Telescopes, mounts, and cameras used as astrophotography equipment
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This page gives an overview of a few larger tripods which are a popular choice for astrophotographers. We take a look on: Innorel RT90C Artcise AS90C Evumo XT9S Weyllan LX9 An addtional motivation for this article was also to see how the Photastro leg spreader fits...
When I decided to fully migrate to harmonic mounts and get ZWO AM3 in addition to the AM5 I already use for a while, I was thinking, if it makes sense to invest in the second TC40 tripod from ZWO. Eventually, I decided to get Innorel RT90C (also known as LT404C). It...
RC8 for the range from 1625mm at f/8 to 1050mm at f/5.2 It happened to me to meet two guys who were photographing on the same place as I once did. They both were using RC8 (8" Ritchey-Chrétien, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritchey–Chrétien_telescope) telescopes....
I once was astrophotographing with two other guys who used monochrome cameras. The cameras had active cooling and were attached to motor-driven filter wheels. At this time I already heard of such cameras but still did not consider them as an upgrade, since the...
Testing Routers as WiFi Extenders with ZWO AISAIR Pro Some while ago there were a few cloudy nights in my place again, and I took some time to tinker again. Like some other users, I also suffered from a weak WiFi performance of ASIAIR Pro and over time collected a few...
Using equatorial mounts requires using counterweights to achieve a balanced distribution the weight regardless of the rotation of the mount and the sizes of the payload. Counterweights are usually cylindrical and are placed on a bar along the RA axis. Their weight...
Are you tired of shaking preview picture when you adjust the focus? Did you notice how sensitive the adjustments are and how hard it is to hit the right position? You heard of motorized focusers and were disappointed that all of them are made to work with telescope...
Cameras and Lenses  Currently, I use the following gear most of the time: Canon EOS 100D camera, astro-modified, and sold, replaced by: Canon EOS 800D camera, astro-modified, as a main camera ZWO ASI294MM Pro, ZWO 8x EFW, Baader LRGB and CMOS-optimised HSO filters,...
A direct connection via an EQDIRECT cable from a computer to the mount Why The EQMOD project implements a ASCOM compatible driver for the Sky-Watcher and Orion (same hardware and software) mounts which can communicate directly with the mount. It also provides various...