Hello

[elsler (Mark)]

Hi everyone my name is Mark and i have just signed up to this forum and am new to Astronomy/Astrophotography
so im just learning my way around. I have just got a DSLR Camera and Telescope so i might have few questions if that is ok

Cheers
Mark

[raymo]

Welcome, and ask as many questions as you need to.
raymo

[Londoner (Mick)]

Hi Mark,
I'm new here too.

Mick

[gaseous (Patrick)]

Hi Mark, and welcome. Good to see several new people joining up.

[JA]

Hello Mark,

Welcome to the forum. Join in the discussions and have fun.

Best
JA

[that_guy (Tony)]

What set up do you have? Knowing what scope you're using will help us give you better tips and tricks!

[elsler (Mark)]

Hi all i have a Celestron Astromaster 130eq and also a Skymaster Star Adventurer with the eq mount and a nikon D3400 .Im Thinking i shouldnt have got the mount instead should have bought a goto eq mount

[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

and from me as well , First up I would curb my AP ambitions for now and concentrate on using your scopes as well as learning the night sky . The 130 especially will show you plenty of cool stuff . .

Take your time and you will enjoy the hobby more as its a very steep learning curve so dont burn out and if you decide later on to do AP then look at another mount ,

Brian.

[cadman342001 (Andy)]

Welcome Mark !

I'm new here too, have just sold my Star Adventurer and am buying a HEQ5 Pro (sound familiar? ) that happens to come with a 5" f/9.4 refractor that I'll be using for viewing, and have a Nikon D800 for AP (been doing widefield shots and other types of photography for years)

I used the SA for a while and it's a good portable lightweight/load solution. Used a pair of binoculars to familiarize myself with the night sky / star hop etc. while doing long exposures, along with laptop to check against Stellarium and to run my Polemaster software for Polar Alignment.

Andy

[elsler (Mark)]

Hi Brian and Andy Thanks for the good advice i might look into this polemaster thing you mention Andy as i can seem to get my SA polar aligned

[that_guy (Tony)]

honestly, if you're just doing widefield with the SA, you can get away with just roughly aligning with the southern pole. I wouldn't waste a couple hundred bucks on the polemaster until you have a heavier duty scope with a larger scope.