Neil H

Wow looking at photos I know what I would buy 

Hi I use the 224mc great camera but sensor is small so can't always fit target in . Did first use it with my OO VX8L  which is 200x1200 did get lots of movement and that was on a HEQ5PRO mount 

Sorry can't help with the rest of your question but I would get largest sensor you can for the money or may be look at a DSLR that's Astro modded there is one on Astro buy and sell at £180 free postage 

1 minute ago, Littleguy80 said:

There was a rather explosive prom around tea time this evening. With all the activity of late you’ve picked a great time to get a Ha scope!

I can't get photos on my phone so will have to wait till I am home and I will try a zwo 224 mc 

Views were good this morning lots to see 

1 hour ago, wookie1965 said:

Nice one Neil all you need now is an adapter and take a couple of shots with your phone lol more money.

I have got one but my galaxy does not like solar but will keep trying  lol

First light with the daystar solarscout. Wow amazing proms were really clear with a nice group of sun spots with a filament just below and to the right shame about the clouds , but just a little test really to see what eyepieces work the 18 bst was about max for full disc but 40,32 mm gave great views 25mm was nice harder to get your eye just right but that was that eyepiece the celestron zoom worked up to half it's range . The binoviewer was a bit harder to get right but I think  it's just getting used to the solarscout first warm up was about 10 mins just as a test I went from full blue to full red end 2 clicks at a time and reheat was seconds 

I got the sw solar quest mount after scope alignment to mount it was spot on every time I did a restart with the mount 

Worth the wait of 6 days to test it roll on the summer 

I can't get over how fast FLO is thanks to Grant and the team at FLO . And a thanks to Roy on here for the advice , we're going HA at last 

Very nice I do fancy one will have to save up 

Hi mate I use this to run my HEQ5PRO it runs it for 4 nights before i recharge it it will run dew strips as well as scope I can charge my tablet and phone as well it's damp proof  and you can run it to dead and leave it months before a recharge with no problems , I have it's smaller brother as well and that's 5 years old 

https://www.rothervalleyoptics.co.uk/celestron-powertank-lithium-pro.html

I subscribed ready for the really good stuff to come , when your ready Robert 

That's not good mate  

That's a bit of a worry as they still come with that focuser , can you remember what the problem was with it 

Hi I have a telrad on my newt but you will need a riser on a dob , but on my mak I have baader super sky surfer not cheap but it's really nice well built and I can remove it and refit it and it keeps its set up spot on 

https://www.firstlightoptics.com/finders/baader-40mm-super-sky-surfer-v-night-day.html

Yeah I did look at it but not saved enough yet, shame 

Hi Paul I know what your saying but was going to make a solar set up  that's Grab and go

I think I read somewhere it's still a hard job to attach a camera to the pst , I was hoping for an easy answer but looks like that's not as easy to answer , the Lunt must be better due to its price but is it ??

Solar quest mount is the one I was going to get my HEQ5Pro does not track the sun well 

1 minute ago, Carbon Brush said:

+1 for @Highburymark suggestion. Also @Peter Drew Yes etalon performance does vary.
If you can see the results from a 2nd hand scope you are looking to buy, that is ideal.

I used to own a PST. For 'go outside and look immediately' it was very good. But it didn't take long to find the limits.
My LS60 (pressure tuned) has a bit more setup but produces more.

I found a Solarquest mount really good. You don't have anything like the alignment/levelling of other mounts.
It comes in handy when you leave a scope out all day and you have to move around the garden to avoid shadows.
Though you can persuade your night time tracking mounts to look sunward to save some money.

HTH, David.

Hi I was going to buy the SW solar mount with the telescope , just a bit lost what one to get 

Hi I always try 100% to buy from FLO , they don't do the 40 Lunt they start at 50 so if I get the Lunt I will have to save up for the double stack if it needs it which is one question ? If the PST which already have the double stack is about same price of 50 Lunt with no double stack is that better ? Hard question I know 

I trust the members on here to send me in the right direction 

Thanks guys that's answered my question the Lunt does look a better made scope , so is the 40 better than the 50 ?  

Hi everyone this has probably been asked before , at the moment I do white light with my bresser 127 and Lacerta wedge , I now want to move into HA , i don't have a huge budget so it's down to 2 scopes a PST with double stack or the Lunt 50 Tha b600pt,  if I add a double stack it doubles the price so it's well out of range  , so my question is would the Lunt without the double stack give me better views than the PST with a double stack ??

I will keep looking at second-hand  market for a Lunt with double stack at a good price but they don't come up very often

Kind regards Neil

Yeah I know how you feel just hope the summer makes up for it

God I do love the wood look I have one of there chairs 

Mine is boring compared to you guys , new eyepiece bag thought I would take a chance on this from FLO no reviews yet looks well made , and a 12mm BST so I have some pairs to go with my binoviewer

Brilliant great images 

RIP John you gave me so much help when I started , now I know why me PMs didn't get answered , 2 nd sad news today as my brother in law died today Some times life sucks

RIP John God bless you my friend

Hi I did get an answer back from talentcell they said it's 12 volt / 2 amp but will let you pull 3 amps , so may have to see how it does if it can't do the mount it will just be used on the dew strip which is 5 volt has its own stepper up to 12 volt