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I need to stop watching your channel because I'm spending too much money :) I bought an AM3 rather than the AM5 just because of my smaller rigs, but your video had me researching both. I bought the Askar 103 mainly because of your recommendation and it pairs well with the AM3 with a counterweight. And, I bought the Z-61 about 18 months ago due to your videos. Everything works great and now I've spent all of my lunch money. I did buy the Askar Duo set, but I have to blame Cuiv, The Lazy Geek for that purchase.. All in fun, but I do really enjoy your channel. EDIT: I modified an AVX tripod with the ZWO pier for the AM3 and the Askar 103. Guiding is amazing!!

Thanks for your review. As a newbee to Astrophotography, would you recommend using this mount with a mirrorless camera and, say, with a 600mm lens?

Beautiful result. Good job.

I have an ASI071MC Pro. What gain and offset did you use? Are halos more present using filters at higher focal lengths and gain in general? Have you ever messed with the tilt on your ASI071MC Pro?

Another great video! Glad I found your channel

If I already have a HAlpha oiii filter do I need to buy both? I have an L-extreame

Enjoyed this video. I want to try the Color Magic Duo. My question is, Did you also use a light pollution filter at the same time?

Nice video sir, really looking forward seeing how this filter works in differnet focal ratios

I meant together, I've tried the Ha a few times & yes!, no halo.

Great Image!!. I actually own both of the filters but due to weather haven't been able to try them out. Can't wait. Clear Skies!

Dude, there's a new-ish script/utility for separating Ha, O3, & S2 from dual band filters. I cant remember off the top of my head, but it might be from Seti Astro. That dude's killing it lately, with all the useful scripts he's been writing!

Interesting.

I loved my hyperstar. I only ever sold it because I was originally told that I could not put a 2600/268 apsc astrocam on it with a filter. 4 years later thats not the case anymore. The one piece of advice I can give anyone with a hyperstar is that autofocus is a must if not you really need to refocus every + or - 1°c temp change its super sensitive to focus shift all fast optics are. You can also sort of lock down the tip / tilt screws so collimation is not needed if swapping back and fourth from F/10 to F/2. Collimation I found using the artifical star the easiest route then checking on Polaris.

Perfect video at the right time as I'm considering it. Sure can't beat the bang for the buck. I have a 533MC Pro. This camera requires a IR cut filter. I have the ZWO Gen2 filter draw. I'm wondering how I can incorporate the 2" cut filter along with using my Antlia Quadband. Thoughts? Also, how does it hold focus during a night of imaging? Is their mirror flop?

That's a great result. Maybe you said it and I missed it, but what gain value do you use when shooting at 47mp mode?

Thanks a lot for the inspiration! I haven't heard of this target before! It's absolutely beautiful 🙂

So funny (and I'm so sorry) that you forgot your final spacer ring. Photo still looks incredible! Just ordered a zenithstar 73 so very excited for it now! 😁 Though no ccd camera for me yet

Thank you

Thanks for the lesson. I learned a few things. Do you sell your 3D printed design ASIAIR holder?

Good info about this camera and nice result! I have also considered getting one 071MC used. I have the same cameras you have, a qhy183c and a qhy294mm (I'm not anti zwo, they were just better priced compared to zwo when I got them). Clear skies, keep the videos coming. Peace!

Thanks!

Really enjoying your videos. So glad I found your channel. When are you doing your new Planewave CDK-14 unboxing? 😅

I can't find this target on mobile stellarium. Does it have another name?

Thanks for the informative video. I got these filters too, now need to find a worthy target. Do you have a short list of Sii rich targets that would be good to try? I'm in the northern hemisphere.

I have a Antlia quad band filter which has Ha OIII SII and H beta that I use with my ASI071 MC Pro. It’s advertised as a light pollution filter. Would I get a better result if I processed each band separately, ie separating the channels then combining later on in the processing cycle? I could only shoot 1 set of flats though. I’ve seen some use a OSC camera with a “broadband” filter then shoot with a narrow band filter with Ha and SII then prove them separately and finally combine them. Have you thought about adjusting the tilt on your ASI071 and if you have do you know the procedure and is I difficult? Your imaging location looks different. I find it had to stay up that late. This is my first summer trying to image and getting started at imaging around 11pm I feel I’m lucky to get one hour, at the most two hours in before packing up and I don’t have to get up to go to work, I’m retired, but much older than you.

