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My 10 inch Meade is heavy, more than that its blessed awkward to line up the stud that threads into the base. I 3d printed a tray that matched the shape of the base and screwed onto the tripod head. Its now so much easier to put the scope up onto the tripod and it feels safe. Years ago in anothe rlife in Massachusets I used Celestron and hated the mount set up. I machined a coupler that allowed the scope to just drop onto the tripod. I am certain an adapter could be printed that would make youir life far easier. Any way enough waffle.

HI, Im in Crawley with a 10 inch Meade SCT and the viewing is no better. I fully agree with you regarding the huge range of cameras available from just one maker. I have just ordered a ZWO camera but fully intend on continuing using my modified webcam and modified DSLR as backups. Great videos thank you.

Hey you have the camera I just bought! I'm hoping to learn how to get good planetary images. I just got my first scope (it's only 500mm). It looks like you have a great setup. I will watch through your other videos to see what I can learn. I have tons of deepspace tools, but none for planetary (in fact: all planets are completely excluded from nina 😢).

Nice video, thank you! I feel like you got a returned or demo telescope. A new telescope should arrive in absolutely pristine condition. No dust, no mars, and certainly no chips! Sounds like Lunt's quality control is seriously lacking.

Any reason why you don't focus on a star first with a bahtinov mask, then move the telescope to the planet? Does adjustment of the ADC affect the focus?

Lovely scopes. I prefer to use an EQ mount though. I do have my 12" dobsonian go to alt/az obviously and it's fine for planetary imaging etc.

One of the best and most complete tutorials I've seen on planetary astrophotography. I really liked that you took your time and related your direct experience, which is always more helpful than reciting rules of thumb. Thanks for a really excellent video, I learned a lot.

Very helpful demonstration. Thanks!

Did the cute cat plushie come with it? I need one as it looks just like my cat George. 😊

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I’m so glad I stayed until the end . Except now I want one haha

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Small is 8 and below, 9.25 is medium on my scale, large are the 10 and 11, and 12,14& 16 are very large 😂

Is there a reason you don't use an UV/IR cut filter on your camera?

A word of warning about the 2 screws at around 2 minutes 50 seconds, from my experience. Do not totally unscrew or remove the 2 hidden screws, just loosen them slightly and you can slide the knob off. If you unscrew them too far they could fall out under the knob and jam the mechanism!

The Lunt40 certainly punches above its weight. I have just put a shorts collection of prominences together that I took with mine if you'd care to look 👍

Ok Lunt is better than CORONADO.

Great shot. Best I have seen from that size telescope. Eight inch or ten?

I am a 65-year-old man, 6'-0" tall (1.83 m) and with average strength for my age. I have a CPC-800 that I bought in 2007 and a CPC-1100HD that I bought in 2017. The 8" has always been quick and easy for me to lift and mount to the tripod. When I got the 11", I immediately felt much less confident getting it onto the tripod. For me, it wasn't so much the weight (although I did have to be more careful about using the proper lifting technique), but the bulk. Getting the mount base centered on the tripod pin became much more difficult. Fortunately, there is a solution: the Starizona Landing Pad. I had bought the 11" through Starizona and had seen this item on their website, but I didn't give it much thought. However, after one night out with the 11", I ordered the Landing Pad. It has been a godsend

Thought you must be in England… the rooflines and chimneys tell the tale :-) Thank you for your excellent, very helpful videos :-)

Can you piggyback this Lunt onto an wedge mounted C8-avoiding the need for a dedicated mount?

When you removed the grub screw to get to the two hidden screws so you could remove the thermometer, you did not show reinstalling that top grub screw after tightening down the EAF coupler. Did you not replace that top grub screw? Hope that made sense. Thanks for the video. Just ordering the 61 WIFI. I am guessing I should order some spacers to fit between the scope and the dovetail plate. Enjoyed your video.

Hi Ivana, That's a great tutorial! Just a note - if you keep the selection box small for your initial fine-tuning, you'll see L-R changes in real-time as you move the slider (and you can always draw the box around some other region of interest in the image). Also, since Feb last year, ImPPG can process RGB images (I've been using it on Jupiter to good effect) - go check out the latest version.

9.25" is small medium! You must have some rich friends :) I consider my 8" Newtonian 'biggish' though I also use it for deep sky and on an equatorial mount. Being 1200mm focal length, so physically quite long, if you go any bigger you need a serious mount. That's Newtonians though. I've never really considered an alt az but I guess they are fine for planetary (which is what I do most of). More videos please - would love to see some 'in the field' imaging - the planets should be back soon. Also some more on the software. I tend to use ASI studio as its simple and seems to do the job. Does Sharpcap/Firecap offer practical advantages? Plus how about some cello music to accompany? I grew up listening to my brother practising cello :)

Thank you so much. The instructions that come with the Redcat for removing the focuser knob are terrible and impossible to follow. Your video made it clear.

