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Hello,
My name is Jim and I have always loved astronomy along with the views and pictures of our universe. I am a native of Los Angeles but spent over half my adult life in the Army. I now reside in Boerne, Texas. I loved photography when I was younger and recently as an older adult, I went out and bought a Canon EOS R with lens. It's an RF15-105mm f4-7.1 is STM lens. I ordered a RF15-35mm F2.8 L IS USM for wide-angle shots.
I am getting into astrophotography and my next step while I learn how to use the camera properly is finding the right mount for it. I am looking at sky trackers and various goto mounts / equatorial mounts. I look forward to reading and learning all I can on the subject in this group along with learning what the right equipment is that I will need. Thank you and have a great day!
Hello Jim and Welcome to TSS. You've joined a group of kindred spirits here.
-Michael Refractors: ES AR152 f/6.5 Achromat on Twilight II, Celestron 102mm XLT f/9.8 on Celestron Heavy Duty Alt Az mount, KOWA 90mm spotting scope Binoculars: Celestron SkyMaster 15x70, Bushnell 10x50 Eyepieces: Various, GSO Superview, 9mm Plossl, Celestron 25mm Plossl Camera: ZWO ASI 120 Naked Eye: Two Eyeballs Latitude: 37.5446° N
It’s great to have you here and thanks for serving!
Looking forward to hearing about your adventures in viewing and AP. Lots of helpful folks here.
Jim
Scopes: Explore Scientific ED102 APO, Sharpstar 61 EDPH II APO, Samyang 135 F2 (still on the Nikon).
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro with Rowan Belt Mod
Stuff: ASI EAF Focus Motor (x2), ZWO OAG, ZWO 30 mm Guide Scope, ASI 220mm min, ASI 120mm mini, Stellarview 0.8 FR/FF, Sharpstar 0.8 FR/FF, Mele Overloock 3C.
Camera/Filters/Software: ASI 533 mc pro, ASI 120mm mini, ASI 220mm mini , IDAS LPS D-1, Optolong L-Enhance, ZWO UV/IR Cut, N.I.N.A., Green Swamp Server, PHD2, Adobe Photoshop CC, Pixinsight.
Dog and best bud: Jack
Sky: Bortle 6-7
My Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/users/Juno16/
Hi Jim. It's great to have you join us on here at TSS and that was a very nice introduction from you. Welcome to the forum Jim and the best of wishes on your astronomy and astrophotography adventures.
Marshall
Sky-Watcher 90mm f/13.8 Maksutov-Cassegrain on motorized Multimount
Orion Astroview 120ST f/5 Refractor on EQ3 mount
Celestron Comet Catcher 140mm f/3.64 Schmidt-Newtonian on alt-az mount
Celestron Omni XLT150R f/5 Refractor on CG4 mount with dual axis drives.
Orion 180mm f/15 Maksutov-Cassegrain on CG5-GT Goto mount.
Orion XT12i 12" f/4.9 Dobsonian Intelliscope.
Kamakura 7x35 Binoculars and Celestron SkyMaster 15x70 Binoculars. ZWO ASI 120MC camera.
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Orion 80ED
Celestron C5, Celestar 8
Celestron ST80
Celestron 102 f9.9
Vixen Porta Mount ll
Coronado PST
Bunch of Binos
A big box of Plossls
Little box of filters
Gordon
Scopes: Explore Scientific ED80CF, Skywatcher 200 Quattro Imaging Newt, SeeStar S50 for EAA.
Mounts: Orion Atlas EQ-g mount & Skywatcher EQ5 Pro.
ZWO mini guider.
Image cameras: ZWO ASI1600 MM Cool, ZWO ASI533mc-Pro, ZWO ASI174mm-C (for use with my Quark chromosphere), ZWO ASI120MC
Filters: LRGB, Ha 7nm, O-III 7nm, S-II 7nm
Eyepieces: a few.
Primary software: Cartes du Ciel, N.I.N.A, StarTools V1.4.
Welcome to TSS. Glad you joined us. While you're reading, plop your new camera and lens atop a normal tripod and start taking star trail images. It's fun and you start learning new stuff right away!
Cheers,
JT ∞ Primary Scopes: #1: Celestron CPC1100 #2: 8" f/7.5 Dob #3: CR150HD f/8 6" frac ∞ AP Scopes: #1: TPO 6" f/9 RC #2: ES 102 f/7 APO #3: ES 80mm f/6 APO ∞ G&G Scopes: #1: Meade 102mm f/7.8 #2: Bresser 102mm f/4.5 ∞ Guide Scopes: 70 & 80mm fracs -- The El Cheapo Bros. ∞ Mounts: iOptron CEM70AG, SW EQ6R, Celestron AVX, SLT & GT (Alt-Az), Meade DS2000 ∞ Cameras: #1: ZWO ASI294MC Pro #2: 662MC #3: 120MC, Plus a Canon T3i, an Orion SSAG, and 3 WYZE Cam3 ∞ Binos: 10X50,11X70,15X70, 25X100 ∞ AP Gear: ZWO EAF and mini EFW and the Optolong L-eXteme filter ∞ EPs: ES 2": 21mm 100° & 30mm 82° Pentax XW: 7, 10, 14, & 20mm 70°
Searching the skies since 1966. "I never met a scope I didn't want to keep."
There's a lot of good tracking mounts for camera/small scopes. Be interested to hear what you get!
All the best,
Mark
"The Hankmeister" Celestron 8SE, orange tube Vixen made C80, CG4, AZ-EQ5 and SolarQuest mounts.
Too much Towa glass/mirrors.
Solar:
HA - PST stage 2 mod with Baader 90mm ERF on a Celestron XLT 102 (thanks Mike!)
Ca-K - W/O 61mm, Antares 1.6 barlow, Baader 3.8 OD and Ca-K filters, ZWO ASI174mm.
W/L - C80-HD, Baader 5.0 & 3.8 Solar film, Solar Continuum 7.5nm, UV/IR filters, Canon EOS 550D.
Scopes: Unitron (60mm, 102mm), Brandon 94; Stellarvue SVX127D, Meade 8" SCT Mounts: Unitron Alt-Az and Equatorial; Losmandy G-11 and AZ8; Stellarvue M002 EPs: UO Plossl 55mm, Brandon 48mm, variety of TeleVues, and a collection of Unitron EPs AL Observing Awards: Outreach/Master, Double Star, Lunar; working Lunar II, Carbon Star, Open Star Cluster and Meteor http://www.unitronhistory.com
"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." Albert Einstein
Ed Scopes: Orion 14 inch f/4.6 Dobsonian w/MoonLite focuser.Criterion RV6, Orion ST80A w/2” GSO micro focuser. Eyepieces: ES 5.5mm 100*, 6.7mm 82*, 9mm 100*,11mm 82*, 14mm 100*, 18mm 82*, 20mm 100*, 24mm UWA 82*, TV Delos 6,8 & 10mm, Panoptic 24, 27 & 35mm, 17mm Nagler, Powermate 2X, Baader 6mm Ortho, Paracorr II. MISC: William Optics Binoviewer, Orion Skyview Pro Mount, Skymaster 15x70, 20x70, 25x100 Binos, HoTech Collimator, Kendrick Dew System, Catsperch Chair. Messier 110 Complete/ Messier 110 Sketches Complete / Herschel 400 Complete / H-2 and H-3 Complete
Bortle 3 Skies in Down Eastern NC
“Starlight, I hear you calling out to me so far away” Jeff Lynne ELO.