Dave2292

When I tried M45 it totally ruined the dust around the stars and wasn't salvageable. Just waiting on a clear night to look, been pretty bad weather recently.

I'm bumping this thread, hope nobody minds, attached another picture. Apparently this is normal according to bresser uk. I have seen pictures taken with this scope without these reflector looking spikes. I'm hoping someone has experienced this before and has an answer for me. Thanks

Going to try playing with these settings tonight, got a relatively good image last night so can relax and play tonight, thanks for these tips, just gotta figure this out haha

Hello again, in this picture i have just uploaded there is a weird artifact around the stars, more evident on the brighter ones. i have read a lot online that it could be lens pinch or the cold causing it to pinch, i have been using the scope through the summer and it did not do it then. can someone confirm what this is for me please? the scope is an explore scientific ed 80 thanks for any help.

I'm pretty sure I have done everything right doesn't seem to be any snags either, I've force calibrated a few times so far and ran the guide assistant and I use sharpcap for polar alignment, here's some pics and thanks for the reply.

Seems to me that my guiding is worse now that I'm guiding through the mount, without the st4 cable. Any reason why it's worse? I figured removing a cable would make it better but it's never been this bad haha

I shall try and get my head around this haha thanks

hello again, what would high pressure be in millibars? as in what would be better for imaging planets as I hear higher pressure is better for a stable atmosphere. have read a little online but its definitely easier to come here. thanks in advance for any help.

Thanks for the help with this, appreciate it

Thanks for that, this forum is great. Don't know why I didn't join earlier instead of searching for ages through the Internet haha

That'd the only port I've got, I did think it was vga. Was just checking what other options it has. Okay cool will investigate, thank you

Hello I've seen on first light optics which cable to get to connect my mount to the laptop but this is the only connection I have, is there a different way to do this? Or an adapter to change the gender of the plug. Not too sure here, any help is great thanks.

Ah that's helpful, thanks for that! Will have a ganda and put some things on my wishlist haha

Cheers I assume that's what you used for that profile picture?

What's the best planetary camera that isn't going to break the bank? , say around the 200£ mark. Preferably colour for now. Thanks for reading.

Sorry I mean the dslr will focus without any barlow but I figured this out now. Was a bit of a rookie error. The focuser I got came with an extension thst basically turns it back into a standard focuser haha my bad

I know this is an old thread but I'm having this problem with a helios 200m reflector. It will prime focus but can't focus a dslr or zwo mini even with all sorts of different extensions and barlow set ups, is this a lost cause haha?

I use the this camera but with the skywatcher 9x50 guide scope and so far it's pretty good with my es ed80.

There probably is a planetary m There probably is a planetary mode somewhere on APT I'm not sure? There are certain barlows that come with a t adaptor to attach to the t ring for the canon's.

Not sure how apt works but with backyard eos you use planetary mode and then 5x zoom. Most people also use barlows instead

My bad I didn't know that

try linking it to a laptop when you are outside and using backyard eos?

are you using a barlow and backyard eos planetary mode 5x zoom feature.

I didn't know that it was same but with wifi

That is such a shame isn't it haha did see another website with similar info but not for the 1300d, although if I look at the cameras with similar sensor and pixel size etc, they all seem to be 800 iso. So maybe that's the best, thanks