PaulM

I enjoy the views through the the following 2" setup on my dob; SkyWatcher 2" PanaView 38mm Eyepiece ED Deluxe 2x two-inch Barlow Lens Regarding astrophotography - you have the wrong setup to get the images you see on here and elsewhere. I recently bought a cheap 2nd hand DSLR and have managed to get images of the moon, Jupiter and Saturn and their moons and will need more practice at this. The 2" barlow has been required for me to get in close for these images. I will attempt this setup on the more brighter objects such as globular clusters but not sure what the results will be given I have no opportunity to do long exposures

I appreciate this is an old thread but thought I would add to the discussion I've owned a 12" GOTO SW and now have a 14" flexi non-GOTO SW - both bought used and secondhand I was actually taken aback by how much more I can see with the 14" when compared to the 12" with M42 (Orion Nebula) and M31 (Andromeda Galaxy) being good examples of being able to see more faint elements and structure Granted the 14" is large and cumbersome but I can take the base apart (I only screw in 4 of the holding bolts into the base) and position it where required and mount the tube within minutes and be observing

Its a Celestron Star Pointer - awful piece of kit, is very cheaply put together, unstable. I took mine off after 2 sessions with it and replaced with a Rigel Quickfinder

Great program congrats to the team who edited and put it together

Your right Horizon used to be brilliant I remember watching the episode about Voyager at Jupiter and being spellbound as a young kid

I remember this event as a child and was gutted I couldnt see it trom the UK Looks like its left behind a neutron star https://public.nrao.edu/news/alma-finds-possible-sign-of-neutron-star-in-supernova-1987a/

Enjoy sure you will, looks like a bargain

As said learn to starhop. Try brighter DSOs first such as the andromeda galaxy and ring nebula M57 both can be seen faintly in your finder scope and are easy to locate vis star hopping

Images taken at late twilight before the clouds rolled in as I was hoping to try and image Jupiter and Saturn. Images taken through my 350p 14" dob using my canon 350d at ISO100 at prime focus and then processed in GIMP - basically went through the menus and played around with the settings so much to learn Im happy and relieved I can get focus after reading this may be a problem with a dob but no issues nice image through the camera viewfinder when focusing Larger image taken through a 2" 2x barlow Looking forwards to adding basic imaging along with eye observing as part of my time out in the dark

I live under bortle 6 skies and could see a lot with my old 200p and spent hours observing dozens of targets a night so definetely get one as said if your budget allows go larger I have a 14" flexi which is manageable

I use the app from here gives a good view of clouds via radar https://www.weatherandradar.co.uk/

Finer focusing. When i fitted it to my 200p it was a very worthy upgrade to allow that extra fine control getting focus made me realise i was viewing things a tad out of focus sometimes

Fitted one to my 200p dob easy 10 minute job and ensure the tube is level or facing down just in case you drop anything

Went into A mode and custom setting were available now in setup 2 menu where i then set mirror lock to enabled, does sound right?

Dont seem to have that option in menus. Have looked on a few websites and its suppose to be there under the far right menu option setup2 https://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/EXT/EXTA11.HTM do i need to be in a specific mode?

Thanks that makes sense as when i took an image just now I got a white screen. Where would I check to enable shooting without a lens?

Great pics

Just took delivery of a used EOS 350D and t ring adaptor which fits on my 350p skywatcher dob fine as in the photo Just pointed it as a cloudy bright sky and the screen is blank/black menus show fine Was expecting to see something even just a general white screen put the dial wheel on landscape and selected a few different ISO settings from 200 to 800 Could you advise if this is ok and if so what general setting to start with I have no idead about DSLRs or cameras so a dummies guide would be great !!! Obviously with no tracking im hopeful i can image planets , moon, star clusters and fingers crossed bright nebula Any help would be really appreciated as like the screen on my camera im in the dark on all this

Canon EOS 350D used 2x 2" barlow - hefty piece of kit Canon t ring and 2" adaptor

Hi I unfortunately have no photos of the 300/350 together as I sold the 300 to get the 350. The dust cover over the primary came with the 350.

Stored my old 12" and 8" in the garage My current 14" lives in the conservatory corner

I started with a 200p as well and didnt regret getting a 2" wide angle EP just for M42 Orion Nebula and Pleidies which will impress as well as M81/82 and open star clusters. As for what I have I find the following covers how I want to observe a range of objects 4/8/15/24 and 32mm EPs and a 2x barlow.

Ordered quite a few goodies now the nights will be getting longer few arrived today 4mm Skywatcher UWA planetary EP ALTAIR 10x60mm RAIC finder to help spot DSOs 2" Baader UHC-S nebula filter Head torch with red light

Thanks for confirming

hi is a canon eos 300d suitable for a 350p dob looking to take pics of planets, moon, glob clusters and bright dso's so quick exposure times due to no tracking capability what adaptor wuld i need is a standard canon t ring ok? many thanks