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Thanks so much Larry! Still very much learrning. Thanks for watching!! Cheers,Ray.

Cheers Rob!!! Its a start as I havent done much either. Had the quark for a while but for various reasons havent used it much. Got some nice images from last auroral display. Hoping to do some timelapse if the opportunity arises. Hope all is well down south!

Hi Jimmy, the white 'X' marks the location of the apollo 16 landing site. Thanks for watching, Cheers R.

Hi, the seeing conditions at the location simply weren't conducive to pushing the optics that far. Now that I live under darker calmer skies, it may be worth giving that a go. Thanks for watching!! Cheers, Ray

Thanks very much for watching and subscribing! I used a skywatcher esprit 120 apo refractor mounted on a eq8-r with a asi 2600mc pro cooled colour camera. Cheers, Ray

Hi there A c11 edge with this sensor will lead to slight over-sampling under good seeing conditions. If this is problem you can mitigate this by binning 2x2. Hope that helps and thanks forvwatching!

Thanks so much Larry. Glad ypu enjoyed it!!! Cheers, Ray.

Cheers Rob!!!

Hello there, can you explain which files you put in the channel combination? Remember, longest wavelength filter to the red channel, shortest to blue and the one between these to the green? Can you send me a screenshot? Cheers Ray

@@astrogadge2276 So I have hst_07515_01_wfpc2_f487n_wf, hst_07515_01_wfpc2_f502n_wf and hst_07515_01_wfpc2_f547m_wf as you've shown. I've put them 656 as red, 502 for green and 487 for blue filter. I think the problem is in the input frames. My 502 image looks odd as STF applied. It's too bright I think. How could it possible?

Hey J.C., Thanks for watching -glad you liked it! Cheers R

Hey Rob, You wont be disappointed with your purchase - its a great scope!! Thanks for the kind comments and for watching. Cheers R (BTW subscribed to your channel..)

@@astrogadge2276 thank you so much. Been subbed to yours for long time now. Thought you had given up. Lots of work your doing. Just need some clear skies. All the best.

Aw thanks Jinx!! Yes - been a bit hectic here. Glad you're enjoying them! Cheers!! R

Hi there!! Yes to both your questions. I posted a vid on this; th-cam.com/video/a_Smn37kGlQ/w-d-xo.html I haven't been very active on the channel for a while, as renovations and extensions to the house have taken up most of my time, however , all is finished now!!! Thanks for watching and your interest!!! Cheers R

Hi there. Thanks for the tip/ observations, and of course for watching. Much appreciated. Cheers R

Hi Larry, The 2600mc has a 3.75micron pixel ssize which under ok seeing is a great match for my Esprit 120 APO. A good resource is astronomy.tools/ calculators where you can plug in any telescope/camera combination to work out the degree of over or undersampling is present. From what I can tell 3.76 microns is a good compromise across a wide range of scopes. I suspect your scope wont be radically different to mine..but check it out using the 2 camera specs using these tools. I have to say ive never had any huge issues using the 120 with the 2600mc and any problems ive had have been down to my ineptitude. Hope that helps - thanks for watching!!! Cheers R

Thanks fir watching!!!

You are very welcome 🤣🤣 Thanks for watching!!!

Thanks for the info Todd. The only filter I use is the l extreme dual band so the filter drawer is perfect. In combo with the oag it gives correct backfocus system with my esprit 120. With the askar 300 fra this largely is irrelevant. Thanks for watching and for the useful comments! Cheers R

Hi there. Firstly, thanks for watching - glad it was useful!. I use a pulsar observatory 2.2m diameter. Simple but an effective and weatherproof design. Cheers R

Hi Thanks for watching! The dark area in the lower left is an exposure artifact as the background (sky) is widely overexposed - the OAG image covers the guider chip - there is no vignetting. Again, the background in the main camera is very overexposed. Remember that the main camera here is a a CCD and the guide camera is CMOS and they have different bit depths. Hope that helps! Cheers R

Thanks for watching and your words of encouragement!! I havent posted content for a while as I have been busy with renovations to my new house, but I will be uploading some new content very soon!! Cheers Ray

​@@astrogadge2276good luck

Hi there! That particular image was taken at a bortle5/6 site (I now live at a 4/5). Best to wait for a really dark night with good seeing. The L-enhance filter is good, and you should be able to get results, but if your funds allow it, I would upgrade to the L-extreme which has a better bandwidth. The image you refer to was taken with the L-extreme. Hope that helps, and many thanks for watching!! Cheers Ray

Thanks very much for watching glad you enjoyed it. I live not far from Elgin now. Sorry for your loss!! Cheers Ray

Hi..thanks for watching. You can mitigate/ overcome this by lowering the brightness of the screen and increse the length of the exposure. Doing this gives goid results . Hope that helps! Cheers, Ray.

