SingAstro

Wow,

This thread make me take Milky way photo too.
Will try for sure as am so inspired too

Thanks
Thiha

byang wrote:Hi all, I am starting on this hobby (again) and would like to seek out owners of the above scopes staying in CCK area

Do u stay at CCK?
Would like to know if u found a good spot to setup your telescope and observe/imaging as i also live in CCK. (Ave 3)

Thank you
Thiha

sadly all these images are years old. the last time i traveled to a dark sky site was in august 2012. at mersing with remus and the rest of the singastro folks. SG itself is pretty difficult because of the light pollution and haze. That right, these days also raining and cloudy at night. I have no ...

The macro lens will work. I have an old photo of M31 with a 100mm macro lens. It will just be rather small... For example, this is the M42 complex in Orion which I took some years ago with a very simple $200 mount (a motorized Vixen Polaris, with no GoTo), a Pentax K20D, and a 50mm (!!!) lens. http...

no matter what you use, you will always need a clear sky. in fact it will be much more challenging using the C6 because its focal ratio is a pathetic f/10 (or f/6.3 with the reducer). the Nikon 180ED is f/2.8 so much faster. So a 1-minute exposure with the Nikon, to get the same depth, would requir...

Your best options if you don't want a computer are 1) Lacerta MGEN - this can also control your DSLR's shutter 2) SBIG SG-4 - the ST-i guiding kit will also work on the SG-4 AFAIK. Less hardware to futz around with. Ah man, too many choice now. Totally lost. Let me think carefully before i buy anyt...

cloud_cover wrote:Yes, the STi needs a computer to guide.
For the Nexguide, Celestron recommends an 80mm telescope and because it does not guide at the sub pixel level, you will want a long focal length guide scope.

Ok, let me take a look of the price of Celestron 80mm guide scope price

At 1000mm, a 50mm finder/guider should suffice and the cheapest option is to buy a 50mm straight through finder, a QHY5 guide camera and a KWIK adapter to bolt the two together. Agena astro also sells a 50mm finder with 1.25" back so you can plug your guider directly in. You should, however, u...

Mariner wrote:In that case, ask for an 80mm ED refractor as a guidescope!

Hmm 80ED? Skywatcher 80ED?
Or celeatron 80mm guide scope?

Both are huge

Hey guys, Now i realized that Autoguider and Guide Scope is very useful for astro imaging. So just curious that which autoguider + guide scope might be compatible with my current setup? I just take a look and found this two. Celestron NexGuide Autoguider - S$519 (No Guide Scope includes) + Orion min...