Latest Acquisition

[JemC]

I went and picked up my latest acquisition today (Tuesday) 

got it all out if the boxes and set it up, just to see what it looks like (as you do)

I must say though that it is actually smaller than i imagined it to be, the only thing that i can see probably being a bit of a pain is the polar scope illuminator (may need to come up with something better for that)

overall though i am impressed by it, 

just need to do some playing around with it now and figure it out then when the sky permits give it a test run,

     

[SilverAstro]

Errr ! pardon my ignorance,, but what is it ? ! A polar(EQ)  tracking platform I guess but which ?

 

[kendg]

Love mine and I think you'll have a blast with it.

Enjoy and congrats. 

[Juicy6]

7 hours ago, SilverAstro said:

Errr ! pardon my ignorance,, but what is it ? ! A polar(EQ)  tracking platform I guess but which ?

 

http://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/review/mounts/sky-watcher-star-adventurer-dslr-mount

[SilverAstro]

2 hours ago, Juicy6 said:

http://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/review/mounts/sky-watcher-star-adventurer-dslr-mount

Thanks, looks good, I will have to pay it some attention as I still have not got a rountuit for my barn-door !

[Squeek86]

this looks fantastic! im at the very start of the astrophotograhy journey and I am currently saving for a mount, do you think I would be as well with this as I already have the dslr?  or wait it out and buy the bigger mount when I can afford it?

[Davey-T]

18 minutes ago, Squeek86 said:

this looks fantastic! im at the very start of the astrophotograhy journey and I am currently saving for a mount, do you think I would be as well with this as I already have the dslr?  or wait it out and buy the bigger mount when I can afford it?

The Star Adventurer is a great bit of kit to start astrophotography using a DSLR, there's lot's to learn so it's a good place to stat before you invest £1000.0s

You can also get adapters to fit your camera lenses onto  cooled CCD or CMOS camera and image with the Star Adventurer when / if you want to advance a bit.

Dave

[Squeek86]

thanks for the reply Davey-t, I am a total novice at the min so I was thinking this could be the cheaper option to get started and then progress to the big league with a bit more experience!! I had thought of going down the second hand route but I think this may fill the void for a while until I can afford the next step

 

P.S. lovely dog by the way!

[kendg]

I think that this little mount is an awesome way to start out. with using a DSLR for astrophotography. It opens up the field quite a bit and gives you a whole bunch of learning opportunities for things like stacking and even using Registax. 

I think  the Skywatcher came up with a real winner. There are almost too many possibilities for using this mount.

 

Now if it would just warm up a bit here....... 

[JemC]

2 hours ago, Squeek86 said:

this looks fantastic! im at the very start of the astrophotograhy journey and I am currently saving for a mount, do you think I would be as well with this as I already have the dslr?  or wait it out and buy the bigger mount when I can afford it?

What Davet-T said