Hi.
My first post here Just sharing an absolute noob experience starting from zero. Hope to get some clues too!
So I stumbled on SkyWatcher fire sale on Amazon AU, and got SW EvoStar 120ED refractor for A$1000 on a whim. This started the whole thing. After a week onto equipment research, I realised 120 is too big for AstroPhotography, so I snatched SW EvoStar 80ED too, for A$500. Both deals gone now. I'm based in Sydney, AU.
Setting up the rig with SW EvoStar 80ED with Sony A6700 as main camera. Please comment if there is something wrong with these?
So far I bought:
- Reducer/Flattener: SW 80ED 0.85x reducer, A$425
- Mount: Juwei-17, A$1700 Aliexpress, in transit
- Tripod: Innorel RT90C, eBay A$380
- Pier extention: ZWO PE200, A$320
- Guide Scope: SVBony SV106, 50mm / FL 190mm, A$100
- Guide Camera: SVBony SV205, USB3.0, 8MP, (I hope to get IMX415 version, the listing says IMX179 on Amazon), A$115
Total so far (excl 120ED, lol) : A$3500
I'm not sure at all about Guide camera, but I could not find low budget one (I ran out of money ) with USB3.0, I heard 3.0 speed is better for harmonic mounts.
And I'm totally lost software wise. I will be repurposing Odroid H2+, an x86 SBC with NVMe SSD.
Cheers!
PS: And how the hell SV205 camera (M28.5 female) connects to SV106 scope (M42x0.75 male) ?
Edited by maxxie, 18 January 2025 - 10:46 PM.