Thanks for creating a great video. I’m on holiday in France and my neighbor has a Synscan EQ3 Celestron telescope that he has kindly lent to me for a week, he knows that I’m a keen night sky watcher as I used to have a Newtonian 6inch reflector. This is a fabulous telescope but I am finding it difficult to get anything into absolute crystal clear focus, unfortunately I cannot contact my neighbor as he is now on holiday himself! The best result is when I extend the eyepiece as far as possible but it’s still not absolutely clear, I wonder if there is an extension tube that should be attached. Can you give me some advice please in how to focus? Many thanks Peter
Reflectors normally need the camera closer to the mirrors by 25mm to obtain focus, my first reflector I shortened the focuser. You may be able to adjust the primary mirror, moving it about 25 mm forward or towards the secondary mirror. If your having trouble with outwards focus, you can remove the glass from a barlow lens, this will then act as an extension tube, or yes extension tubes are available from optical stores. Hope this helps.
Hi Phil. Your telescope will need a 45 mm vixen dovetail mount on it. Search the web for a 45mm vixen dovetail bar and see if your scope fitting is the same. That's all I can say without the exact scope type or seeing a photo :)
@@Nottsboy24 hi there i sold it and bought a 10inch Celestron CN10 NGT , CG5 MOUNT ive put a fan on it and flocked it plus carbon wrapped the outside. to help with heat exchange.
Hi Thanks for the upload, Im thinking of buying the EQ3 and the EQ3 pro goto upgrade kit for it. I'v been visual observing for a couple of years but now i have started to get into astrophotography and im having trouble finding a decent low price astrophoto quality mount (i'm disabled and cannot afford high priced gear). Can anyone tell me if there is a better option and also Can you connect a guide cam to this EQ3 pro setup ? Is it accurate enough? Thanks 😊 PS. At a stretch i could afford a EQ5 if i buy the pro goto motor kit seperate. Is it enough of an upgrade to warrent the extra money?
Hi Chris. The EQ3 Pro can be guided, to get fairly good guiding I needed to strip the mount, clean the old grease and re grease with quality grease. It's not perfect but good enough for good images. I got it secondhand for £200. EQ5 very similar, just bigger payload. The big step comes with the HEQ5 & NEQ6 but they are heavy to handle and a bit more expensive, my secondhand NEQ6 was £600..... EQ3 payload 5.5 kg max. EQ5 payload 9.1 kg max. HEQ5 payload 15 kg max. All these are visual astronomy payloads, when we start astrophotography the max payload drops by a couple of kg. Depending on what scope your using, another option is the Skywatcher star adventurer, for small scopes and lenses. My advise would be to get the best you can afford. Not sure if you can leave a permanent set up, need to setup every time or have help with setting up. The mounts get big and heavy beyond the EQ5.
@@AstronomySailing Ah ok Thanks very much, I will keep an eye out for second hand and check out my tube options as i was going to use my 6" reflector to get me started but it sounds like if i cannot get a better second hand mount i will get the EQ5 pro and buy myself a Skywatcher Evostar 72ED DS Pro F/5.8 Doublet APO Refractor or something similar. Thanks for your help.
Hi Chris, ime also disabled i have a eq3 mount its heavy to move about with the counter weights and scope on, can i suggest one of these, Omegon Mini Track Lx2 Astrophotography Tracking Mount , ive used mine for a year now, perfect for shooting orion neb wonderfull thing use your own tripod, no need to go overbudget it will track anything you need to shoot, find on ebay or amazon. reasonable prices,, £130 actualy i prefer it to all my outher mounts, www.ebay.co.uk/p/18024586241?iid=124315741454&chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=710-134428-41853-0&mkcid=2&itemid=124315741454&targetid=939009505346&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=1006893&poi=&campaignid=10199631325&mkgroupid=103626356284&rlsatarget=pla-939009505346&abcId=1145987&merchantid=6995734&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI8ui50rDO6wIViK3tCh01tQJUEAQYAiABEgJjdPD_BwE
I like watching different types of of telescope setups ☺👍🔭
Excellent tutorial. Thank you for this . 🙂
Good detail, but better if you have a clear white background and close up on the eq head. It will give precise view. Ta
Thanks for creating a great video.