Some really useful, practical tips there thanks. That telescope is a bit of a beast! :)

I miss my solarmax 60

You are any astro nerds dream girl. Not trying to be creepy, you are just a rare breed.

Great workflow thank you.

Thank you for the video, very helpful and informative. For visual only, would you say there's a noticeable difference between Coronado PST and Lunt 40?

You could probably handle the CPC1100, it is only a few lbs heavier, 5 or 6 maybe 7. 9.25 has this magical formula for a sharper jmage and flatter field with its slightly slower primary hence the longer length to width ratio. But I love the C11, i had mine on a g11 mount, and only had to lift the 27lb tube (maybe 28-29lbs with the adm accessory rail on top and the 2" AP visual back, which I left on the scope, it threaded onto the larger 3.25" rear cell so the baffle wasnt obstructed like it is when using the 2"sct thread plate. This is not an issue on the 8 and 9.25. Unfortunately, tweakers broke into my storage and got all my scopes and accessories, along with most of my guitars and basses, ( luckily I had several in hoc at the time so I didnt lose all of them) and racks and racks of audio gear and all my amps except for one that lived in my car. Since tweakers don't know about anything other than sharks and taking apart VCRs, they left the g11 trjpod that looks like a bunch of random pipes, the counterweights and adm and losmandy 3 pt piggyback rings, which I was able to trade straight across for a 1991 meade 10" lx premier so I could at least have something that was close to the c11, though much harder to setup and transport, and without goto. Not that i really need goto, but it was nice to have on the c11.

You can use ascom on a cpc.

大変良い動画で参考にさせていただきましたが、難しすぎて、温度計側のノブが外せんでした 外側のネジを外し、その中にある一つ目のネジを緩め、二つ目のネジを回そうとすると全く回りません また、もう一度一つ目のネジを回そうとしましたがこれも回りません、かなり謎です もうだめだと諦めました。私が不器用だからかもしれませんが、redcat61 へEAFの取り付けは難易度が高すぎます ちなみredcat51Ⅲも持っており、そちらも同じでうまく外せませんでした😂 残念ですが次に買う予定のAskarのFRA500にEAFは利用しようかなあと考えています

Cool info, note that it's suggested to use some LocTite (Brand Name in US) it takes a very small drop to pervent the small set screws from coming loose when temps change or thru the night of imaging. It's not permanent, here in the USA it's blue as they make RED Don't use as it needs heat to remove the small set screws, where the normal blue will be undone easily. I saw in 1 of you Solar Videos that you call it Thread locker...Agreed for what these items cost should be used! Also ZWO in the first few years did include "Thread locker set screws in the EAF box, but stopped as just about every ZWO EAF video on CZcams they did not use them....LOL

Wonderfully helpful video. I have the Redcat 51 WIFD, and you were able to clear up where the two hidden screw were hiding 😊 Muchos Gracias

I’m new to this & it looks blooming brilliant fun. What’s the starting point of size & cost to see minimum detail? Hopefully it doesn’t cost a bomb .

Thank you for showing your process

but what about the optimal BF?

It's great that you proved to the nay sayers who don't believe that the Earth is a sphere! If the International Space Station 🚉 is real then the footage of the Earth 🌎 is real🎉

What is your opinion of a light pollution filter. I'm near a large city and light pollution is a real factor in my seeing conditions. Can this filter be used in conjunction with an UV and infrared cut filter.

Thank you for sharing this useful info, I'm currently thinking of getting a 174 for my Lunt LS50 as the 290 I'm currently using doesn't give a full solar disc. Nice image by the way.

awesome catch! like the processing also! well done. thanks!

Quality graph not to bad !!!! Wow I rarely get 100f over 75% out of 20,000

I have just photographed the Sun in white light using Baader Solar Film and a 25 mm Pocket Borg refractor and loads of big sunspots .

Thank you for another excellent tutorial. I always find your tutorials easy to follow and very helpful.

Incredible! I have always been terrified to try this myself. Well done!!!

Very cool!

Thanks for the guidance on how to take and process hydrogen alpha images. As always your posts are interesting and helpful to aspiring astrophotographers like myself. I enjoy your presentations and always come away with new knowledge that I can put to use. Looking forward to a great summer of astronomy and more of your posts.

Nicely done once again! Another thing that can help with Facebook compression is to save your images as PNG files. This doesn't always work but more often than not gives you a better result.

Cool! Sun is so interesting in hydrogen alpha.