Skywatcher GTI First Guiding Results My Out of Box Experience
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- čas přidán 25. 07. 2024
- Join me as I take the Skywatcher GTI out for its maiden slew in the field. In this video, I test how well it guides right out of the box on a rare and beautiful night. I also capture two amazing targets: M78, a stunning reflection nebula in Orion, and I get a head start on Galaxy season by shooting a cluster of three galaxies in the constellation Leo. Don't miss out on this incredible journey under the night sky!
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Another great video ty
I've watched the other videos in the series and I was thinking of finally getting it yesterday, so now with your video I will definitely buy it! Thank you and clear skies
Glad I could help out in someway!! Congrats on a gti for you soon. Wishing you clear skies!
Thanks for sharing
Very cool good buddy. Looks like you are still making some really awesome pictures!
Thanks buddy
Currently imaging m51 on this mount now
Alt knob on mine has a bit of a dead spot sort of thing, but with nina my 3ppa seems good
I have one myself since thanksgiving time... but i dont have dark skies where i live..... would have to make a trip up north to get that..... i tried using it...... but did not work how i hoped..... this is more detailed on the instructions so I will give it a try again
Im in bortle 6 just go for it. Its good practice to get everything up running if nothing else. I have to dodge clouds like a ninja, but we do what we can with what we have :)
@@jesuschrist2284 i am in bortle 9 sadly ...... there is 1 place i can go to that has bortle 7...... if i go to my sister home she has a bortle 4-5..... but thats 3 hrs from where i live
Your channel is immensely helpful to people just starting in the hobby like myself. Very informative and helpful in avoiding frustrating mistakes that can put people off the hobby in the beginning. Also, why the red light on your hat? 🤔. Sorry I'm very new 😅
Thanks I definitely try to be helpful. I remember what it was like just starting out! Red light at night preserves your night vision. Thanks for watching this one!
For a small mount, I've been using an Explore Scientific IEXOS 100-2. I Got it for 300 bucks new, and guiding is pretty good for a budget setup.
Sweet!
I regret not researching enough and going with a GTI instead of the IEXOS. Belt driven is the way to go.
@@xxGmon3yxx but it is belt driven, isn't it? The worm gears are a bit rough now and then, but it's driven by a belt.
Been thinking of getting a Skywatcher GTI mount.
Don't do it. IEXOS is cheaper and belt driven. I regret getting the GTI, and pushed me to spend money on a EQ6R pro much sooner. I'm struggling to sell my GTI and might just keep it for solar or run two rigs some nights.
Where is the gain of your guide camera? I have ssme guider, on same mount. Love GTI.
Jealous of your dark skies.
I set it at 67 in this video. Man I don't get to that site to often but when I do it's always a great time. I met a nice family there that night and I talked to the kids about astrophotography. It was pretty neat to see the wonder in their faces.
hi, nice video! can you share your guiding settings? i have the same mount but i have issue with drivers (i think). Right now my experience with this light setup is very bad. I tried also to test the tracking system, withouth autoguiding but it loses stars after 30s. Can you help me in some way?
I can give you things to check. First you want to make sure you balanced your mount in both RA and DEC I did make a video on this so check it out if you need the reference czcams.com/video/S5_EMuOYuS0/video.html. You also want to make sure you have not exceeded the wieght limit on your mount. Check your polar alignment as well at night that it is indeed accurate and make sure your mount is level. Most guiding problems start here. With guiding take time to intiate the calibration proces. I can share my guiding settings but remember they may not work for you due to set up and where I am in the world. I am also using the ASIAIR. As I said in this video My settings for RA is 45 and DEC is 40 for this mount. Hopefully this helps in someway. Keep at it my friend you will get there.
I have this GTI. When lookong through the scope my polar clock is not vertical when the right assention bar is vertical. Is that a problem? It seems misaligned to me. How do I fix that?
Well you just need to have Polaris in the Same spot on the clock that is shown on the app but if you want to line everything up you can tilt the RA ascension till it is vertical while looking through it. Loosen the bolt though lol
The Solar Eclipse is coming....do you need to polar-align to track the sun? If so, how do you polar-align during the daylight?
You do for tracking but only needs to be close. Skywatcher did a segment on their webcast just recently
How long was each exposure?
I used 120 sec subs in this video