Setup, capture and process Elephant’s Trunk Nebula
In this video I take you through the entire process of setting up my telescope, balancing and aligning it to
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Take a tour of my equipment
In this video I will give you the complete tour and description of my astro photography equipment. The tour will
Power management
Everyone in this hobby knows that you need power to your mount and other equipment. You can supply this power
Dew heaters
The last session really made me aware of the need to have dew heaters on the optical assembly in order
Configure your PC
In this post I will describe one way of configuring your PC to allow it to connect to your equatorial
Replacing the dovetail
I found that when mounting the telescope on the HEQ5 with the original dovetail the assembly was back heavy due
Install drivers for your PC
So, the laptop or computer of choice is prepared and now it’s time for some drivers for all your equipment.
Connect your PC
If you are using the mount and telescope to do visual observations you can do that with the SynScan hand
Mounting the scope
This is the first test of mounting the telescope assembly to the HEQ5 Pro mount. I had to move the
The optical assembly
Finally, all the pieces have arrived! The Skywatcher Evostar 80ED Pro looks nice and feels like a high quality build.