Skywatcher EQ AZ AVANT RA Motor Drive Product review
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
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Great video ! One tip ... hold you camera SENSOR DOWN when attaching it to your telescope
You picking up mayor dust on your sensor of your camera this way after attaching (still face down) use a air pump to blow off any dust and then attach it to your scope
This will clear your sensor from dust (or use in camera shake function, important again to have sensor DOWN so dust can fall OUT)
Thanks so much for this video ! I learned a lot... Im photographer and just started using a telescope to view planets...
Thank you Maarten for the tip!! Something that I shouldn't really skip this process, hence why I take Flat frames to process dust debris out!! When a simple solution takes a few seconds to do!! Thanks for watching and look forward for new videos coming soon from MP ASTRO!!
You make a GREAT tutorial for polar alignment and a GREAT review of this EQ Mount. Thanks and have fun with astronomy...
Thank you kindly!
Very good work, Martin. Excellent!
Many thanks!
Great review! This is an impressive and capable little mount.
Thank you Lepus, look forward to a super tune series of videos. So far I will unlock the true potential of this fantastic starter telescope.
Very complete and extensive video with lots of informations, no doubts left. Great job!
Glad you liked it!
Thanks for the very good video. Excellent level of details for a newbie like me !
Glad it was helpful!
Great review mate! The rechargeable AA and AAA batteries is 1.2v and alkaline battery 1.5v The led blink because take 2,4v and not 3v. The motor run nice with a small lithium battery 3v.
Thanks for the info!
Very useful review Martin, thanks. I'm thinking about one of these for my StarQuest scope.
Go for it Graham! If you not checked out this video yet, you should!!! Here I managed to achieve Autoguiding through this RA motor and achieved some outstanding results!! ruclips.net/video/rEyqoVv9MnM/видео.html
Martin Pyott I’ll take a look. Great affordable kit! Hope you are now fully mended.
@@JenhamsAstro Not quite fully recovered, though I'm been able to achieve Astro-imaging one handed with the legendary Skywatcher 114mm Skyhawk, it's a great feeling to be imaging once again, I've missed it so much!! Your Skymak 127 review on the planet results were amazing!! So glad I own that scope too!!
Hi Martin, Thanks for the great video! I also had a look at the tuning video. I came across it while looking for information the the skywatcher AZ-EQ Avant-m mount. I have 2 Questions: 1. How would you compare (if you can) the Skywatcher Adventurer with the AZ-EQ Avant and the additional motor installed? 2. What is the equipment you made the two photos in our background ;-)? I like them a lot!
Hi Ben both mounts do loook very similar, However I have looked into placing another motor drive on the AZ Avant, there is 2 bolt screw threads where a DEC motor could be fitted, However I was going to buy another RA motor drive, but there is no way to adapt it to the DEC axis (has the threads are placed the same way has the RA axis, which they should really be horizontal position to allow the RA axis motor to fit. Also the other problem is incorporating it to align as a decoder control unit so both axis motor drives are aligned to track independently.
This which I feel Skywatcher could develop a Dual Axis motor drive for the Skywatcher Adventurer and the Avant mount.
The 2 pictures where taken with the Altair Astro 66mm ED on IOptron Smart EQ mount and modified Canon 600D
and the other is the Skywatcher 8" Quattro on NEQ-6 mount and Modified Canon 600D.
Woaw !! I am amazed this upgrade kit is enough to get deep-sky photos O_O All skywatcher kits being this RA/DEV motor kit or the star adventurer 2i declare not being able to track after 200mm of focal length. Still, in the video, you go way beyond that!! If I am not wrong your Newtonian is 500mm x 2 due to the Barlow. Are you limiting yourself to 20s due to the tracking error of the small motor? Could you go longer?
Yes your right I was doubling the focal length on the scope, However Have not seen the super-tune-up video of the SkyHawk, that will surprize you even more!! The scope is now converted to an ultra fast Astrograph with F3.6 to boot!!! You need watch that video!!
@@MPAstro yes I saw it :) You do great and well detailed content. Thank you so much !!! You motivate me to try to push my mount and scope to its limit !!
Very well explained and demonstrated . V impressive and explanations great.
I have a question Martin. How much power does the motor driver have to comfortably move the mount with the weight capacity of equipments it has to overcome without burning the RA Motor drive. Thanks
Not sure to be honest, running from just 2x 1.5v AA Batteries, it's around 3v, which is not much power. However get decent 1.2V Rechargeable 2300mAH with 2 good batteries will be around 4600mAH or 4.6amps, with 1.2v power drain, you should get around 3.8 Hours (almost 4 hours) of continuous tracking. The weight must be balanced so stay under 5Kg Payload, even the mount supposed to take at max payload of 3kg, it can take a bit more weight.
@@MPAstro thank you much Martin. Appreciate your response.clear skies.
Hi Martin, great video, as a total beginner and thick old Yorkshire man I found this very informative. I wonder what exact model camera did you use? I need to upgrade mine for a model with the flip screen, so would appreciate knowing which one you are using.
Yes, absolutely Canon 600D the best good all round camera!!
Great video martin. Thank You.
Very welcome
Thanks for the video helped me so much mate !
