Earl

Many things are made in Mexico and go through good years and bad (thinking Guitars myself), pretty much applies to many other places too.

Have you tested the mount with another handset or eqdir ? 

On 14/04/2022 at 20:30, adyj1 said:

I approached my neighbour about her dusk-to-dawn security floodlight and she allowed me to put a light shield on it, so you never know... 

when i had a similar situation I just asked if they could point it down a touch so it didn't come over the fence, they were very apologetic and did it straight away.

2 hours ago, johninderby said:

The round bits look properly round so that's a good start. 🙂

bought them that way

The pieces are coming together.

We have his and hers NAS full with decades of data, lots of memories.

you could make a single arm mount but it would be much heftier than a normal dob mount, I think upto 6 inch would be ok but after that the traditional type is better.

Im looking how to attach my OTA to the upright arm (I am DIYing a SW130p OTA with a single arm dob base like the SW one) with a vixen dovetail and have a clutch, any thoughts?

Is the Dark brown in the image dust, if you can capture a lot more data on that it will take some form and not look like noise?

The 127 really does well for its price..

OH wow this is far harder than I thought, any tips?

this is my best effort so far

59 minutes ago, ollypenrice said:

I agree, but there have been a lot of quality control issues afflicting both types of FSQ in the last couple of years.

Olly

That is disappointing to hear

As we have had the opportunity to measure expansion due to when we are, when would objects outside of our galaxy become invisible to us? im guess high end billions of years or is this a not really thing?

Something like a FSQ865 (much better than some 106 versions) is a dream to image with and that low F, colour correction and ease of use comes with a price tag.

will it be ok for a drop the eyepiece test?

Although the 130pds is cheap and can do the job, I'd go with a small refractor to start with. Its simpler to use but will cost more.

Its sweet spot is where your wallet says enough

this is a good example of DSLr NA :

https://astrobackyard.com/north-america-nebula/

lots of data need to make it work

I have owned both and found it down to seeing rather than much else.

Only ever used Canon, im Nikon now what is  the deal with lens compatibility ?

Simple answer is yes.

Learning to use it is far from simple.

2 minutes ago, johninderby said:

Hmmm.      wonder how big a scope you could fit in place of the tank gun barrel? Talk about a heavy duty alt-az mount. 😁

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmtiger

WoW that Roboscope rig has really performed !

Im looking at dabbling with a DSLR but need a tracking mount, but... id also like the option to pop a mak 127 on it for luna.

any tips?

5 minutes ago, peter shah said:

I think its some faint Hydrogen, but it is in the dusty part of the MW ....I am grabbing some H-alpha frames for it too, to see if I can bring out some of the faint stuff in the background

looking for war to seeing the results.