Found you via astro backyard, I have the greatest respect for you and people like you who take the time to share your love of your hobbies and interests with the rest of the world, thank you with
Hi Tim! I'm Wes from Liverpool, England. I found your channel through your participation in a vid by Trevor from Astrobackyard, also including Chuck from Chuck's Astrophotography and Dylan from Star Stuff. ( You're in great company there my friend! ) Just like to say great vids thus far and i will follow your vids as i do all 3 aforementioned Legends of our beautiful Hobby! I would love to visit Germany one day, as you guys also do amazing Super Scale Radio Controlled Gas Turbine Helicopters, and Jets/Planes! ( My other EXPENSIVE Hobby! haha ) God Bless You Tim, thanks for the great vids/Channel! Clear Skies and away with all Light Pollution! lol
Nice ! We got somewhat similar gear, i also just started with the hobby, bought the first scope last year in november, and started imaging this summer. Keep it up !
Nice set up, I have the HEQ5 myself and I love that thing. Too bad I'm still using a borderline department store scope Celestron Astromaster 130 on it, still saving up for the Orion Astrograph 8. Can't wait to get it so I can do imagines of things other than globular clusters with decent results. If you would like to simplify things slightly you don't actually need to plug your guide camera into the mount via the ST4 cable, I gather that is sort of a relic from older systems. Since it is already plugged into the mount via the computer you can still set everything up in PHD2 with only the one usb cable plugged in.
@@AstroAddict Yeaaaahhh, I sort of figured you might have already after looking at the upload date. I don't know about you, but I found that out from that one Dylan O'Donnell video.
If you want a connection from Mount to USB, look for: Pegasus Astro EQDir. 50 Bucks for a cable is definitely outrageous, but a cheap one from amazon fried my laptop. Better safe than sorry
great explanation, question, what OS are you running on? i have windows 10 and im about to give up , it wont recognize none of my hardware ,so i have everything i need and nothing works
Wondering if you can post a list of your gear? Some of us are very intrigued by this hobby and are looking to get a list of what is needed to start out. Very nice setup you have. I have been watching videos from AstroBackyard.com and found you through looking at his videos. He has some great equipment and I am jealous, but for now I am looking to create a setup similar to yours. Clear skies!!
Hi Tim, Just a suggestion to help with the heavy weight of your DSLR. This is what I use for my set up and it works really well. It is a cable called a " DC Coupler with a USB converter connected to it " It is basically a dummy battery that plugs into your camera's battery slot then goes to a USB powerbank which you can then attach anywhere on your mount with Velcro or any how you like. Here is an Amazon Link for the correct lead for your camera. www.amazon.co.uk/Decoded-Coupler-Converter-Replacement-ACK-E18/dp/B07C1SL18B/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1538811699&sr=8-1&keywords=DR-E18+Fully+Decoded+DC+Coupler%2C+Single+USB+DC+Converter+Power+Cable+Replacement+for+ACK-E18+AC+Power+Adapter%2C+suit+for+Canon+EOS+200D%2C+750D%2C+760D%2C+77D%2C+800D%2C+Rebel+SL2+T6i%2C+T6s%2C+T7i%2C+Kiss+X8i%2C+8000D . You will also need a good quality USB powerbank of about 10,000mA - 20,000mA that has a 2A output. It's a very good and inexpensive system and I can get 2-3 full nights of long exposure photos with my Canon EOS 1300D. Take a look into this and i'm sure you will find it saves you ALOT of weight on the end of your scope. I hope this helps you and please keep up the great videos too. I found your video on Guiding and using PHD2 very helpful indeed. Best wishes to you and clear skies. Ray.
Got it from a german telescope-service. Here you go: www.teleskop-express.de/shop/product_info.php/info/p430_Skywatcher-HEQ-5-Pro-Synscan---GoTo-Montierung-bis-14kg.html But any distributor of the Skywatcher products will do!
Found you via astro backyard, I have the greatest respect for you and people like you who take the time to share your love of your hobbies and interests with the rest of the world, thank you
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Hi Tim! I'm Wes from Liverpool, England. I found your channel through your participation in a vid by Trevor from Astrobackyard, also including Chuck from Chuck's Astrophotography and Dylan from Star Stuff. ( You're in great company there my friend! ) Just like to say great vids thus far and i will follow your vids as i do all 3 aforementioned Legends of our beautiful Hobby! I would love to visit Germany one day, as you guys also do amazing Super Scale Radio Controlled Gas Turbine Helicopters, and Jets/Planes! ( My other EXPENSIVE Hobby! haha ) God Bless You Tim, thanks for the great vids/Channel! Clear Skies and away with all Light Pollution! lol
Very Comphensive !! Nicely Done 👍🏻
Nice video and description of your equipment.
