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I think a Evostar 120 might be far heavier than you are anticipating. not particularly portable imo

good rule of thumb with mounts is to check what they are supplied with, then if you want to do astrophotography look one or two models above (ideally the best you can afford)

I suspect once prices have gone up and the situation has reached its normal state (whatever that is) the prices will stay up. not due to the retailer but the supply chain.

If I ever get into Aatrophotography again (tiem permiting as i dont have much spare these days) it will be via a subscribed service, far less faff and cheaper on the pocket. Im Tempted to get a 5D MkIII and 24-70 again as i enjoyed those.

Ah yeah reducer spacing iirc

I thought the spacing was 72.2mm or was the the 106?

Top left hand corner looks like odd shaped stars also

id check that everything is threaded totally true and square as a starting point.

How's the Used market there?

anyone use one of these setups, and how does it perform for luna imaging?

You will need to check with French Authorities (id guess most the EU to the UK will be the same but might not be)

from what i understand "Commercial exports to EU from Jan 1st will need a C88 SAD, commercial invoice, a transport document (AWB, CMR, BoL) and as proof of export, a DTi-S8." is only applicable if you are a manufacture, retailers just do the CN22 CN23's https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/notice-143-a-guide-for-international-post-users/notice-143-a-guide-for-international-post-users

I have a backlog of toy soldiers i can finally post YAY

How close to Jupiter and Saturn get visually, less that a full moon diameter?

A good 32mm Plossl is an essential piece of kit

Lots of times, once you have your finder aligned it's far easier just to grab point and go.

Have you confirmed the cable is working. the usb ports work? is the hub powered? Although they should do not all USB ports behave equally.

Always Orion

Wow im out of touch! SUNoculars coolness

The 6SE will be an easier scope to get used to, its primary strengths are Luna and Planetary The Orion Starseeker IV 150 GoTo will be a steeper learning curve as you need to understand collimation to get the best out it. but is more versatile as a scope overall. A Dobsonian (with the collimation learning) might be the better route. and you will get much more aperture for your money (goto is overrated imo)

Those look very much like QHY filters

Unless it is the same temperature as the ambient your always going to need cooldown, make sure whatever you do it has good ventilation you dont what it to be a dramp trap.

Id drop FLO a message for ZWO vs Baader comparison

I tried many options and the best was a local PC to the scope controlled via lan with TeamViewer uSB can be a pain

looks Awesome Peter so busy need to mosaic is much bigger to the belt !!