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Gallandro

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  1. Thanks for those stats, they’re super useful and cements it for me now that I’ll be looking to buy this model scope. Really appreciate your help!
  2. @newbie alert Nice. Thanks. Do you have the length of the standard dovetail? More or less than 100mm is what I’m trying to find out.
  3. Hi all. I’m just getting into the hobby and was looking to join an astronomy society/association. I’m just outside of Brisbane Australia and there appear to be four that cover my area: Astronomical Association of Queensland Brisbane Astronomical Society South East Queensland Astronomical Society Redlands Astronomical Society Does anyone have any experience with, or information about these associations that might help steer me towards one? For example, do any of them have specific focuses, etc? Thanks!
  4. You don’t happen to recall if the length was greater than 100mm by any chance?
  5. Hi. I wanted to get some help on the SW Esprit 80ED. I’ve been looking into it and found the specs for it on a few different websites are different, e.g. weight, dovetail type. Does anyone know, is this because there’s been different models with different specs, or just because some of the websites are incorrect? And for those who actually have these (and if there *are* multiple versions, then those who have the latest/current version), what type of dovetail does it have, and how long is the dovetail? Thanks!
  6. Hi. I've had a long term interest in astronomy and am just preparing to start getting some gear. I've spent a while now doing some research, reading and watching videos. I want to get started in visual observing, but I hope to, get into some astrophotography as well at some stage. I will definitely always want to be able to do visual, so I can share this with my family, and also I plan to get some decent scope experience for a while doing visual, plus I was thinking in terms of cost, starting out just visual allows me to stage the cost outlay by buying the camera gear later. I've mostly settled on the gear I'm looking at getting, but wanted to get some advice on one aspect. I am planning on at the start getting a Celestron SCT with a CGX mount plus the SkyPortal WiFi module. I was planning on also initially getting the Celestron StarSense. My plan for later was to get a not-too-expensive ZWO mono camera (at least to start with), EFW, plus a ZWO mini guide camera and an OAG. To manage all this I was planning on using either an AsiAir or Astroberry setup. So my question mostly revolves around whether or not the StarSense is effectively a waste in the long run? It seems to me that the functions the StarSense performs will end up also being able to be done by the cameras with the AsiAir/Astroberry. So instead of spending the money on the StarSense, can I simply earlier on buy the OAG, guide camera and AsiAir (or Astroberry) and then attach the OAG inline with the star diagonal, and then use the guide camera and AsiAir/Astroberry for alignment and mount control, while still doing visual astronomy (i.e. before I actually buy the "proper" main camera"), and thereby obviating the need for the StarSense altogether? Or is the idea/setup I've described completely stupid and non-functional in terms of visual observing? Can I actually use a guide camera via AsiAir/Astroberry for alignment, or does it have to be the main camera (which I wouldn't have in the initial setup I've described)? Hopefully I've explained myself well enough. Thanks.
  7. Gallandro

    Hello there.

    Hi. I'm Paul and I'm from the Redlands, just outside of Brisbane Australia. I have had a long term interest interest in Astronomy, from having a telescope as a kid, to taking a few classes at uni (even though I did no other physics), and now getting older I'm rediscovering my passion for this and am looking to get properly into it. I've spent the last 4 months or so doing research, reading websites and forums, and watching videos on YouTube, and am finally at the point where I'm happy to start asking questions on here so I hopefully don't look too stupid Thanks in advance! Paul
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