Great video Tim. Looking forward to the video of you setting up the HEQ5 :-)
Me too :D
Awesome gear layout
Nice ! We got somewhat similar gear, i also just started with the hobby, bought the first scope last year in november, and started imaging this summer. Keep it up !
You too!
lovely rig
6:23... You’re hilarious! 🤣. Awesome video!
Nice set up, I have the HEQ5 myself and I love that thing. Too bad I'm still using a borderline department store scope Celestron Astromaster 130 on it, still saving up for the Orion Astrograph 8. Can't wait to get it so I can do imagines of things other than globular clusters with decent results. If you would like to simplify things slightly you don't actually need to plug your guide camera into the mount via the ST4 cable, I gather that is sort of a relic from older systems. Since it is already plugged into the mount via the computer you can still set everything up in PHD2 with only the one usb cable plugged in.
Since the video you were watching is like 1 year old, the ST4 cable is already catching dust😉
@@AstroAddict Yeaaaahhh, I sort of figured you might have already after looking at the upload date. I don't know about you, but I found that out from that one Dylan O'Donnell video.
Great Job
Very helpful - thanks you!
Excellent video
I’m struggling to find one cable to connect my mount and pc or asiair
If you want a connection from Mount to USB, look for: Pegasus Astro EQDir. 50 Bucks for a cable is definitely outrageous, but a cheap one from amazon fried my laptop. Better safe than sorry
great explanation, question, what OS are you running on? i have windows 10 and im about to give up , it wont recognize none of my hardware ,so i have everything i need and nothing works
Windows 10 works great for me
Wondering if you can post a list of your gear? Some of us are very intrigued by this hobby and are looking to get a list of what is needed to start out. Very nice setup you have. I have been watching videos from AstroBackyard.com and found you through looking at his videos. He has some great equipment and I am jealous, but for now I am looking to create a setup similar to yours. Clear skies!!
I should probably put the list into the channel description, you are right!
Perfect thank you :)
Hi Tim, Just a suggestion to help with the heavy weight of your DSLR. This is what I use for my set up and it works really well. It is a cable called a " DC Coupler with a USB converter connected to it " It is basically a dummy battery that plugs into your camera's battery slot then goes to a USB powerbank which you can then attach anywhere on your mount with Velcro or any how you like. Here is an Amazon Link for the correct lead for your camera. www.amazon.co.uk/Decoded-Coupler-Converter-Replacement-ACK-E18/dp/B07C1SL18B/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1538811699&sr=8-1&keywords=DR-E18+Fully+Decoded+DC+Coupler%2C+Single+USB+DC+Converter+Power+Cable+Replacement+for+ACK-E18+AC+Power+Adapter%2C+suit+for+Canon+EOS+200D%2C+750D%2C+760D%2C+77D%2C+800D%2C+Rebel+SL2+T6i%2C+T6s%2C+T7i%2C+Kiss+X8i%2C+8000D . You will also need a good quality USB powerbank of about 10,000mA - 20,000mA that has a 2A output. It's a very good and inexpensive system and I can get 2-3 full nights of long exposure photos with my Canon EOS 1300D. Take a look into this and i'm sure you will find it saves you ALOT of weight on the end of your scope. I hope this helps you and please keep up the great videos too. I found your video on Guiding and using PHD2 very helpful indeed. Best wishes to you and clear skies. Ray.
Thanks for the nice tip, but right now, the weight is not a problem. Maybe i will consider it in the future, thanks😊
Great Video. Thanks
I watched all the video looking to see what cable you use to connect mount and pc but you missed that share
Hey , I like your videos so much but I need to ask about the place or website that you bought the mount from, thank you very much, keep up!
Got it from a german telescope-service. Here you go: www.teleskop-express.de/shop/product_info.php/info/p430_Skywatcher-HEQ-5-Pro-Synscan---GoTo-Montierung-bis-14kg.html
But any distributor of the Skywatcher products will do!
Nice one, what do you use to edit your videos?
Adobe Premiere and After Effects
What size of Orion Pinpoint mask did you get I have a 102mm??
I got a 98-113mm Mask for my 102mm scope
the complete name of the laptop?
Dell Inspirion 15
ich habe das gleiche guide scope von china für 70 euro.
Wow what an expensive hobby!
But it's worth it😀