@@astrogadge2276 Hello. Thanks for the reply. I'm just getting into taking flats and the tablet trick was the first method I tried. I immediately noticed the subtle difference in brightness between frames. Then tested tshirt + sky and there was none differences in brightness. I concluded this was because of the tablet refresh rate, which is correct. I will now try again lowering the brightness with the tablet and increase the exposure. Makes sense, should work. Thanks!

@@marbasfpv4639 No provlem...increasing the exposure length should 'average out' the resulting variation in subs...

Hi!! Thanks for the kind remark. The issue I had was I was using the usb hub on the eq8-r mount and a faulty usb lead which caused the problem. I ended up using the hub on the camera with a better quality lead to connect to my laptop, which solved the problem. The camera does come with leads, but none were long enough to reach the laptop. Thanks for watching!!! Cheers Ray

@@astrogadge2276 Ohh I see I’ll be using iPad tablet with asiair But for planetary I might use lop top to keep planet in to the center with fire capture

Thanks for the tip!!!

Thanks so much for watching and your kind comments!! Cheers, Ray.

Thanks so much for watching..glad you found it useful. Cheers, Ray

Im really pleased you found the videos helpful and you are enjoying the scope. Thanks so much for watching and your supportive comments!!!

Glad you found it helpful ..thanks for watching and your kind comment!! Cheers, R

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Hi, I largely depends on whether you are going to use it for visual use or for photography. The general rule of thumb.is that the ota plus all accessories should not exceed 0.75 of the mound payload capacity. This scope has a long focal length and so will likely be more sudceptible to mount instability. I would say that to 'future proof' the scope somewhere between 0.5 and 0.75 would be prudent. An eq6-r or similar would be a good match imho. Hope that helps! Thanks for watching!!! R

Hi there. I use pixinsight. Thanks for watching!

Never encountered it....id take it back to vendor.

@@astrogadge2276 thank you for replying, I have emailed the shop to return it.

Ive found the skymax holds in collimatuon eztremely well..but remember its primarily designed for lunar and planetary work. Cheers! Ray

Yes, and double stars also ? I am currently investing in a summer-house on a 2 acre land, where I will be doing most of my imaging in the future (Bortle 4 zone) so I am currently not in the market for a very expensive SCT...(4 to 5 times the price)..

You won't regret it .. its a great scope. Thanks for watching!! Cheers Ray

@@astrogadge2276 my scope has arrived :) nice little one, but quite heavy for its size.

Thanks for your thoughts! Cheers Rat

Hi..ive not at the moment..been using the finder scope as pretty much been using it for lunar and planetary imaging. Hoping to set it up for platesolvind for use with objects such as m13..but been busy over the last few months. Thanks for watching!! Cheers, Ray.

By the way, you have a British accent. I am about to moving to England for a 6 months sabbatical in Cambridge. Where are you?

Thanks for watching glad you enjoyed it!! I live in the north of scotland...about 700 miles from cambridge. Cheers, Ray

Hello. No..ive never encountered this. Have you contacted zwo or the people you bought it from? Have you tried reinstalling its drivers and/ or using different software??

Glad you found it useful. Thanks very much for the comment and for watching!! Cheers, Ray

Glad you found it useful!! Thanks so much for watching and subscribing!!! Cheers, Ray

Thanks for the info!

And for my f/ 6.3 reducer I use the Optec one. They made me a custom camera mount to go from the m48 ring to the Optec dovetail on the lens. Only cost $75

Thanks for watching- pleased you found it useful!! Cheers, Ray.

Thanks for watching.!! Cheers, Ray P

Hi! This scope is 2.25kg ..so even with camera and accessories its well within the eqm 35 payload capacity of 10 kg ( rule of thumb is that for good tracking you should aim for about 50% or less of mount capacity - although in my opinion its not that critical). I think this mount would be a good match with this scope. The scope is really well engineered and I found no problem in acheiving balance or with the design of the rotator system or the dovetail system ( which you can always reconfigure if you think its necessary). I love the petzval design..and its level of correction without having to worry about backfocus adjustment. Its a lovely scope. Hope that helps!! Thanks very much for watching!!! Cheers, Ray

@@astrogadge2276 Many thanks for your detailed answers. Wish you clear skies!

A consequence of living near the sea!! Thanks for watching! Cheers, Ray

Lol..yes I got it last time I was in "The Apple"!! Thanks for watching Rocco! Cheers, Ray.

Glad you found it helpful!! Thanks for watching and for the positive feedback!! Cheers, Ray

Thanks so much for watching..glad you enjoyed it!!

Mine is set up for an m42 thread but it accepts T2 and m42 adapters..so i can fit pretty much any astro camera!!! Hooe that helps, and thanks so much for watching!! Cheers, Ray.