I’m on holiday in France and my neighbor has a Synscan EQ3 Celestron telescope that he has kindly lent to me for a week, he knows that I’m a keen night sky watcher as I used to have a Newtonian 6inch reflector. This is a fabulous telescope but I am finding it difficult to get anything into absolute crystal clear focus, unfortunately I cannot contact my neighbor as he is now on holiday himself! The best result is when I extend the eyepiece as far as possible but it’s still not absolutely clear, I wonder if there is an extension tube that should be attached. Can you give me some advice please in how to focus?
Many thanks
Peter
Reflectors normally need the camera closer to the mirrors by 25mm to obtain focus, my first reflector I shortened the focuser. You may be able to adjust the primary mirror, moving it about 25 mm forward or towards the secondary mirror. If your having trouble with outwards focus, you can remove the glass from a barlow lens, this will then act as an extension tube, or yes extension tubes are available from optical stores. Hope this helps.
Many thanks I’ll give that a go :)
Ito2oxv....did you take any images with the telescope!
If we install locator devise with this
HI THERE I HAVE AN OLD SOLIGOR TELESCOPE WITH A MOUNT. WIILL THE EQ-GO TO FIT AND HOW THANKS PHIL
Hi Phil. Your telescope will need a 45 mm vixen dovetail mount on it. Search the web for a 45mm vixen dovetail bar and see if your scope fitting is the same. That's all I can say without the exact scope type or seeing a photo :)
@@AstronomySailing i have a picture of the scope tripod but how do i put it up here. thanks for your time on this
@@philfish6619 Email me the picture and I'll have a look. A close up of the telescope where it clamps to the mount preferred. yachtseremban@gmail.com
phil fish.....how you getting on with your telescope!
@@Nottsboy24 hi there i sold it and bought a 10inch Celestron CN10 NGT , CG5 MOUNT
ive put a fan on it and flocked it plus carbon wrapped the outside. to help with heat exchange.
Hi Thanks for the upload, Im thinking of buying the EQ3 and the EQ3 pro goto upgrade kit for it. I'v been visual observing for a couple of years but now i have started to get into astrophotography and im having trouble finding a decent low price astrophoto quality mount (i'm disabled and cannot afford high priced gear). Can anyone tell me if there is a better option and also Can you connect a guide cam to this EQ3 pro setup ? Is it accurate enough? Thanks 😊
PS. At a stretch i could afford a EQ5 if i buy the pro goto motor kit seperate. Is it enough of an upgrade to warrent the extra money?
Hi Chris. The EQ3 Pro can be guided, to get fairly good guiding I needed to strip the mount, clean the old grease and re grease with quality grease. It's not perfect but good enough for good images. I got it secondhand for £200. EQ5 very similar, just bigger payload. The big step comes with the HEQ5 & NEQ6 but they are heavy to handle and a bit more expensive, my secondhand NEQ6 was £600..... EQ3 payload 5.5 kg max. EQ5 payload 9.1 kg max. HEQ5 payload 15 kg max. All these are visual astronomy payloads, when we start astrophotography the max payload drops by a couple of kg. Depending on what scope your using, another option is the Skywatcher star adventurer, for small scopes and lenses. My advise would be to get the best you can afford. Not sure if you can leave a permanent set up, need to setup every time or have help with setting up. The mounts get big and heavy beyond the EQ5.
@@AstronomySailing Ah ok Thanks very much, I will keep an eye out for second hand and check out my tube options as i was going to use my 6" reflector to get me started but it sounds like if i cannot get a better second hand mount i will get the EQ5 pro and buy myself a Skywatcher Evostar 72ED DS Pro F/5.8 Doublet APO Refractor or something similar. Thanks for your help.
Hi Chris, ime also disabled i have a eq3 mount its heavy to move about with the counter weights and scope on,
can i suggest one of these,
Omegon Mini Track Lx2 Astrophotography Tracking Mount ,
ive used mine for a year now, perfect for shooting orion neb wonderfull thing use your own tripod, no need to go overbudget it will track anything you need to shoot, find on ebay or amazon. reasonable prices,, £130
actualy i prefer it to all my outher mounts,
www.ebay.co.uk/p/18024586241?iid=124315741454&chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=710-134428-41853-0&mkcid=2&itemid=124315741454&targetid=939009505346&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=1006893&poi=&campaignid=10199631325&mkgroupid=103626356284&rlsatarget=pla-939009505346&abcId=1145987&merchantid=6995734&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI8ui50rDO6wIViK3tCh01tQJUEAQYAiABEgJjdPD_BwE