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Hi, no reason, had that particular eyepiece for over 10 years, always been happy with it. Thanks for watching!!!

@@astrogadge2276 Planing on getting the same mak in a week. Have you ever needed to colimate it or is it still going strong from factory ?

​@@thesteammachine1282so far havent had to touch it...

Absolutely! No accounting for stupidity..brain needs a shakedown as much as the gear!!! Thanks for watching and the kind comments!! Cheers, Ray

Thanks so much!!!

Thank you..much appreciated!

Cheers bud!

Thanks so much for your kind and positive comments! I considered the redcats but the petzval design for me was the deciding factor...no messing about with spacing!! Thanks so much for watching!!

Hi there. The visual back thread on the Skymax is a standard SCT visual back thread. The early versions of this scope are not apparently and it sounds that you have one of these. If this is the case, you can buy an adaptor to fit it to the scope. I suggest you contact the vendor and explain the situation and they should be able to sort you out!! I hope that helps!! Thanks for watching and for the kind comments!! Cheers, Ray

Hi there! Glad you enjoyed the channel. I havent done a video on ascom autoguiding yet..i will get around to it though! Thanks for watching and for your kind comments. Cheers, Ray.

I havent found that to be the case on mine. Since i use a crawford focuser on mine, i can keep the mirror in a fixed position so any potential flop is mitigated. Thsnks for watching! Cheers, Ray.

Its a great versatile camera..enjoy!!! Thanks for watching. Cheers , Ray.

@@astrogadge2276 Thanks Ray.

Hi ya..firstly thanks for watching and for your kind comments. Of you already have a succesfull guide set up, I would say where is the benefit in an extra 1000 bucks? I would sincerely doubt the extta well depth would justify this either. Like eveeything its all down to cost v benefit..imho..and for me...i couldnt justify that additional cost. Buy an oag with the money you save...a better and less costly investment! Hope that helps....thanks again!!

Hi Jose! Thanks for watching. Double star obs isnt my thing Im afraid...but many people who have this scope say its good for this particular application. Sorry I couldnt be more helpfull!! Cheers, Ray.

Thanks for watching!

Cheers!! Yes they are - I get the feeling they are going to give ZWO a run for their money!

Yes, a pity..I do prefer the design over the sct!

Oh no!! Sorry it wssnt more helpful....

Thanks for your kind comments and for watching! Yes its designed primarily for solar system objects..and wouldnt be the best'fit' for the monkey head. Cheers, Ray.

Thanks so much Larry! Still very much learrning. Thanks for watching!! Cheers,Ray.

Cheers Rob!!! Its a start as I havent done much either. Had the quark for a while but for various reasons havent used it much. Got some nice images from last auroral display. Hoping to do some timelapse if the opportunity arises. Hope all is well down south!

Hi Jimmy, the white 'X' marks the location of the apollo 16 landing site. Thanks for watching, Cheers R.

Hi, the seeing conditions at the location simply weren't conducive to pushing the optics that far. Now that I live under darker calmer skies, it may be worth giving that a go. Thanks for watching!! Cheers, Ray

Thanks very much for watching and subscribing! I used a skywatcher esprit 120 apo refractor mounted on a eq8-r with a asi 2600mc pro cooled colour camera. Cheers, Ray

Hi there A c11 edge with this sensor will lead to slight over-sampling under good seeing conditions. If this is problem you can mitigate this by binning 2x2. Hope that helps and thanks forvwatching!

Thanks so much Larry. Glad ypu enjoyed it!!! Cheers, Ray.

Cheers Rob!!!

Hello there, can you explain which files you put in the channel combination? Remember, longest wavelength filter to the red channel, shortest to blue and the one between these to the green? Can you send me a screenshot? Cheers Ray

@@astrogadge2276 So I have hst_07515_01_wfpc2_f487n_wf, hst_07515_01_wfpc2_f502n_wf and hst_07515_01_wfpc2_f547m_wf as you've shown. I've put them 656 as red, 502 for green and 487 for blue filter. I think the problem is in the input frames. My 502 image looks odd as STF applied. It's too bright I think. How could it possible?

Hey J.C., Thanks for watching -glad you liked it! Cheers R

Hey Rob, You wont be disappointed with your purchase - its a great scope!! Thanks for the kind comments and for watching. Cheers R (BTW subscribed to your channel..)

@@astrogadge2276 thank you so much. Been subbed to yours for long time now. Thought you had given up. Lots of work your doing. Just need some clear skies. All the best.

