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Re: New to the hobby!

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Thanks for all the advice!

Finally got all my gear after a while waiting for things to be in stock and shipping times.

I know it's a little much for a beginner, but I'll be able to grow into this setup for quite a while.

Nikon 5600
WO RedCat 51
WO Uniguide 32 with ZWO ASI120mm Mini for guiding.
HEQ5 Pro
Pegasus PBB
Kendrick Dew Heaters

APT, DSS, PHD2, SharpCap for PA, Adobe PS.
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Re: New to the hobby!

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Welcome to TSS :)
Thanks for joining us :)
Clear Skies,
-Jeff :telescopewink:


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Orion 80ED
Celestron C5, 6SE, Celestar 8
Vixen Porta Mount ll
Coronado PST
A big box of Plossls
Little box of filters
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Re: New to the hobby!

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welcome in , have fun , thx .
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EYEPIECES, Delos , Delite and 26mm Nagler t5 , 2 zoom Svbony 7-21 , Orion Premium Linear BinoViewer .

FILTER , Nebustar 2 tele vue . Apm solar wedge . contrast booster 2 inches .

Mounts , cg-4 motorized , eq6 pro belt drive .

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My focus for the SkyGuider Pro was wide angle shots of things like the Milky Way or meteor showers. With a 35mm lens on a Nikon D5600 I can get 10 minute exposures with no trails. I have not done much with longer focal length devices yet.

I’ve only had my unit a few weeks, so it’s still new. I did find polar alignment was
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much easier after I got a right angle attachment. As one other older guy said..."I'm way too old to do the Polaris limbo"...
Scopes: Celestron Nexstar 8SE, Celestron C6N, WO Z61, WO GT71, iOptron RC6 .
Mounts: Celestron Nexstar, iOptron Sky Guider Pro, iOptron HEM27 w/iPolar
Cameras: Nikon D780, Nikon Zfc ,ZWO ASI224MC, ZWO ASI120MM-S, ZWO ASI294MC Pro, ZWO ASI485MC, ZWO ASI174MM, ASI662MC, ASI294MM, ASI2600MC Pro iPhone 14.
Tools: Raspberry PI4 with Stellarmate OS, Intel NUC Mini PC, Beelink MiniPCs.
Accessories: Celestron focus motor, ZWO EAF focusers, F6.3 field reducer, assorted eyepieces, 11" video monitor, polar scopes, iOptron iPolar
Computers: Dell desktops, MacOS MacMini, ASUS laptop, Intel NUC, Beelink MiniPD, PI, assorted software packages, iPhones, iPads
My AstroBin Images: https://www.astrobin.com/users/EdDixonImages/
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