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Thank you I’ll take that into account!

Galaxies, nebula, DSOs mostly!

Hi, I’ve been doing some research on light pollution/ broad spectrum filters for imaging and have decided on either the optolong l-pro or the skytech CLS. Obviously there’s a massive price difference, but is it worth it? I’ve head that the CLS gives a red overcast which is difficult to edit out, should I invest in a L-Pro as my first filter? I am using an unmodded canon 700d, Thanks for looking any insight would be appreciated!

Thanks for the advice! good to know that i’m not the only one with the same idea, i’ll do some more research before buying anything

It wouldn’t make much of a difference? To be honest I was inspired by this post And they used a 2.5x barlow, is would 3x work on my scope?

Hi! I have a skywatcher evostar 72ed telescope and a canon 700d that I use for DSO photography, and wanted to capture the double planet event that is happening in late december. I was thinking of using a barlow in my imaging train in order to increase the magnification but having trouble with figuring out which one would work for this refractor? I’ve never attempted planetary photography before, any help would be really appreciated!

Thanks everyone for the tips!

see the post at the top of the page! Happy to have an answer now 👍

Cheers that looks like a really useful faq! I think I’ve sorted it now 👍

In case anyone is interested I managed to fix it! Looks like the scope came a bit broken (it’s 2nd hand) - I turned the focus until it came off and saw that the reticle was stuck to it and that’s why it wasn’t coming into focus, since as I turned the focuser it wasn’t travelling away from the reticle 😂 I’ve ordered some new knurled thumb screws, turns out the ones in the pic get stopped by the outer plastic rim before they can hold the reticle in place! Thank you everyone for all your help!!

Thank for the reply, It’s fully in in the pic but i’ve played around with it a bunch with no luck!

Thank you I’ll check those out!

Thanks for all your help, I will play about with it a bit more - probably something obvious I’m doing wrong!

Yes it has a ridged thing in the front that turns, I have tried everything it just doesn’t seem to want to focus on the cross hairs!

I think I have it mounted the right way around 😂😂

That’s the problem I’m having, so hard to calibrate... It’s a skywatcher eq3-2 polarscope, I’m really confused lol

Yes just a bit annoying! glad that my polarscope is alright, thought that maybe it was a bit broken because I couldn’t see the markings in the day

Haha that will probably be me, my arm is getting tired of holding my headtorch!

Ooh ok thank you, will get one of those then - thought I had a dodgy polarscope!

Oh right thanks for the reply, so youre saying that usually there is no way you can see the marks without it being illuminated?

Hi Im new to astrophotography and just recently got a polar scope. I’m a bit confused because when I look through it there are no markings visible (in broad daylight), and I’ve seen other people’s scopes and the NCP and polaris orbit drawing is clearly visible when they look through. Its making it difficult to calibrate it and have been relying on shining a red torch down the lens in order to see it. It is a skywatcher eq3-2 / eq5 polarscope. Maybe this is normal? Im a total beginner, any help would be appreciated.