the new mini pier

[mindburner]

My local skies are abysmal and have been for some time now. Neighbours trees, orange glow, new streetlights Yada Yada.

 

I am able to get access to a reasonably dark skies site on the north coast of Ireland. 

I already have the excellent Lighttrack II portable mount and a canon lens. This is great but I miss the advantage of GOTO and the bigger images obtained with my Meade 5000 127mm scope 

so. decided  to strip down my current DIY pier and make a mini one for the new location. I gave the ,mount and USB/Power wiring a good spruce up as well.

Some comparisons of the LP at the two locations and the new setup. 

I hope to leave the scope on all year round so looking at ideas for a wooden enclosure or obsy.

Also hopefully going OAG instead of guide scope, just a bt unsure about the focus setup etc