Miguel1983

Hi and welcome, for me this is a winner if you're just starting with astronomy, it's slightly over your budget, but the optics are great, it's compact and it has goto, if you're unfamiliar with the night sky that is a BIG plus. I started with a classic 10" dobsonian, but when you don't now where is what it can get frustrating, so the second scope i bought was this one, i still have it, and for it's size you can look up a lot of objects. The only negative about this scope is the tripod, that needs to be replaced with a beefier one, and i can also recommend buying a handcontroller in time. Good luck !

i was tempted, but then my brain kicked in...

I that one of those anniversary edition C8's ? 🤩

Can't speak for CCD, never had or used one, but i think the zwo ASI 1600 has to be one of the most popular camera's for AP, but even the 1600 won't get M31 fully covered. You would need a full frame camera for that, but you Evostar 120 + 2"reducer won't have a image circle large enough to cover that sensor. Objects like M31, M42, NGC7000, .... ask for a short FL scope or a full frame rig if you can afford it. (if you wan't to shoot them in 1 go, there's always mozaik...)

Hi, this is the second image shot with the TS 76EDPH, still got some tweaking to do on it, but it isn't bad neither (i think?) So the North America Nebula in Cygnus, shot with the ZWO asi1600mm pro and Optolong SHO filters and all well supported by the HEQ5 Pro Rowan. Integration time is 11.75hrs.

Happy to help !

Got a Pulsar-ish pier and made a 60/60/60cm concrete base for it , that's 400-500kg

Yes, there are diagonals with SCT treads instead of a 2" nosepiece, i have one from William Optics, i's old though, not sure they still make that, but some other brand might. I don't use it however, i don't like a screwed on diagonal, it prevents you turning it to a more convenient viewing position if needed, that's where the Baader Click lock is genius. Keep in mind, you're almost never going to look straight at the zenith, and if on occasion you're selecting a target that is in that location, you can always wait an hour or so until it's past zenith, so i wouldn't bother a whole lot.

Hi, yes that's the reducer i use. You'll need to check what connection the CPC 1100 or Edge 11 HD has, mine has the 3,25" connection and a reducing ring (just in front of the reducer on the photo above) to 2"SCT, so i use a 2" click lock adaptor. The diagonal is from Prima Luce Lab. The reducer screws into the adaptor mentioned. The Feather touch focuser is very smooth, i do get a lot of focus shift, but i think that's to be expected on a SCT scope, although i suspect the Edge has a better mounted primary and less focus shift, not sure tough.

Hi, just checked, room to spare. Mine is the Nexstar 11 GPS, but i think the CPC is the same. edit: i see u want to use the bigger reducer, if i’m not mistaken, that reducer is more aimed at astrophotography, the smaller and cheaper 6,3 reducer should work fine for visual. I don’t use it though, a 40mm eyepiece is fine for me.

Hi, This is my version of NGC6995 taken over several moon-lit nights. SW Esprit 120@ F5.25 on the EQR-pro. Zwo ASi 1600mm pro and Astronomik SHO filters. Ha 95 x 300s Sii 90 x 300s Oiii 90 x 300s Stacked in DSS, processed in PixInsight.

Started again from scratch

Some planetary gear came this week, the ADC was the last item to be delivered today.

Hi, i would rate this as a very good starter set, the ED80 has nothing to prove, it delivers more than the price would suggest. The evoguide is also very good, but the most important feature of this guider is the built in helical focuser i would say. The guider is best mounted on top and not in the finder shoe as shown above, difficult or impossible to balance this way. i still have the evoguide , but I’ve sold the ED80 in favor of a shorter triplet.

it's difficult trying to match a universal taste of what's good, i tend to look at results on astrobin and i try to match that. The French they say "Les gouts et les couleurs on discute pas" 🙂

Hi, This is M31 taken with the TS 76EDPH F4.5 refractor this month, so quite low, i had to dump a lot of subs and stacked 240 L's and about 85 subs of each channel RGB, all are 60 seconds. This image is the first light for both the scope and the HEQ5 pro Rowan.

Oh i do, love it ! Only thing is i've should have made it for two setups as you see i've added a pier in the garden already, but i'm guessing it will never be enough in this addictive hobby 😆

No not that i can tell by looking at guiding. If the pier is perfectly level, moving up and down does not alter PA, the polar axis of the mount remains parallel to the Earth's rotation axis.

thanks, it's is very good and stable , most of the time is it at the level as shown above, but on occasion i raise it for a lower target, like Neowise recently or the moon etc

Surveillance in place 😎

Thanks, i’ve used pixelmath in Pixinsight, Ha in Red, 50% Ha & Oiii in Green and Oiii in Blue

Hi, this is M27 taken with my Esprit 120 @ 630mm (TS .75 reducer) and ASI1600mm pro. 52 x 300 sec Ha & Oiii, so about 8,7hrs. Post process with DSS and PixInsight. Astrobin Thanks for looking, commenting...

I've had some issues a few weeks ago with a failing PSU that killed my mount and ASI1600 so pick your PSU carefully is my advice.

Small update, i've added a simple weather station, just temp and humidity in and outside. And a pier was placed just outside the obs for a second wide field imaging rig. Next i will be looking into some camera surveillance i think...

Hi, haven't looked at the data yet, but ik can tell you 2hrs is not much, and certainly not with an OSC cam witch is 4x less sensitive than mono. So keep it up, data data data 😉