Back after a 12 year break!

[jamenx]

Hello!

Nice to meet you all. Just returning after a 12 year break from astrophotography! Very much a beginner still.

My old rig was a skywatcher 150PDS, EQ 3-2 mount & Cannon 550D. Plus a makeshift guiding system using an old PC webcam. I was on a very tight budget back then in my late 20’s and remember spending many, many long nights trying to get it all working.

Now in my early 40’s and in a much better position financially, but with less free time, I’ve just pulled the trigger on a redcat 51, ZWO AM5 & asi2600mc pro, plus all the ZWO guiding & focusing accessories that will hopefully make life a little easier this time round.

FLO has a 15-20 working day estimate on some parts, so just reading up as much as I can in the meantime.

Very excited to see what’s changed in the past decade.  Here are a few pictures from my old rig!

James

 

 

Edited January 13 by jamenx
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[paulastro]

Welcome back, lots of exciting developments to catch up on since you left equipment wise.  Have fun!

[paul mc c]

Welcome to the 2020's....you are in for a treat with that new gear....but or course you know the boxes come with clouds included....😁

[MikeAa]

Damn good pictures!! Welcome back.

[jamenx]

Thank guys. One thing that amazes me is the quality and detail of images that people seem to be taking these days on (relatively) cheap setups!

[ollypenrice]

Great choice of gear. Compact and potent. The new CMOS cooled cameras roundly beat CCDs, let alone the older DSLRs. At some point you might consider a dual or tri-band filter designed to work with one shot colour. I use the same camera plus another with the same chip and I recently had a couple of Redcats visit. They gave pinpoint stars across the chip. Very impressive.

Olly

[wookie1965]

A warm welcome back to SGL

[Sunshine]

Welcome back! 

[Nigella Bryant]

Welcome back, not only hardware, software has advanced too. Exciting times. 

[fozzybear]

Welcome back into the fold

 

[bosun21]

Welcome back to SGL 👋.

[Pete Presland]

Hi welcome to SGL from Pete in Bedfordshire 🙂