I am planning to buy a Hyperstar for my C8 but I am atomished about your stars. How do you manage to have such nice stars with a normal C6 and Hyperstar ? do you proccessed them before with some kind of starless ? how do you do ? Clear skyes

Cuiv did a review of this filter set with high praise. I already have the SV220, so purchased the Sii-Oiii. I understand there's a pixinsight script for easily combining the data. I use Siril, so. I enjoy your videos a great deal. Taco must not like the smell of sulfur 😊

I was out at our place in Ocean Shores that night. near Oyhut, I have bortle 3/4 skies. I had setup to shoot some AP, and had forgotten about the aurora. by the time I was setup and ready, I noticed the sky's were really grey. An hour or so later, wow, naked eye aurora everywhere. Such a magical night.

Nice work. As I think about getting into AP (visual only now), I'm thinking OSC and filters such as these as maybe being a less expensive way to get started. Looks like you're getting good results and I'm looking forward to seeing more. Is the processing of the data and separation of channels anything special/difficult (newbie question)?

Hi mate great video. Would you be so kind as to check my shorts out. I have just got askar103 after your early video started to get good results.

Aw sweet ! Really enjoying and learning from your channel. Keep up the good work

Awesome video! From your neighbor to the north, vancouver bc, I love the fact that we deal with the same crapy weather lol

What is the flashing light near you?

Do you shoot flats for both the D1 and D2 separately?

Your refer to all the accessories as reducer/flateners. Are each of the the reducers flateners as well?

Would you recommend the RGB filters by SVbony? I thinking of buying the LRGB set for my IMX571 mono.

Neat!

ASI 533 has bigger pixels, better suited for longer focal length

Nice review. I have had only one night out with my 103. I have the 1.0 and .8 reducer. I’ve heard not so good things about the .6. Your images look great. Any issues with back focus with the .6? Some have said it needs 0.5 to 1 mm additionally space.

Now that you have used this scope for a bit, how do you compare this to your C6?

Hello ! very interesting. What do you use as an adapter to join an OAG Askar to the Celestron 6 SCT?Thank you!

I have an idea. Two side by side Hyperstar c6’s on my AM3 of which would be under the weight limit with counterweights. I would use the same cooled color Zwo 183 camera and no filters as I shoot frim bortle 2. This would give me increased amount of integration and as shooting side by side post processing would be easier than shooting over multiple nights as I might not be aligned properly. Is this idea too good to be true?

I thought that with the after market cable router you couldn’t use a dew shield. Is it possible?

I left a high paying job living in bortle 8 skies and took a pay cut to live within one hour of bortle 2. Best decision of my life.

Hello ! Amazing review. ! The tracker is perfect but the GO TO function I never been able to make it work so far. I used the 3 star alignment but it goes crazy wherever it wants. It will never go to the proper celestial object after the alignment. I am perfectly Polaris aligned , long exposure tracking works but the go to function does not work. Any suggestion what I might be doing wrong will be greatly appreciated. I'm starting to think my unit is defective:)). Thanks

Looks quite nice.

Awsome work on that b-footage. It was like watching a rocket come together. Very professional looking! Glad you are still at it friend!

Thank you so much for making this video! As someone who's still learning, you've helped fill in several blanks for me. I use my ZWO Asi533mc in conjunction with my Skywatcher Esprit 100ED triplet and my Celestron 8se, depending on what I'm imaging and I've been thrilled with some of my final results when I get lucky enough to do everything properly! Here's a quick tip for anyone else who images with the Celestron sct.. in my opinion the focusing knob on some of these Scopes is so bad it almost makes it impossible to capture decent deep sky or planetary images. I was able to resolve this by buying a cheap rubber 1" furniture pad, drilling a hole in the center such that it will fit tightly on the shaft of the focus knob, removing the original Focus knob, pushing the rubber pad all the way onto the focus shaft until it reaches the body of the telescope, and finally replacing the original Focus knob. This gives me finer detail over the focus and thanks to the extra friction on the furniture pad, the focus doesn't jump all over the place anytime there's the slightest vibration.

Ever had the 'pitch angle adjuster' clamps on the side not tight enough and had a telescope flop? Yikes.