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@@LogansAstro Thanks Logan, we survived for another night, but only just🤣 Clear skies!

@@dumpydalekobservatory Thanks Tich mate👍CS

@@Astro_Shed Thanks so much Stuart! It was an impromptu moment, but one I’m pleased I did! Pity those clouds came in again, but happy with the result👍 Cheers mate, clear skies!

@@woody5109 Thanks Woody, I’m running the rig with the ASIAIR Plus which is powered and connected to the Pegasus power box, so I’m syncing with the ASIAIR to the iPad, it put out its own WiFi hotspot that I can connect to! Clear skies mate👍

Thanks Simon, I run the ASIAIR all the time and power everything from it but the mount. But I’ve been told you can’t run the ASIAIR off of the Pegasus because it won’t sync to an IPad so how do you control the Pegasus, can you do it manually?

@ That’s an interesting one! They work together ok, you have no control over the Pegasus through the ASIAIR, but I plugged it into a pc to set it up, like setting the dew control, I’ve got it plugged into the ASIAIR using the blue usb b cable that came with the Pegasus. I’ve even got my usb pen plugged into it for storage of data, it all works fine!

Right, so you run the Pegasus through your PC, makes sense, thanks Simon.

@@Astrobloke Thanks Glenn, I’m glad it’s gone now! I’m all commeted out now🤣 CS

@@jeremyhigginson9307 Thanks Jeremy, they’ll be other comes mate, and you’ll be ready😀👍

Mind you, it was only last Thursday it got it! It may still be around for a day or two!! If you have a clear sky, have a look to the west!

@@Tony-Elliott Thanks Tony, much appreciated mate👍

Thanks Anthony, much appreciated! It must be because I’m a builder of 38 years😀👍 I’ve learnt a thing or two!

Thanks Nugsy! You’ll have to get it next time round mate🤣

@@HeavenlyBackyardAstronomy Thanks Pat👍 Shame you’ve not captured it yet! You need another storm to sort those trees out mate🤣 It’s my local village church, it’s actually nestled in an area surrounded by farm land, I was on the little lane that goes down to the church! In the village of ‘Onehouse’ probably was only one house years ago! Lots of houses now🤣 Clear skies Pat

@@dumpydalekobservatory Cheers Tich! Yeah I’m sure it’s dimmer and definitely higher now! Thought someone would mention 2 stags in the field🤣 Elon invaded the skies again mate!! To be honest, it was better static, trying to stack a moving target with foreground was a nightmare!! Clear skies mate👍

@@jeremyhigginson9307 Hi Jeremy, thanks mate! Look west after sunset, up till about 8 o’clock it’s a bit higher now, it was quite low before! Any phone will do it!

@@petesastrophotography Thanks Pete👍 I’m glad you’ve captured it mate! There has been some amazing images of it (different league to mine)🤣 Take Chucks recent image for example! Just brilliant! But then it was from a bortle 1 sky! I’m impressed with this Nomad, it really did hold up with my chunky dslr and a 300mm L lens, surprised me! I have also got another tracker, the ioptron skyguider Pro, a nice little tracker, but this is so much easier for polar alignment, my Skyguider needs a laptop! This Nomad has great potential mate! Thanks as always Pete! Clear skies👍

@@SimonsAstro Yes indeed , I was on Chucks livestream when he captured the comet, couldn't quite believe what I was seeing!

@@petesastrophotography I checked in this morning and saw you were in there, an administrator no less😀👍

@@Tony-Elliott High Tony, that weather is a real pain for you mate! I’m crossing my fingers for you for the next couple of days! I really hope you get to see it🤞🤞Thanks for watching and clear skies 👍

@@nightscapejournals Thanks Paul, glad you enjoyed it! Still would have liked more detail in the comet, but it was almost a full moon, and a bit cloudy!! Never happy🤣 Cheers Paul 👍

@@Astro_Shed Thanks Stuart, it really is a portable and capable little tracker mate😀 Clear skies

@@arnsteindale5531 Thanks Arnstein, was great fun mate! Clear skies!👍

@@AstroBoater Trust you mate🤣🤣

@@SimonsAstro 🤣

@@libertywinguk Thanks Darrell! I had camera issues!!

@@woody5109 Hey woody, thanks mate, hope you get to see it👍 Clear skies

@@robstanley559 Thanks Rob, You’re welcome👍

@@Interstella_Fella Thanks very much👍

@@SimonsAstro your quite welcome. The observatory build was immense. I hope to have similar equipment one day.

@@Interstella_Fella Thanks! Glad you liked the observatory build😀 Good luck with your own some day👍

@@woody5109 Hi Woody, Altair Astro sells them, £49 pair, they ship worldwide mate👍 www.altairastro.com/altair-keystone-riser-block---pair---green-10244-p.asp

Thank you so much sir.

$151.00 Canadian that includes £40 shipping costs 🤷🏻‍♂️ lol, thanks again.

Another $30 duty, guess I won’t be doing this again, lol.

@@woody5109 🤦‍♂️

@@SwedishSpaceHunter-k4b Thanks for watching, so glad it was useful! Good luck with your pier build👍 Clear skies

@@robertcarroll5036 Thanks Robert👍🤣

@@astrostufftomtrubridge7915 Thanks Tom, the mount was ok, but it’s been playing up recently! It keeps disconnecting in Nina, several times a night! And then it hit the pier again at full slewing speed because I set the mount back to home manually, then when I switched it on, the mount went back to home, but it was already at home and consequently it hit the pier, I couldn’t stop it in time! So now I’m checking it out again to see if anything is wrong! I’m hopeful it’s ok!!🤞🤞 Clear skies mate👍

​@@SimonsAstroHi Simon, Maybe best to remove scope weights etc, then try a few dummy runs any time of day whilst logging nina events & PC status, mains connections high and low voltages to mount and ancillary equipment etc can spike things, so worth a wiggle and check meter inputs, its the infrequent bugs that are most annoying Atb Tom.

