TheSkySearchers

So... After installing an RA drive on my EQ5 I thought I'd attach my DSLR and give it a go with some AP. Quite some years ago I used to have an NEQ6 and used StarTools etc. The "lowly" EQ5 is not bad... I polar aligned it fairly quickly and tracking with the single RA drive seems to be very accurate.

Taken with the 80ED using APT with a Canon 70D.
ISO 800, 30 second exposures. No darks nor light frames :p
80% of 21 frames stacked in DSS (I have forgotten everything here and going mostly by the recommendations in the software...)
StarTools - I have forgotten everything plus there's a whole bunch of new stuff since I last used it. (completely lost). Anyway, after clicking numerous random buttons I managed this...
Once I've got some time to read up and go through tutorials, no doubt I can make a better job of it!

That is quite a nice restart Dave!

You pulled out a decent Dumbell with a very small amount of data.

The stars look nice unguided. The mount performed well.

Looking forward to more images!

Very nice Dave, the EQ5 is no slouch

Many thanks Jeff and Jim!

Yes, quite surprised with the mount! Certainly, for exposures of around 30 seconds anyway. Perhaps with a bit more accuracy I may be able to push it to 1 minute with the 80ED.

I have the camera out at the moment taking some dark frames which should help with processing...

Been a while since anyone posted a Dumbbell in the forum. Nice one!

BABO

nice , thx .