YourjonesLu

Marvellous photos with the 80 F/6 triplet. Can I know these images exposure lengths, and whether the system was auto-guided? Thanks

Lu

4 hours ago, wimvb said:

I used to have the same setup, with the wobbly aluminium tripod. The first improvement I made was to stiffen the tripod legs. The second improvement I made was to buy an AZ-EQ6. As you already noted, the mount is way above its load limit. The scope alone ways 5 kg, without camera or guide scope. The eq3 is a nice little mount that can perform very well, when loaded and tuned correctly. I've seen some amazing images where this little mount was used, here on sgl. If you put a small refractor on it, or just a camera with lens, you can get excellent results. But the combination eq3 with 150pds should never be marketed as an imaging kit. The 150pds needs an (h)eq5 at least. If you can't upgrade the mount, I suggest you put the 150pds in storage, and image with a lense or small refractor.

That definitely makes sense. Thank you so much! I do have a small refractor, but just don't like it as much as my Newt. I think an HEQ5 is what I'll try to get...

Hi

Really long post! I'm wondering if anyone guides a 750/150 Newt on EQ3 using a separate guide scope. My setup includes the OTA in question, a 50/183 guide scope connected to a ZWO ASI224, and a Nikon D5600 (ASP-C) for imaging. PHD2 graphs have seemed pretty struggling. While I admire what I have for AP, I'm wondering whether the weight of my setup has greatly overwhelmed EQ3, as it's definitely much more than the specified 5KG.

Anyone having same setup here?

Lu