Neil H

Hi Mick that's a nice size of telescope to start with your love it 

Hi and welcome to SGL this is an amazing hobby with loads to learn 

2 hours ago, johninderby said:

Just very Japanese and for a scope intended for the Japanese market. 🙄

So looking at the picture if you can't see a train in space the telescope must be broken then , strange picture

Hi guys just a small delivery today and it starts to rain sorry guys 

Steve she was looking at a £130,000 merc for her birthday lol 

 Your a lucky man happy birthday for when it was 

Brilliant photo👍

Welcome from luton 👍

Yeah a clear as mud lol 

Ok Craig that focuser i got from you is so nice to use made the telescope  so much better  . I will come to you when i get stuck on the planets 

Ok will do i will have loads of questions  like what are darks ? What are flats ?

Wow so not like a record 🙄

It is not here yet but email said 850mn  if that means any thing to you Craig

Hi last time I needed screws for a telescope I went to screwfix  take one with you they will match the thread  then sort out what length you need

2 hours ago, Cornelius Varley said:

It depends on how you define "faster". All stars rotate around the celestial poles at the same angular velocity (15 degrees/hr), those further away from the poles may appear to be moving "faster" but this is only because they are further from the centre of rotation. 

 

So it's like a record on a player outer looks fast then the centre but it's all the same speed I never thought about like that 

Hi all I have a ASL 224 MC  camera I ordered the wrong IR filter I got a pass not a cut , the guy at the telescope house said that this filter is better for planets when they are low as they are now and a cut filter will be better when they are high up , so I ordered a IR cut filter so I have both now my questions are 

Do you ever use a IR pass filter ? What sort of photo will you get ?

will it be better on planets low in the sky ?

this is the email I got 

Hi Neil,

Apologies you haven't heard back from us - we are incredibly busy currently.  Unfortunately the order has actually gone out already.  You're welcome to return the filter if you want.

The filter you've bought actually matches the 224 extremely well.  While it’s not a conventional IR filter and we can certainly swap it over for one if you want to return it, I would actually recommend sticking with this filter as well - it’s veryuseful and will allow you to do a lot more with the camera, especially during the permanent astronomical twilight we're experiencing in the UK for the next couple of months.  This filter allows you to use the full resolution of the camera for IR and near IR imaging.  This is really useful when trying to combat poor seeing conditions you get when imaging planets lower down towards the horizon - ideal for where Jupiter and Saturn are currently located in the sky.  While a conventional IR filter like this one:

https://www.telescopehouse.com/accessories/filters/imaging/ir-cut-filter-1-25.html

will certainly help to tighten things up a little when dealing with brighter targets, it does depend what design of telescope you’re using as to the efficacy of using a fairly gentle low pass filter like this - what's your main telescope?

the belt height seem to be more controlled by the idler pulley so you need to get the gears to run in line but the larger gear will make the belt run high or low , the larger  gear can be moved on the shaft or place washers between the motor and mounting plate to make motor sit deeper in the housing , Rowan did send washers out to a customer who was having this problem

But all I did was move the large gear out about 0.5 of a mm  on the motor shaft so when I run the mount the belt did not ride up towards the cover that fits on top, it may take a few tiny adjustments till it runs as you want it 

Hi my HEQ5 with the rowan belt upgrade was fine to start off but after a few weeks had a strange clicking , that was the belt running to high I adjusted the large tooth gear  this then stopped the belt from riding up , your may be the same and just needs a tiny adjustment it take a few goes to get it right so the belt does not move up or down in use 

I have tried to get hold of them left message for call back but no one has so now sent email telling them its the wrong filter . So hope they sort it before they post it so saves me send it back and waiting for the IR cut to come 

So thst filter is wrong 

Hi all i have ordered  the ZWO ASL 224 MC camera i also ordered  the IR cut filter but just look back at email i was sent it says ZWO 850mn IR PASS FILTER

Is the wrong one coming or is this what i need 

1 hour ago, barkingsteve said:

you need a usb type B 3.0  something like this:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/AmazonBasics-USB-3-0-Cable-Feet-Black/dp/B00NH144GK/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=USB+Type+B+3.0&qid=1591006288&quartzVehicle=694-1832&replacementKeywords=usb+type+3.0&sr=8-4

Hi Steve I have one coming

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003WV5DN8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Hope it's right 

Brilliant thank you so much as soon as camera comes all my questions will start

Hi does any one know what plug in on the USB lead that plugs into the ASL 224 MC  camera for imaging I want to get a longer lead 

The crosshair eyepiece is normally 12mm so it's narrow FOV , so for the cheap price may be worth trying one it will make things faster and easier

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Seben-Illuminated-Eyepiece-Crosshair-Telescope/dp/B00I4RHUTU/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=reticle+eyepiece&qid=1590953503&sr=8-5

Cheap one 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Explopur-Illuminated-Eyepiece-Planetary-Telescope/dp/B07VG5V298/ref=sr_1_10?dchild=1&keywords=reticle+eyepiece&qid=1590953503&sr=8-10

Hi I use a cross hair eyepiece to do set up you then know your 100% right , if jump down to a low mm eyepiece  it's normally in the field view but not centre so I would say it's is just the fov of the camera but may be worth trying a cross hair eyepiece