lukehill
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I am also in this dilemma and i will look to see how other members reply.
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well i've been telescopeless for 7 years and that was using a reflector telescope with a 6 " mirror. Untill i dropped my equipment tripping on a step on my way back into the house not only did i break the telEscope but it also broke the mount it came with and that was pretty much how i stopped for 7 dormant years but alas it has reawakened im pretty handy on a computer not so much with photography but i'm keen and enthusiastic. wallet is stopping me from advancing but then this is an expensive hobby or not?
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2 hours ago, Nicola Hannah Butterfield said:
It's not that difficult, I think learning how things all work together is the steepest curve, the biggest problem I had was getting the computer to chat with the mount, I can also do it remotely from my bedroom, the two star clusters I did last night M5 and M13 were monitored from my room. So in just over a month I have gone from unguided to remotely controlling my scope and image capture.
Hopefully i can get close to where you at, 'once i learn the steep curve.
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5 minutes ago, Dave1 said:
That's a great price for both the Skywatcher ED100 Pro F9 and HEQ5 mount! Enjoy
f/15 wow do u use a reducer ?
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Hi thanks, yeah i'm really chuffed i was able to purchase this. Soon as i realized it had fl-53 lens i brought it without seeing anything else but the telescope which was inside its own matching hardcase. when he delivered the rest i was blown away; then when i got it out and tried it with the williams optics 40mm eyepiece i was blown away again... now no pun intended but im starstruck.
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that image i would b proud to produce
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Yes it is a E-SWA40 Swan 40mm 2" 72 degrees of view.
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wow i didn't expect such a quick reply. Thanks for the link that is very helpful, although with my budget that's pretty expensive. I guess i am going to have to save some money. But at least now i know there is a solution. Pity you can't try b4 you buy.
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So i have recently acquired a sky-watcher pro ED 100 with a HEQ5 Pro mount for £350.00 pounds. It also came with williams optics 40mm wide angle 2" eyepiece and 3 stock eye pieces from sky-watcher LIT series 5mm 9mm and the 20mm 1.25. Now the good news is i got this for amazing price. However i was hoping to put this to use in astrophotography. So what are my options {as i know its an F/9} and that seems to be a problem in most forums for use in astrophotography. If you have the time to reply that be great.
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SW ED100 and ZWO ASI290MC camera.
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thank you for this information