned to PHD2's predictive pec algorithm. After 5-10 minutes guiding fell to an excellent (for my local seeing and light pollution conditions) 0.65-0.80" with 1sec exposures. Also tried 0.5, 1.5, 2 sec exposures with more or less the same result. More than 2 secs and guiding RMS rose to 0.75-0.8", then tried some super fast guiding with 0.2sec exposures and guiding RMS went down to 0.5-0.6". The nyx gave me somewhat better rms results compared to my self-tuned eq6, but the guidegraph was noticeably smoother, so a lot better when comparing peak to peak. Guiding was also very consistent during the 2.5-3 hour test. One thing to note is that you must check the reverse DEC after flip box on PHD2. Overall I am pretty happy with this purchase and I consider this mount to be a step up, performance wise, from my eq6, something that was really troubling me until the first test. Following, a couple of photos and a guidelog from last night. PHD2_GuideLog_2023-02-01_175137.txt

Set up last night the nyx-101 with my SW ED120 for a quick first light in my balcony. Very impressed, it is rock solid on the eq6 tripod and it slewed around the 5" frac as if there was nothing on it (although the sw120 is reasonably light for it's aperture). I will add a first impressions post on the mounts section later with a guidelog.

Although it's still noon, the night is here!

Yes, that's why I mentioned the focal length, it's the easiest way to identify them, even from the specs.

If the 114 Newtonian has a focal length of 1000mm, it's better to steer clear... https://stargazerslounge.com/topic/183319-jones-bird-how-to-avoid-it/

For me, the most agonizing and guilt generating astro purchase was the second one. Six months after buying my first scope (a Celestron powerseeker 80/900 with eq1 mount) for about £150, it was time for a better eyepiece. An AliExpress Celestron 8-24 zoom eyepiece cost me £50, which was 1/3 the value of my existing astro gear. I 've never bought anything priced one third of my existing equipment since, although I have paid a lot - lot more than £50 for a single item....

This little box arrived today (teaser? 🤩). Another bigger box is expected on Tuesday.

This is my take on sh2-115. SHO data were taken during the summer, approx 40 hours consisting of 10min subs, plus 30mins each RGB for the stars. Individual subs where very dim, seems I have to expose longer with my QHY9m....

That's pretty much what I did with a gigabyte brix-3160. You don't need much for image acquisition, and can be had for almost as much as an Rpi4. Also got a 32Gb mini SD card for image transfer.

Guilty as charged 😂...

I think you have to click on the wrench icon, bottom right.

Almost every Bayer matrix leaks NIR to almost the same level for each of the three channels (R,G &B). That's why with a full spectrum modded camera when used with a 800+ NM IR pass filter, the images are monochromatic (black and white)

Off when imaging and guiding, on for visual use.

O tempora, o mores!

Yesterday I talked to a friend who received his NYX -101 mount with tripod. Looks and feels really nice and well built. Seems that the first batch of mounts produced by PegasusAstro were delivered in two rounds to the suppliers, with the first round arriving to their happy owners this week, while the second round currently on its way to the suppliers, is expected to reach the final consumers after the 15th of January. Pretty exciting times as I have one ordered myself.... Planning to replace both my EQ6pro and Azgti, will this mount be the one to rule them all? (At least for payloads up to 20-25kg)

Shot with a QHY9, Bresser 150/750 with GSO CC, and Baader NB filters. This year my goal is to improve my processing skills, since this image is made from approx 40 hours of data, which I feel are underpresented with this version. Comments as always welcome.

Lifepixel's Ha mod probably means they took out the original (hot mirror) filter, and replaced it with an astronomical uv-ir cut, which doesn't block Ha. Give them a call and ask, or you can take a picture through an old exposed film negative. If you get a picture with a very short exposure, then it's a full spectrum mod.

Tokina 11-16 or 11-20 f/2.8 is a great lens for milky way - nightscapes, and very nice for day photography. For more reach you can get a manual Nikkor 105 f/2.5 ai-s which is very well corrected even for full frame sensors, and a great portrait lens.

It can be done. This thread is about making a lower cost diy wifi adapter for sw eq mounts which has the same functionality as the skywatchers official product, the wifi dongle. In my opening post I present such a solution which requires no programming skills, while during the last posts some other members posted their efforts going different routes with hardware that needs programming, for which I would had prefered to be in separate threads to avoid confusion. Anyway, if you built a diy wifi adapter, it will have the same functionality of Skywatcher's wifi dongle. So you can control your mount through: a PC utilizing either eqmod or SW synscan app pro for windows Or a mobile phone utilizing SW synscan pro app, standalone or in conjunction with skysafari

IC 1805, shot from Athens, white zone bortle 9+. SW eq6, Nikon D5300, Tecnosky 70ed quadruplet, optolong l-extreme. 313x300sec, ISO 200 subs.