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I generally find that it’s the EP and finder that dew up. The secondary only dews is there is a lot of moisture in the air. Yoy can buy secondary heaters from Kendrick, Google search. You can make a dew shield for the front of the scope from a foam camping mat, if you go to a haberdashery you can purchase sticky backed Velcro to line the mating edges of the said homemade dew shield. I also fitted a fan to the base of my dob to keep the primary mirror dew free. A computer fan is perfect and depending what Dob you have, there may well be holes in the mirror supports that match perfectly with the hole spacing On the computer fan. If you have the primary fan, EP dew band and finder dew band you could get away with a 17Ah battery, which should give you two nights viewing.

Yep, heading over to see my Mum for a week. It’s been a year since we last saw her. Is Kenny still on site?

Was that you Coming from Newtonstewart, that I pulled out in front of😂. Had to stop off at the gin distillery “Hills & Harbour” to get more anaesthetic for Liz😂😂

Phew, booked 😬

Looks like I need to get my booking for this SP done soon 😮

Glad all is well, Adrian. It seems a world away ATM, but I am looking forward to Oct. Meeting everyone again, or for the first time. Although that may be under unusual circumstances, it will be good.

Well done!

As lenscap says👍

Is this for levelling a mount? If it is an EQ mount there is no need to have it level

Hi Jamie & Dawn, Hope you both have a great time at Leslie’s. Look forward to seeing both soon, hopefully no plasters present 😮

That has come out really well. When I watched it previously, I hadn’t realised you had used the powermate, well done.

saving Leslie some lecky then 😂

Two!

So south/south east?

Not inviting the Ides Of March, just stating that a SP was not occurring at the moment in time that Damian ascended a Corbett i.e. Merrick, while enjoying fine bout of Gaelic weather. I am sure Derek, that you are aware that it is a Corbett and not a Monro, as it is only 843m or 2775ft and as such does not reach the threshold of 914m or 3000ft, to allow it to be classed as a Monro😇

Looks to be unusually kind Scottish weather👍, must be because the SP is not on ATM 😮

I have a good mate that lives in Kilmarnock😁 Hope you both have a good time👍

I don’t think that there is any doubt that your camera is working properly. There is a big difference between having the scope aligned to an object, visually, and with a camera! What mount are you using? It helps to have your finder very accurately aligned to the scope. i would suggest that after having aligned your finder and inserted the camera that you increase the exposure considerably. Next, using the hand controller very carefully try and move the scope in very small circles, all the while keeping an eye on the laptop screen. Keep checking the finder to make sure that you are still in the right region. It is very easy to pass by the object, it can literally shoot on and off the screen in an instant. Once you get a bright spot on the screen, set the mount tracking and use the lowest mount alignment speeds that you can. Sometimes even one nudge on the mount controller can send the object off the screen again. You will get there, just takes a bit of practice.

Quare job, big man. Hope you and the Mrs have a grand time👍

Hi Jamie, that’s a bad job! Hope you are holding up alright. Was there drink taken or were you just an eejit?

Another short response, Derek?

I thought the same, field looks crackin ATM. Wait for 4 months time🙄

Will do!

If you only want to mount a camera with a short f/l lens you could try a Sky Adventurer, if you want to use a scope, then HEQ5 is the minimum. Others will be along shortly to offer other alternatives to the SW Star Adventurer

I paid £190 in 2009 for a brand new150p on an EQ3 from a dealer. I look at prices now and wince