New Gear arrived - Pics inside

prova · #1 19-02-2009, 01:18 PM

Arrived home to a number of boxes in my living room yesterday. I've been mulling over the fact to "get guiding" for sometime so I can really start to retrieve some serious data and have taken the plunge..

I sold the excellent HEQ5-Pro and upgraded to a EQ6-Pro, bought an 8" f/5 GSO Reflector and mounted my Vixen ED81S ontop for both guiding aswell as widefield imaging.

Thanks to some great advise I also purchased an Orion Starshoot Autoguider which I later found out is a re-cased QHY5.

Waiting for the new telescope rains to pass then I'll get cracking!

Thanks for looking.

h0ughy (David) · #2 19-02-2009, 01:45 PM

well done

erick (Eric) · #3 19-02-2009, 01:53 PM

Good-sized and well colour-coded knobs on the rear of that OTA!

Ric · #4 19-02-2009, 02:03 PM

Congrats on the new setup Prova, it looks a beauty.

toryglen-boy (Duncan) · #5 19-02-2009, 02:04 PM

looks great !!

where in Canberra are you? you will have to invite me around for look through it

prova · #6 19-02-2009, 02:30 PM

thanks guys

rmcpb (Rob) · #7 19-02-2009, 02:59 PM

Looks great. Now for you to get it really dirty and well used.

Tilt (Michael) · #8 19-02-2009, 03:25 PM

Awesome set up you've got there prova. Are you going to use a DSLR with the GSO for imaging? Will you have to modify the tube to reach focus?

Michael

prova · #9 19-02-2009, 04:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tilt

Awesome set up you've got there prova. Are you going to use a DSLR with the GSO for imaging? Will you have to modify the tube to reach focus?

Michael

Thanks Michael.

I have a Canon 350D DSLR which I'll use for deep-sky imaging. As far as focus goes, I have the extension tubes to ensure that won't be an issue.

Cheers

Matty P (Matt) · #10 19-02-2009, 06:23 PM

Awesome looking setup Mark. Glad that everything arrived safely. All you got to do now is wait for some clear skies.

renormalised (Carl) · #11 19-02-2009, 07:05 PM

Nice piece of kit!!!....now for the piccies!!!

Fox · #12 19-02-2009, 08:10 PM

Congratulations prova. That's one major eye on the sky.... Fox

cookie8 (Vincent) · #13 19-02-2009, 08:22 PM

Very impressive package

BC · #14 19-02-2009, 09:26 PM

Nice looking package there. I see there are 5 of us in the Canberra region in this one thread and 2 of us have fairly new EQ6-Pros. No wonder the skies have been cloudy.

Bruce

prova · #15 20-02-2009, 09:17 AM

Thanks fellas, looking forward to some imaging!

mick pinner · #16 21-02-2009, 10:26 AM

l'm using the 8" f/5 as part of my portable setup for imaging, l haven't actually taken any pics as yet as l'm getting used to the Argo Navis first.
lt should produce some nice reasonably wide field views but without a coma corrector it really is a dog of a scope visually.

Tilt (Michael) · #17 22-02-2009, 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BC

Nice looking package there. I see there are 5 of us in the Canberra region in this one thread and 2 of us have fairly new EQ6-Pros. No wonder the skies have been cloudy.

Bruce

Ah yes...

I have gear in the mail heading my way from Bintel + a modded 350D is due at my front door sometime next week. So I'd expect the clouds to persist for a while yet

Michael