Mandy D

54 minutes ago, dashi22 said:

Hello, I just bought a used Skywatcher 200p. I just tried to collimate it but without much success. The collimation screws don't have springs but instead it has rubber washers in where the springs are on my 150p. Is this normal or a previous owner's bodge? Also the locking screws are missing so I need the right size etc to try to find replacements?

Thanks

Are you sure there isn't a screw in that hole next to the Philips screw? It will be a socket head grub screw and black. I think I can see it, but not certain. You will need a hex (Allen) key to turn it. IIRC they are M6.

Much better than I got for first contact, as the seeing deteriorated rapidly in the last half hour!

Nice result!

Beautiful result!

41 minutes ago, MarsG76 said:

HAHA... they're all dots and pixels from our distance... have you uploaded anywhere? I'd like to see your work.

I've posted rather fewer images in here than I thought and, honestly, most are not really great, certainly not a patch on yours. Here are the links to the ones I can find:

https://stargazerslounge.com/topic/398353-my-first-stack-of-the-moon/#comment-4275130

https://stargazerslounge.com/topic/397894-jupiter-saturn/#comment-4272691

https://stargazerslounge.com/topic/397852-just-some-boring-sunspots/#comment-4271261

https://stargazerslounge.com/topic/397359-moon-jupiter-io-ganymede/#comment-4265512

47 minutes ago, MarsG76 said:

That "dot" is Dionie not Titan, according to the "Gas Giants" app.

Sorry, I was referring to my own image where the small dot is Titan. I did not make that very clear, did I?

It certainly beats my "big dot for Saturn", "Little dot for Titan" images! Nice!

Beautiful! All I got last night was a deep red dot for Antares as it was hanging out with the Moon. Your image has inspired me to go deeper into this region of sky.

The Moon and Saturn captured in a single image with 300 mm lens on Nikon D3200. Inset shows detailed view of each object from the single frame.