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The adapter is the Tele-Camera Adaptor for Eyepiece Projection which just fake today. Sorry this is probably a stupid question but what are spacers?

Thanks I’ll have a look into them. The only reason I had the Barlow on is because I’m waiting for the adapter to allow the camera to look straight through the telescope.

The problem with getting to infinity focus is that I couldn’t see the DSO at all even after focusing on a near by star (Through live view). Just to note the live view didn’t show anything like the picture was took and attached above .

Thank you. Next time I get clear skies I’ll have a play around!

Thanks I did try focusing on a near by star in cancer. I was using live view on both APT an the camera screen. But since I couldn’t see Anything on the screen I decided to go ahead and just take some exposures to see what I got. Maybe after focusing on that star in cancer I shouldBe played around the focus more.

So tonight I went out with my Sky-Watcher Evostar 102 and EQ3 SynScan GOTO mount and Canon 650D. I tried to capture some images of M44 with the barlow lens attached as i have just ordered an eye projection adaptor to avoid using the barlow lens. However, I could not get focused on the stars because I could not see them on the display screen on Astro Photography Tool. I was at 20" exposures at ISO 1600 , I even tried bumping up to ISO 12800 to try and find the cluster, and nothing showed up on the screen even when pressing the auto stretch button which just resulted in loads of fuzzy colours. The only way I knew the DSO was in view was by replacing the camera with an eyepiece to check. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to focus or even be able to see this object on the preview screen of the software? Below is the final stacked result of what I got. I know it's not good at all but thought it might help give a better understanding of the issue! Thank you!

Thank you I’ll have a try next time there’s clear skies!

Thank you! Just to make sure should it look like a sort of fuzzy area like the attached picture?

Hi everyone recently I purchase a canon 650D primarily for capturing DSO’s. I have notice you can get clip on filters but I’ve discovered there are different types such as narrowband, light pollution and UV. I’m not sure which one is best and I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on this for me please. Thank you!

Yeah only got 45 minutes in or so then I tried to go to M13 but the clouds came. Fingers crossed we get a clear night soon!

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Welcome, have a good time

Welcome

Welcome

I only got about an hour then the clouds rolled in. Weather forecast was way off!

Hi john just to let you know I was successful in viewing the nebula tonight. After finding with my 25mm I put in my 10mm and saw the little star above it to the right and I can happily say I saw the nebula which is the first time I have ever viewed a nebula. Thank you to you and everyone who has contributed to helping me find it!

Just came in at what I can happily say was a successful viewing of the nebula!

Thank you! I’ll have a look out tonight if the weather is nice and I’ll get back to you with how I get on!

So would it be a good idea to go to the bright star next to where it says draco then slew to them two stars on in the triangle and I’ll pretty much be there?

I seem to get pretty well aligned as when I went to Vega it was more or less in the centre of the eyepiece. I’ll give it another shot tonight. Thanks!

Thanks I’ll have a look into some of them books. When guiding I use stellarium and I also refer to these attached images.

I’ll have another try tonight, I’m fine with viewing m44 and the double cluster but viewing nebulae and objects such as m13 are a really big challenge for me at the minute

Thank you, so would you recommend finding it without the Barlow then applying the Barlow when I find it maybe? Also I just remembered I was using a 25mm eyepiece so maybe using the 10mm would help?

So tonight I was out with my skywatcher 102 and eq3 synscan Mount with a x2 Barlow lens and I was trying to view the cats eye nebula. After looking at some pictures I think I found the stars which surround the nebula as it seemed to line up through my telescope as it did on the pictures. However, there was no nebula in sight! I played around the area trying to find it but had no luck all night! Is it the case that I would only be able to see it through long exposure images using a DSLR or should I be able to see it just through the eye piece? Any ideas would be appreciated on how to view the nebula

I think one is sharpened and drizzled and the other is neither sharpened nor drizzled. There’s about 20 in the stack.