Earl

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.

17 hours ago, UKRoman said:

The advice I received was 55mm. I’ve had a look elsewhere and some references mention 56mm. I can’t find 72.2mm anywhere though. Maybe that’s with the extender or reducer. 

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?

16 hours ago, fozzybear said:

How would this affect the wanted and for sale section for EU members. Does anyone know as I have had a look at the document below and rather confusing  

 

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

On 30/12/2020 at 10:44, Mr Spock said:

Any personal Item sent must be accompanied by a CN22 (under £270) or CN23 (over £270.00). 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.

See, my never ending ITOPS training is of use after all 😜

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

7 hours ago, FLO said:

Welcome to SGL 🙂 

France have reopened their border and the congestion is slowly clearing.

Currently we believe DHL will resume their Economy (via land / sea) service 4th January. We should then be able to make it available again at our website. 

Thank-you for your patience during these extraordinary times. 

Steve 

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)

On 16/10/2020 at 19:30, tooth_dr said:

Here are some pictures of mine. I’m using them with a widefield setup of QHY9 and Nikon 180mm lens. So far I’ve just used luminance (and a baader Ha filter also in the wheel).

 

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

On 17/09/2020 at 20:28, peter shah said:

I havent posted for a while its so good to finally get going again..... Ive been wanting to image a wide field of M45 for years.... managed to get tenough over the past 4 weeks now it is rising early in the morning.......total 12hrs  comprised of 300s, 180s and 60s exposures. Imaged with a  105mm 1.4 Sigman lens @ f2 with an ASI2600 OSC. Cmos

Processed in Pixinsight, Photoshop,and lightroom

Thanks for looking

Peter

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

I was thinking two cameras both fixed.

Wifi Range will be about 20 feet but in theory more if it works well as id like it to be mobile.

I could prototype with webcams

Im tinkering with the idea of a small setup that needs to be.

Solar Powered, Battery backup.

WiFi

Night and day camera

Some sort of computer to control it.

Day time might be point at my local lake rather than the sky.

Any thoughts?

no simple answer as both concepts work tbh,