Category: Equipment

My set up

Here is my setup which consists of the following. Home-made pier Altair Astro pier mount adapter Skywatcher EQ3 Pro mount Skywatcher StarTravel 102 Telescope SVBony 30mm Guide Scope StellaMira 2″ Field Flattener Deep Sky Dad AF3 auto focuser Baader Contrast Booster Filter Altair Astro Hypercam 183C Pro Tec QHY 5L-II Mono guide camera The cabling…
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New Toys

Researching astrophotography on the internet is not a good idea because you get jealous of what others are producing image-wise and I want the same results and I know my old Meade DSI 1 colour and Meade DSI 1 Pro wasn’t going to cut the mustard. Cameras are so expensive but it was a necessity…
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The Mount

After finding my old mount was deceased I purchased what look to be an upgraded like-for-like replacement. The SkyWatcher EQ3-2 Pro Go-To mount. The mount arrived promptly so I got assembling, which didn’t take too long, and hooked it up to the power. Sweet I thought it was working, lets’s update all the firmware and…
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