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I appreciate your concern! However, this setup has gone through many winter / summer cycles with no issues and the cables are looser than they look. From the camera down to where they connect, there are velcro ties to make sure there is no stress put on the connectors.

I agree with your suggestions too! A red head torch is a must and *almost* soo very nearly included it. Battery banks for sure. I've actually recently got two big Jackery power stations for remote telescope operation. Really a list of top 25 was needed haha. I'm glad the AsiAir has got you up and going, it's a really good gateway into imaging. The one thing most people don't take into account is the computing power you'll need for stacking and processing. That's part of the total price that is often overlooked but is pretty mission critical, especially if you want to do planetary imaging.

👍 for the ASIAir. Best recent purchase for me. Just a shame it's pretty much ZWO specific. Power station(s) are the next items on my list.

Definitely agree. The adjustment on the mounting plate takes some degree of stress out of it. It's soooo solid!

I did actually consider actually adding NINA to this list, but I also appreciate it's not for everyone and especially as so many newcomers are entering the world of astro via the Seestar. Yeah security is the biggest concern I hear about leaving an astro setup outside. I'm based just outside of Wales, the skies here are great 🙌

​@@bbroastro NINA looks good. I have downloaded it to my PC, but not installed it. As my AP goodies are all ZWO the ASIAir is doing a fine job at present. If I do buy other non-ZWO gear then NINA will be utilised. Ah, nice, Welsh borders. I'm hoping to move to an SQM of 21.24, which will be miles better than the 19.4 I currently have. Although clear skies are currently at a premium anyway.🤷‍♂️

Ha Ha, M&S Astro vibes. I'll take it 🎅🏽

I agree! You don't realise the value until you own one, or have those nights where you just pull off the cover and start your imaging sequence. It's even quicker than a roll off roof observatory haha!

Wow, an early bird before the video has even dropped 😎

@@bbroastrohaha have notifications set to ON!

Thank you very much! It's still a bit surreal to see my work in that video. Thank you for the comment and stopping by my channel 🙏

I'm pretty sure I know what you mean, for a spectrograph? If that's what you mean, I'm not currently interested in doing that as I prefer imaging and it would dismantling my entire telescope to make such a setup. If you mean a bahtinov mask for focusing, I don't use them as using HFR readings is more accurate imho.You can actually use the diffraction spikes of a newtonian as a sort of bahtonov mask, the spikes converge as you get closer to focus.

Thank you Mike, I appreciate it! I'm also glad to hear buying from FLO went well. The 585 is really awesome for my setup as the sampling is perfect with the barlow I'm using in this video. The 585 sensor is sooo sensitive, even more so than the IMX533 which really surprised me. If you want to do imaging, then an atmospheric dispersion corrector is pretty much a necessity if you plan to photograph any planets below around 45 degrees - which for me, Saturn is always way below that. Even when I'm not using it (for example imaging Jupiter atm as it's so high) I keep it in my imaging train on nights with good seeing to increase the magnification of the barlow to 5x. I use a laser to collimate, I got mine from First Light Optics (I have links in the description) I hope this helps!

I want to capture Saturn before the rings disappear. And it's pretty much below 30 degrees here. I should receive the camera Friday. Thanks for being so passionate and helpful. I'll look into the dispersion corrector. I just haven't seen anyone else mention it.

@@mikehardy8247 Now you've heard about an ADC, you'll see it mentioned everywhere! Nearly every planetary imager uses one :) I hope you enjoy the new camera 🙌✨

actually thats what big telescopes do they have multiple lenses instead of 1 though this can increase the distance that you can look at but putting alot of lenses can cause the light to scatter. thats why we make satellites that cost billions instead of just putting up bunch of lenses together 😆

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No, it's way beyond the Kulper belt unfortunately

What you could do though is go there with your mind. Like everything in the universe all the planets are vibrational - and sentient. If you want to know more check out Esoteric philosophy.

you can see mine

Wow those lights are so oddly shaped, they even have shadows as if they're not lights at all.

I understand your point - but it's an essential teacher.

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14"! 🔭🪐

That's definitely the plan hopefully in the coming weeks! 😎🪐

Im def a new sub. you are awesome!! I cant wait to see Jupiter!!

Very small! I have photographed it before, but really you need very good sky conditions to resolve any detail as it's so small compared to Jupiter and Saturn.