Post by davy on Apr 17, 2017 15:27:16 GMT
so we have looked at basic equipment on the analogue side to get us started.
so whats next
what do we want to look at,,lets start off easy,,the moon
ok it can be a big massive blob and you cant miss it,,,so you would think lol
so if we go with the very basic eq mount with a clock drive , we can line up the scope ,,say a refractor with a finder scope.we start the motor and away we go
unfortunately we need the scope to be polar aligned.now on the basic mount you wont have a polar finder scope so this should help
the moon is going to be very bright so you will have to adjust camera setting and go to faster shutter speeds,,it is a trial and error exercise ,the lighter the object the faster the exposure and dimmer objects slower exposure settings.
with video astronomy we concentrate more on how fast a telescope is rather than how big it is,but each to there own,
I use a few scopes and they suit my needs,,all bought as an upgrade,,started off with the skywatcher startravel 102mm refractor,now this gives great views and a video camera attatched is pretty good,,i had the funds to upgrade to a skywatcher ed80 and it is a very underated scope for the money the glass is far superior than the st102 and ca is pretty much gone,,i have added a 0.85 focal reducer /flatner and this makes the scope slightly faster but the images are fantastic and highly recommended.
with this scope we are looking at widefield video astronomy,,,getting as much of the sky in the fov as possible.
I have the skywatcher explorer 200pds to give me a higher magnification scope.
so we come to a choke point about now and to do more we need to invest
a bigger scope on a bigger mount is required than what a basic eq2 mount will carry
a small step would be to go to
skywatcher eq3 pro and a explorer 150
this will give you a goto feature that will allow you to find night sky objects easier and faster,a higher magnification telescope
to take it a stage further would be to add pc control