@@astrostufftomtrubridge7915 Thanks for tip Tom! The mount is getting a hyper tune soon, so will give it an mot then👍

@@tullyfisher Thanks Tully! It really is a nice scope mate! If you do buy the 130 from Altair, mention you saw my video😀👍 Clear skies mate!

@@SimonsAstro I'll think about it.. If I will I will do that :)

@@nightscapejournals Thanks Paul! Glad you liked it! Yeah it was fear/pain when I saw that🤣 Seems to be ok though! Only time will tell🤞 Clear skies mate👍

@@meibergstrmandersen9181 Thanks for watching Kenneth👍

@@SimonsAstro Simon, I have only reached the OSC shooting with my 115 EDTX, but still there a lot to get from your videos on the processing side. Cheers Kenneth

@@meibergstrmandersen9181 Thanks so much Kenneth👍

@@siegfriednoet Thanks for the comment! Some valid points! By the way, I assume you mean Altair and not Askar! The moon may have had a slight impact on the contrast, although the 3nm filters I was using will have helped a lot! It’s difficult to get an exact copy on the final images, as I can never process to an identical finish, but point taken! The end result is, for £1k less money, you can get very capable alternative! It’s nice to have a choice 👍 Thanks for watching and clear skies!

@@SimonsAstro Ah yes I meant Altair and not Askar ofcourse, just corrected it ;-)

@@LogansAstro Thanks so much Logan! Yeah that Altair scope did surprise me! As you say, nice to have a choice at reasonable prices! I’m a bit nervous now of the flip!! Hopefully it’ll be ok🤞🤞 Thanks for watching and clear skies 👍

@@dumpydalekobservatory Hey Tich😀 Thanks mate, I don’t know how I’d cope with a reflector! And I’ve got one, that’s why it’s still on the shelf🤣 For the money mate, it’s a great alternative! Worth a look! Thanks for watching and clear skies 👍

@@tostativerdk Thanks for watching mate! Thats interesting about the python script! Thanks for tip! Clear skies👍

@@Mel-127 Hey Mel! Thanks so much for the kind words mate😀 I’m so glad you found the video interesting! Thanks for watching and clear skies👍

@@PrivateYT-GG Thanks for the vote of confidence 😀 Truth is we sent it in, but they chose a picture of the moon🤣🤣 Clear skies!

@@arnsteindale5531 Thanks so much Arnstein 😀 Much appreciated mate👍

Thanks Arnstein! Sorry for late reply! Only just seen comment!!👍

@@robinhoward6447 Thanks so much for watching Robin! Glad you liked it mate👍 It can be a rewarding hobby for sure 😀 Clear skies!

That’s much appreciated mate, thanks👍😀

@@bngwira Hey @bngwira, thanks so much for the super thanks😀👍 much appreciated mate! That sounds like a nice setup! I do still like the Esprit, but the price of the Altair is tempting 😀 I love my Askar FRA400 too! Thanks so much for watching! Clear skies 👍

@@aleixandrus Thanks so much for watching mate😀 Yeah the Altair 130 is tempting for sure! I’m sure Altair could get the scope shipped out to you without too much trouble (and expense!!) Interesting idea about shutting off the power in the event of a near collision! Don’t really know though how I’d do that!! Luckily the EQ6 has a clutch that slips so no damage to the rig👍 Clear skies mate!

​@@SimonsAstro I suppose you can plug the mount to a intelligent power outlet controlled by a contact relay switch witch triggers an off signal if the mount reach a limit point. Not expensive or difficult to set really, having those home automation accesories. The tricky part to my view may be set the contact switch in a reliable way so it never turns the power off by accident while manually manipulate the mount. Some mounts have this functionality built-in but they are usually those crazy expensive. It is interesting what you say how the clutch allows some degree of slippage. I always though moving the mount with the brakes fully engaged may damage the worm gear (at least for some extent). Good to know this.

@@aleixandrus Yeah the clutch definitely allows a certain amount of slippage! The camera was pushing against the pier for 5 hrs with no apparent damage 😀 An interesting concept with an intelligent power outlet and a relay switch!! May have to consider something like that👍 Thanks for the reply! Clear skies!

@@CDigata Thanks for watching mate! It’s always a challenge when doing a comparison to get everything equal! But it was pretty close! Yeah the number of good quality scopes coming out can only be good for us, choice and a good price is important! Yeah so glad about the EQ6 clutch!! No damage thankfully 😀👍 Clear skies!

@@nbw555 Thanks for watching! Yeah I think it was slightly better! I could do a park position like Glenn did, as you say! But truth is, I’m lazy🤣 The roof does just clear my Esprit rig and I didn’t want to risk anything with the Altair, as I’ve got to give it back🤣🤣 Clear skies mate👍

@@petesastrophotography Hey Pete! Thanks so much for watching mate! Yeah, you just have to love those floppy dew shields🤣 Don’t know why a premium scope like the Esprit has to suffer like that!! The Altair 130 is definitely a scope to consider in that focal range for a great price 🤣👍 Clear skies mate!

@@jimwaters304 Thanks for watching! I agree, the focuser on the Esprit is good! I have an Askar FRA400 and find the QC very good on that! Not sure what the 10mm is! If you mean focal length, it’s 70mm (840 - 910) I could see a slight difference! Clear skies👍