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Pages: << 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | (show all) js.cougar newbie Reged: 07/31/12 Loc: Hungary Re: Show off your NexStar [Re: Starlighter]       #5348250 - 08/02/12 07:15 AM Attachment (158 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hi all, I'm a newbie here and this is my little baby which I've recently bought in Canada and brought to Europe... (sorry for that mess around) Post Extras:       Starman81 scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 03/06/08 Loc: Metro Detroit, MI, USA Re: Show off your NexStar [Re: js.cougar]       #5387783 - 08/26/12 11:23 AM Attachment (103 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I've read that it is the mount that makes it a Nexstar, so these might not qualify, but oh well... The 8SE on the Voyager mount: Post Extras:       Starman81 scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 03/06/08 Loc: Metro Detroit, MI, USA Re: Show off your NexStar [Re: Starman81]       #5387786 - 08/26/12 11:25 AM Attachment (97 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   And can't forget the 4SE (on the same Voyager mount). My favorite grab and go! Post Extras:       RonnyKelly member Reged: 08/15/12 Loc: Portrush, NI. Re: Show off your NexStar [Re: Starman81]       #5414785 - 09/11/12 08:58 AM Attachment (112 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   My 8SE. Post Extras:       Peter9 Post Laureate Reged: 10/30/08 Loc: Yorkshire - Born & Bred Re: Show off your NexStar [Re: RonnyKelly]       #5414813 - 09/11/12 09:22 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   That's a set-up to be proud of Ronny. Hope it gives years of enjoyment. Regards. Peter. Post Extras:       RonnyKelly member Reged: 08/15/12 Loc: Portrush, NI. Re: Show off your NexStar [Re: Peter9]       #5415124 - 09/11/12 12:30 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Yes mate I am proud of it. If I can just get the damn thing to work now! Post Extras:       Smittty692k4 scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 07/05/11 Loc: East Bernard, TX Re: Show off your NexStar [Re: RonnyKelly]       #5415136 - 09/11/12 12:37 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   So which is the counterweight, the piggybacked cam, or the finderscope? Post Extras:       Arthur Dent Galactic Hitch-Hiker Reged: 10/23/08 Loc: South Yorkshire, UK Re: Show off your NexStar [Re: Smittty692k4]       #5415436 - 09/11/12 02:46 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Nice set-up Ron. Don't think you'll see much through that bush though! Art Post Extras:       Amith member Reged: 06/03/12 Loc: Durban, South Africa Re: Show off your NexStar [Re: Arthur Dent]       #5420344 - 09/14/12 02:14 AM Attachment (86 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   This is my Nexstar 6SE (my second baby )with a home made heated dew cap. http://www.flickr.com/photos/78833332@N04/7984707423/in/photostream/ Post Extras:       RonnyKelly member Reged: 08/15/12 Loc: Portrush, NI. Re: Show off your NexStar [Re: Amith]       #5420748 - 09/14/12 11:07 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Really nice set up. Love the paint job! Post Extras:       Amith member Reged: 06/03/12 Loc: Durban, South Africa Re: Show off your NexStar [Re: RonnyKelly]       #5427077 - 09/18/12 10:42 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Haha. Thanks Ronny, but it isnt a paint job.. it the material itself that I used to make the Dew Cap. Its actually a solar system chart for kiddies. Post Extras:       ourobouros2k2 sage Reged: 11/10/11 Loc: okc area, oklahoma Re: Show off your NexStar [Re: Amith]       #5434464 - 09/22/12 01:29 PM Attachment (87 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Almost where I want to be. Just added Orion autoguider/ST-80 package. Only thing nagging at me now is wanting to get a hyperstar system. Seems like a waste to have the compatible secondary and not give it a go. It has been a fun journey from stock NS8SE to now, but I am really happy with the Sirius mount and running the setup through EQMOD. Added a Telrad, man what a difference over the stock RDF. Might end up adding a green laser setup to the finderscope bracket of the ST-80. Edited by ourobouros2k2 (09/22/12 01:30 PM) Post Extras:       nanomole39 member Reged: 12/23/10 Re: Show off your NexStar [Re: ourobouros2k2]       #5460993 - 10/08/12 05:34 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   oh man your right where i want to be. thats the set up im aiming for....err one day !. more pics please ourobouros2k2 Post Extras:       ourobouros2k2 sage Reged: 11/10/11 Loc: okc area, oklahoma Re: Show off your NexStar [Re: nanomole39]       #5464501 - 10/10/12 10:04 PM Attachment (49 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I fear that this setup may be too heavy for f/10 AP. Have to try it out on f6.3 to be sure. I am loaded at about 19ish pounds which bypasses the rule of 1/2 load rating of mount for AP. Careful balancing and experimentation will eventually tell. I am convinced I am going to purchase the hyperstar setup here eventually, so at f/2 it