Neil H

Welcome to SGL I started with the same scope had fun but soon upgraded

Still great shot Nigella love your images

Hi the ones that normally come with the scope are not good I upgraded mine to a top of the range SW one that allows 99% of the light into the eyepiece , if your worried about the screw marking the eyepiece get the 2 inch one and fit a self centering eyepiece holder like the baader click lock

The bresser is tight image around the Sun spots you can see the granular surface , the newt image is a little smaller it shows the Sun spots but harder to see granular surface , but I found it you use a phone to take a photo the newt works better , still working to get images from refractor using a phone or the ASL224MC

Hi I use my bresser 127/1200 with a Lacerta wedge and continuum filter and the views are great I would love to try a Lunt wedge to see what it better I also use my 8 inch Orion optics Newtonian with a Kendrick full aperture filter and that also works well , just love solar viewing

Mine does the same thing I just clear PAE then after 3 star alignment I do PAE training on 3 stars then I find it hits it's targets mine is on a tripod so I have to polar align every time

Hi it's a great image for a phone

Hi using a phone with out a mount is so hard so get a phone to eyepiece mount , depending on what phone you have there are loads of apps to control the phone camera , Samsung phones have the voice control so this stops the camera shake as you take the photo other makes may also be able to do this only had samsungs

Hi I had a go the other day but my wedge was at the caravan so used the VX8L and Kendrick filter but seeing was not good so a poor effort with smart phone

Polar alignment pro does everything from levelling the mount to polar alignment it also has day time polar alignment which is fairly good it's only a tiny bit out but I find using it day time then check at night Polaris is not out by much it will 100% be in the polar scope ready for fine adjustment

Hi the polar apps are just for the polar scope alignment , no synscan needed

Hi take a look at polar alignment pro it has different one here are the one it has

Brilliant images the Sun is amazing

Hi and welcome if you get stuck and can't think of the words just remember picture's speak a thousand words , enjoy the hobby and this super friendly forum

It's unusual for celestron not to have focal length on them all mine have

You could always mount the motor and use a belt on the focused knob

Hi I have a 127/1200 refractor if I use my asl224mc I have the 2 extensions that came with it and a 35mm and the 2inch to 1.25 adapter if pop an low power eyepiece in to get focus then remove the eyepiece when you fit the camera you will need to rack in focus point is closed to scope than with eyepiece watch this video on sharpcap the guy shows you he focus point of camera to eyepiece so this may help I found an image of mine when in focus

Hi Robin there is an NEQ6 on Astro b&s

Happy retirement to you both stay safe , will be missed by everyone

Another fast delivery from FLO , hope new label is true

That's a shame mate , how about getting a second-hand galaxy just to run your Astro apps you can get a good S6 for £85

Hi Tevin welcome to SGL your be learning for a life time , this is an amazing hobby and will keep you very busy there is so much to see

Hi mate try to disable the other app then run sky safari it may be a conflict with both using the same compass at the same time ,even if you turn it off the app some times still runs in the back ground

Hi glad your enjoying solar viewing great images , there is a great app space weather live for Android tells you how many solar Sun spots and were they are plus loads of info , they do have one for Apple but I can't remember what it's called

Well one of 2 things will happen your get drunk or start to hate tea lol Just going to make another cuppa and sit here and listen to the bird songs lovely and relaxing