Astro Geezer

I took the plunge and bought the Zwo asi 533mc pro. Thanks for all your input, and thanks ONIKKINEN

Thats a great capture and just 4.5 hours 👍

Huge learning curve all this!

That alone speaks volumes. At around my budget mark, the 533 is looking good (although the 414ex still has the best FOV I'm after)

Thanks for that. I'm not tied to ZWO so would be open to other brands using the same sensor... For some reason I've been very wary of binning. Are there any implications regarding binning? I tried binning while taking exposures and although the sensitivity massively increased, I was horrified to see the images turned out mono 😃 so I'm presuming binning afterwards loses any extra sensitivity and just creates bigger pixels. I've seen the 174 sensor seems well suited (correct me if I'm wrong) but the ZWO isn't cooled, however the QHY version is. The 294 is definitely too big as I'd like to image smaller galaxies such as M109. So would the 533 be a good match for an RC6? I guess I'd at least be able to use it with my Evostar 72ed as well as a bonus? Thanks again

Hi all. Sorry I'm just so confused....pixel size, FWHM, good/bad seeing, sensor size, oversampling/undersampling....my brain is now officially mush. Can anyone help me in choosing a cooled CMOS/CCD OSC camera for an Ioptron RC6 f/9 1370mm focal length? I'm on a HEQ5 mount using the Asi120mm mini to guide through a skywatcher 50ed although I've got an OAG but not used it yet, I'm not ready for mono yet. I dont want a big sensor, so I can get in closer. I was also (maybe mistakenly) led to believe that I'd need larger pixels. I don't know how much difference any of this makes... The Asi 294mc pro looked like a good fit on the Astronomy tools calculator but the chip size isn't small enough. The Atik 414ex looks a good fit on there too but is CCD technology old hat now? Any ideas gratefully received!

Hi all. I'm looking to attach a Canon f/4 70-200mm EF lens to my QHY183c. Id also like a filter drawer built in if that's possible. However, I've no idea what I'm looking for! Any ideas gratefully received!

That worked! Thanks! 👍

Thanks I'll give it a go

Will do thanks

Hhmmm... when I connect the mount in APT I don't get that message in EQMOD....it's all fine, yet PHD2 won't work 😡 Camera and mount are both connected but it can't complete a single exposure to loop. Works fine with Sharpcap but I need to use APT😭😭

It didn't work 😭

Tried PHD2 as a standalone and up pops EQMOD with this...

Nope Phd2. Good call tho

Latest ATP and the drivers for ascom and EQMOD about 2 months

Reboot the router?

Firefox on laptop and chrome on mobile. Both do the same thing

How do I check that?

Just tried it to no avail...

Sheffield, South Yorks

Hi. Not sure what I've done but when I use Sharpcap, PHD2 works but it won't when I use APT. I'm not getting on with Sharpcap but PHD2 won't even complete one exposure when apt is running. Any ideas? Enable server is on.

Nope. Same redirect for me 😞

Hi. Is this a thing? I can't access the APT forum and it just redirects me to "all things democrat" with a 404 Error message