should be good for I hope up to 2 minute or better subs (local LP makes anything longer problematic anyway). Going to include 3 more shots for poster's request above hope it doesn't offend anyone. I should also add that obviously the extra weight is beyond the ability of one counterweight to compensate for. Can't really play with the new additions until I order another one (c'mon payday!) Edited by ourobouros2k2 (10/10/12 10:09 PM) Post Extras:       ourobouros2k2 sage Reged: 11/10/11 Loc: okc area, oklahoma Re: Show off your NexStar [Re: ourobouros2k2]       #5464503 - 10/10/12 10:05 PM Attachment (35 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   another angle Post Extras:       ourobouros2k2 sage Reged: 11/10/11 Loc: okc area, oklahoma Re: Show off your NexStar [Re: ourobouros2k2]       #5464508 - 10/10/12 10:07 PM Attachment (34 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Last one. This one shows the Orion pier connecting mount to CG5 tripod. Very stable setup. Post Extras:       rotorwash4944 member Reged: 09/22/10 Re: Show off your NexStar [Re: ourobouros2k2]       #5464672 - 10/11/12 12:05 AM Attachment (51 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here's my setup, with homemade motofocus, and without dew shield. Taken in Westhampton, NY during the New Moon of September. It was a beautiful night! I finished it with this photo of Jupiter over Orion. Next purchase: piggyback mount for my Canon 60D. Post Extras:       Tel Postmaster Reged: 03/31/06 Loc: Wallingford England Re: Show off your NexStar [Re: ourobouros2k2]       #5464855 - 10/11/12 05:07 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Quote: I fear that this setup may be too heavy for f/10 AP. Have to try it out on f6.3 to be sure. I am loaded at about 19ish pounds which bypasses the rule of 1/2 load rating of mount for AP. Careful balancing and experimentation will eventually tell. I am convinced I am going to purchase the hyperstar setup here eventually, so at f/2 it should be good for I hope up to 2 minute or better subs (local LP makes anything longer problematic anyway). I should also add that obviously the extra weight is beyond the ability of one counterweight to compensate for. Can't really play with the new additions until I order another one (c'mon payday!) Hi Andrew, A few comments perhaps for what they're worth. I operate a Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro GEM which I believe is the direct equivalent of your Sirius EQ-G, with a maximum, recommended payload of 16 Kg (35lbs). This mount supports my Nexstar 8i OTA plus a 102mm (4") f/5.9 refractor together with an 8 X 50 finder, one 1.25" diagonal, one 2" diagonal and two CCD cameras (Atik 314L and Meade DSI). Alternatively, I can swap the Atik for a Canon 350D leaving the DSI which I use for guiding purposes when necessary and, should I choose merely to observe, I use relatively heavy Baader EPs. Thus the total load at any one time on my HEQ5Pro is somewhere between ca. 68-72% of maximum and requires 3 X 5 Kg (11lbs) counterweights to balance. I can say that having run this particular set up for well over a year now, I have had absolutely no problems with this payload or the accuracy of the GoTos, while tracking is very satisfactory, permitting about 2 minutes unguided from the 4" refractor and ca. 10 - 13 minutes guided, (the N8i being used for the guiding at f/5 via a focal reducer to give me a wider FOV and thus more guide star options). I admit that I tend to use the refractor almost exclusively for DSO imaging and the N8i OTA for guiding, except for planetary work, in which case I operate the N8i unguided but can still hold a planetary image on my LT screen for at least 3 minutes at f/30 (X3 Barlow) before it begins to nudge the edge of the FOV. I realise my view on what is tolerable as far as this mount is concerned, is controversal and others will have entirely different opinions on the subject, but I can only state with all honesty, what works for me. With regard to the stability my set up enjoys, I would add that it is housed in a small observatory and sits on a fixed cast iron pier. One last point on the subject of light pollution. If it's as severe as you suggest it is at your normal viewing venue, the use of Ha and Olll filters will get you around this; at least for emission nebulae imaging. As mentioned, Andrew, just some ramblings which you may or may not find useful. Best regards, Tel Post Extras:       Mike Clancey journeyman Reged: 09/13/12 Re: Show off your NexStar [Re: js.cougar]       #5465174 - 10/11/12 11:10 AM Attachment (51 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here is my new setup (minus dew shield and camera Post Extras:       ourobouros2k2 sage Reged: 11/10/11 Loc: okc area, oklahoma Re: Show off your NexStar [Re: Mike Clancey]       #5466082 - 10/11/12 10:25 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks Tel for your insight! Guess the best way will be testing, but I am very encouraged by your results! much thanks Andy Post Extras:       Pages: << 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | (show all)

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