No problem 👍
@@MPAstro just a quick question would a 130mm sky watcher explorer be able to pick up nebula ? And also when you look through the eye piece can you see the galaxy’s like when you take a photo or only visible once photo taken I mean the colours etc
Hello great vids. I am looking to getting into astronomy i just like to ask you can you use the Skywatcher SynGuider Autoguiding Camera 2 with the Skywatcher RA Motor Drive ?
I will be testing this one out once I get some dark skies, at the moment I'm looking at late August where it will be a good time to do it. But it will be trial first so I cannot guarantee if it works or not. I'm one of those people who will not publish any videos and give false information to the viewers if this project doesn't work. I realise that viewers have to spend their hard earned cash and find out they got burned by some idiot suggested stupid unrealistic info which has happened to me after following a high end RUclipsr's advice). Hence why my channel has good content, it might not be a huge Subscribed channel, But at least I have 100% genuine Subscribers and viewers, which I've seen other channels are just purely for the money for subs and views, and they have cheated their way through RUclips. For myself I like making videos as a hobby ( I already have a full time job) and I am determined to put out 100% good video content aimed for viewers who are on a tight budget and trying to start out in Astronomy.
Great video! Very impressive optics. What is the focal length ?
The 114mm Newtonian is 500mm focal length at Focal Ratio F4.4. I worked it out that it's under that value at F4.39 to be exact. Thanks for the positive feedback, I know my videos tend to drag quite a bit, However the info I provide it's worth the wait. There will be super tune series which I am currently working on at the moment, so look out for that one in the near future!!
Great video mate . Any tips on finding the objects in the sky before tracking and taking pictures ,also do you recon I could get similar results with the Celestron motor drive on an astromaster telescope? Cheers
I use an android app called Sky Eye, if you refer to this video, I highlight in great detail, with evidence of my using it on night's observing, maybe this help you, plus you'll learn the skies and get used to identify constellations. Here is the video: ruclips.net/video/wFhNRvznewo/видео.html
Hi from Algeria.I love your videos greatly.i want to know prices for your telescope and a camera.excuse my english language.thanks
I'm really torn between getting this motor drive for my StarQuest 130p and trading it all in and saving up some money. Do you know if I'd be able to reach focus with my telescope with a dslr? Because if I can an immediate way of me starting to take pictures would be to get this motor drive.. It's a SkyWatcher StarQuest 130p Newtonian Reflector. Thanks so much! Really great video :)
I'm afraid to say, you'll not be able to achieve focus with a DSLR, you'll need to cut at least 30mm of the main tube length, with a low profile Canon DSLR T2 ring and using the Baader M36.4 male thread to T2 male adapter to thread it into the focuser (if the focuser will accept the adapter) maybe you can achieve focus with the 130p. However there is a fine thread on the 1.25" focuser tube, where a T-ring for DSLR can be threaded, maybe give that try, I reckon that a low profile T-ring might work, but that's the thing with these Newtonian telescopes, Skywatcher only designed these models for visual use only, but if you prepared to do the extreme modifications, you can use them for imaging!! Yes the RA motor drive is a must have, without it you ain't going to go too far for any long exposure astrophotography. Expect to get around 30 -1 minute maximum of exposure through an unguided system just by the RA motor (depending how well you have polar aligned that is??). The mini guide scope is a great asset for this mount, you can achieve a reliable 2 mins exposure and maybe if your lucky 10 mins, but this is a tough challenge indeed, better the polar alignment will determine the accuracy of the tracking and guiding. And the RA motor requires those batteries to be fully charged in order for tracking to be effective as well.
@@MPAstro thank you so much for such a detailed reply! Unfortunately this is the answer I was expecting haha! I think I'm going to sell up and buy a different mount and later on get a scope. Have you modified your SkyHawk, or was this model designed for reaching focus with a DSLR? Thanks again, really enjoying your videos :D
I have modified it, and I got it to work for Astro-imaging!! The modification video: ruclips.net/video/RPEnDSLclEM/видео.html
the flocking: ruclips.net/video/CsJYyhNueeM/видео.html
The imaging part: ruclips.net/video/rEyqoVv9MnM/видео.html
And did it again with further mods to the Skyhawk: ruclips.net/video/OoK_AP8bu5I/видео.html
@@MPAstro that's amazing, thanks Martin!
No problem Craig, I suggest to give it a try, if your willing to risk it, it's worth it if you have done right!! Even if you try to sell it you won't get much for it, as someone will always try to undercut your offer, personally I keep it!!
Hi!! Very nice and understanding video!! I’d like your advice. I am interested in buying my first telescope and I am thinking of buying the 114 AVANT you are reviewing but I must wait for it. The Starquest 114n is available. Does it worth waiting to order the AVANT??? Thank you in advance!!
Definitely wait, the Avant EQ mount is worth every penny, you will kick yourself if you rush in!!
Which kind of reflex did you use please? Have you modified the reflex to use it for astronomical photos? Thanks for video
Canon 600D
Is the Skywatcher EQ AZ AVANT RA Motor Drive compatible with the Skywatcher Heritage 130P? Would I need to put it on a different stand?
Unfornately no, it's just only for the Skywatcher EQ-AZ mounts only
can i get similar results using my powerseeker 114eq if i attached a motor drive ?
Yes you can Yousif Ahmed, Remember Polar Alignment needs to be very accurate has mentioned in my video