All the gear; no idea! 😃

[recceranger]

Skywatcher Star Adventure Pro 2i

Santa is a legend! 😃👍☘️🥃🎄

[faulksy]

nice 😁

[Space Hopper]

@recceranger I have a 'life membership' to that club as well 😉

[niallk]

Nice! Sure all the fun is in the learning

[happy-kat]

I do like the revised mounting that now comes with the 50ED.

The image is great, what field flattener did you use please?

Edited January 5, 2021 by happy-kat

[Messy Hair 101]

I do love the white and green of the Skywatcher. I have an Evoguide 50 too. Just wondering though why the writing is upside down? It would drive me nuts not rotating it but that's probably just me!

Edited January 9, 2021 by Messy Hair 101

[recceranger]

lol, I just noticed! 🤣👍

[tenpinmark]

On 05/01/2021 at 14:21, Messy Hair 101 said:

I do love the white and green of the Skywatcher. I have an Evoguide 80 too. Just wondering though why the writing is upside down? It would drive me nuts not rotating it but that's probably just me!

In the dark, you shouldn't be able to see the writing ... but I agree, the OCD in me is twitching like mad right now

[Messy Hair 101]

31 minutes ago, tenpinmark said:

In the dark, you shouldn't be able to see the writing ... but I agree, the OCD in me is twitching like mad right now

I do spend an inordinate amount if time staring at my setup in the day until I can use it!

[happy-kat]

 

What field flattener are you using please with your 50ED?

[recceranger]

I’m not using the dedicated flattener that goes with it. I think if your camera back focus is more than 17.5 mm then the field flattener does work, and that rules out my Nikon D7500!😅. You can use with a dedicated Astrophotography camera such as a ZWO, but mine is a planetary camera so no need. The image of double cluster in OP was simply cropped in to remove distortion. This works fine as it’s exceptional at wide field coverage. 

[happy-kat]

Thank youfor the update, I wasn't sure if you had just cropped it.

Edited January 13, 2021 by happy-kat

[Toaster05]

Phoar! 

This is where I want to be! I mean I know the setup doesn't need to look pretty but that just looks the business!