Aw thanks Jinx!! Yes - been a bit hectic here. Glad you're enjoying them! Cheers!! R

Hi there!! Yes to both your questions. I posted a vid on this; ua-cam.com/video/a_Smn37kGlQ/v-deo.html I haven't been very active on the channel for a while, as renovations and extensions to the house have taken up most of my time, however , all is finished now!!! Thanks for watching and your interest!!! Cheers R

Hi there. Thanks for the tip/ observations, and of course for watching. Much appreciated. Cheers R

Hi Larry, The 2600mc has a 3.75micron pixel ssize which under ok seeing is a great match for my Esprit 120 APO. A good resource is astronomy.tools/ calculators where you can plug in any telescope/camera combination to work out the degree of over or undersampling is present. From what I can tell 3.76 microns is a good compromise across a wide range of scopes. I suspect your scope wont be radically different to mine..but check it out using the 2 camera specs using these tools. I have to say ive never had any huge issues using the 120 with the 2600mc and any problems ive had have been down to my ineptitude. Hope that helps - thanks for watching!!! Cheers R

Thanks fir watching!!!

You are very welcome 🤣🤣 Thanks for watching!!!

Thanks for the info Todd. The only filter I use is the l extreme dual band so the filter drawer is perfect. In combo with the oag it gives correct backfocus system with my esprit 120. With the askar 300 fra this largely is irrelevant. Thanks for watching and for the useful comments! Cheers R

Hi there. Firstly, thanks for watching - glad it was useful!. I use a pulsar observatory 2.2m diameter. Simple but an effective and weatherproof design. Cheers R

Hi Thanks for watching! The dark area in the lower left is an exposure artifact as the background (sky) is widely overexposed - the OAG image covers the guider chip - there is no vignetting. Again, the background in the main camera is very overexposed. Remember that the main camera here is a a CCD and the guide camera is CMOS and they have different bit depths. Hope that helps! Cheers R

Thanks for watching and your words of encouragement!! I havent posted content for a while as I have been busy with renovations to my new house, but I will be uploading some new content very soon!! Cheers Ray

​@@astrogadge2276good luck

Hi there! That particular image was taken at a bortle5/6 site (I now live at a 4/5). Best to wait for a really dark night with good seeing. The L-enhance filter is good, and you should be able to get results, but if your funds allow it, I would upgrade to the L-extreme which has a better bandwidth. The image you refer to was taken with the L-extreme. Hope that helps, and many thanks for watching!! Cheers Ray

Thanks very much for watching glad you enjoyed it. I live not far from Elgin now. Sorry for your loss!! Cheers Ray

Hi..thanks for watching. You can mitigate/ overcome this by lowering the brightness of the screen and increse the length of the exposure. Doing this gives goid results . Hope that helps! Cheers, Ray.

@@astrogadge2276 Hello. Thanks for the reply. I'm just getting into taking flats and the tablet trick was the first method I tried. I immediately noticed the subtle difference in brightness between frames. Then tested tshirt + sky and there was none differences in brightness. I concluded this was because of the tablet refresh rate, which is correct. I will now try again lowering the brightness with the tablet and increase the exposure. Makes sense, should work. Thanks!

@@marbasfpv4639 No provlem...increasing the exposure length should 'average out' the resulting variation in subs...

Hi!! Thanks for the kind remark. The issue I had was I was using the usb hub on the eq8-r mount and a faulty usb lead which caused the problem. I ended up using the hub on the camera with a better quality lead to connect to my laptop, which solved the problem. The camera does come with leads, but none were long enough to reach the laptop. Thanks for watching!!! Cheers Ray

@@astrogadge2276 Ohh I see I’ll be using iPad tablet with asiair But for planetary I might use lop top to keep planet in to the center with fire capture

Thanks for the tip!!!

Thanks so much for watching and your kind comments!! Cheers, Ray.

Thanks so much for watching..glad you found it useful. Cheers, Ray

Im really pleased you found the videos helpful and you are enjoying the scope. Thanks so much for watching and your supportive comments!!!

Glad you found it helpful ..thanks for watching and your kind comment!! Cheers, R

Hi!

Hi, I largely depends on whether you are going to use it for visual use or for photography. The general rule of thumb.is that the ota plus all accessories should not exceed 0.75 of the mound payload capacity. This scope has a long focal length and so will likely be more sudceptible to mount instability. I would say that to 'future proof' the scope somewhere between 0.5 and 0.75 would be prudent. An eq6-r or similar would be a good match imho. Hope that helps! Thanks for watching!!! R

Hi there. I use pixinsight. Thanks for watching!

Never encountered it....id take it back to vendor.

@@astrogadge2276 thank you for replying, I have emailed the shop to return it.

Ive found the skymax holds in collimatuon eztremely well..but remember its primarily designed for lunar and planetary work. Cheers! Ray

Yes, and double stars also ? I am currently investing in a summer-house on a 2 acre land, where I will be doing most of my imaging in the future (Bortle 4 zone) so I am currently not in the market for a very expensive SCT...(4 to 5 times the price)..