3rd year of astrophotography journey as well. I find it's the journey as well, not only the final images, all the tinkering, problems, fixes and getting used bargains. Good luck 👍
Global warming? Nope…Nugsy has been on a spending spree. Well done mate, bagged yourself some super bargains. I love the 130PDS. I bought mine new when they were £175, also have the Baader MPCC MkIII. Fantastic scope and puts a lot of expensive APO’s to shame. I love Newtonians and they cannot be beaten for their bang to buck value. Looking forward to your videos mate, clear skies
Great video Nugsy, watched from end to end😀 some fantastic bargains mate, you’ve done well! I Like the 3d printer! May have to put one on my Christmas list🤣 I’ve currently got Glenn’s 130pds on loan! Nice scope! Looking forward to your up and coming videos, you’ve got a lot of good content there mate! Congrats on your 2k subs, you got there really quick👍 Clear skies!
Thanks Simon. Enjoy the 130 for a while. You could do with some diffraction spikes! If you're down to learn some basic online design, the 3D printer can serve you well. It doesn't just mean free Bahtinov masks at your fingertips.
The 130pds is a very nice imaging scope for what I have heard. Looking forward to your captures with it! For the 114mm reflector, I saw one video where someone moved an 8" primary mirror up the tube with longer screws. That way one can avoid butchering the poor tube.
Quite right. I plan non-destructive modifications. Martin Pyott had no choice but to butcher because his had a fixed primary mirror. Also you've just given away that you may have missed the end of the video? (First 130PDS result).
Top vid mate and looking forward to all the new content to come looking forward to getting back to the horsehedge too 😅 oops mean horsehead (from now on it will be forever known an horsehedge)
Happy tinkering Nugsy I bought one of those CYK spider kits for my other halfs 150PDS & its a good bit of kit but I thought the mirror mask was a bit crap as it never covered the clips, I did read somewhere that you can trim the clips down but I really didn't like the idea of that so maybe a 3D printed version would be better. Also that Omegon focuser was a bargain looks better than the crap astro essentials version I bought especially as its a rack & pinion, I just had to use some foam on each end of the bracket to block any light leakage. Clear skies
Yes Tich, Cuiv trimmed his clips and I may have to? I haven't offered it up yet. My focuser has the light-leak type base too. Done on purpose for multi-fitment.
Hi Nugsy, I’ve recently upgraded my eq5 to its big brother the Heq5 I recon you will probably be able to find a nice cheap one. I’ve only been out with it once with very bad conditions and a half a job with the tracking and the results were really nice. The only problem was the coma with the stars. Nice to see you with all that new kit !
@@Cheapass-tro Yeah, I need to sit down and work out if it needs the camera nearer or further from the tube then I can work out what need modifying. If I figure it out before you I'll message you :)
Good to see you are still at it mate! Great scores you found there!👍🏻
Thanks Nick! Accumulated over several months, collected in one haul. I've a lot to get on with.
Neat.
😄 ... Tidy!
3rd year of astrophotography journey as well. I find it's the journey as well, not only the final images, all the tinkering, problems, fixes and getting used bargains. Good luck 👍
I fully agree. A Seestar wouldn't satisfy me as I do love to tinker.
Global warming? Nope…Nugsy has been on a spending spree. Well done mate, bagged yourself some super bargains. I love the 130PDS. I bought mine new when they were £175, also have the Baader MPCC MkIII. Fantastic scope and puts a lot of expensive APO’s to shame. I love Newtonians and they cannot be beaten for their bang to buck value. Looking forward to your videos mate, clear skies
Yes Glenn. You were one of many to show me that the 130PDS is worth getting.
Hi pal, great to see another video and im glad your well. You will be busy over the next few months, looking forward to see your progression :)
Hi. Thanks. Me too!
Great video Nugsy, watched from end to end😀 some fantastic bargains mate, you’ve done well! I Like the 3d printer! May have to put one on my Christmas list🤣 I’ve currently got Glenn’s 130pds on loan! Nice scope! Looking forward to your up and coming videos, you’ve got a lot of good content there mate! Congrats on your 2k subs, you got there really quick👍 Clear skies!
Thanks Simon. Enjoy the 130 for a while. You could do with some diffraction spikes!
If you're down to learn some basic online design, the 3D printer can serve you well. It doesn't just mean free Bahtinov masks at your fingertips.
The 130pds is a very nice imaging scope for what I have heard. Looking forward to your captures with it! For the 114mm reflector, I saw one video where someone moved an 8" primary mirror up the tube with longer screws. That way one can avoid butchering the poor tube.
Quite right. I plan non-destructive modifications. Martin Pyott had no choice but to butcher because his had a fixed primary mirror.
Also you've just given away that you may have missed the end of the video? (First 130PDS result).
Top vid mate and looking forward to all the new content to come looking forward to getting back to the horsehedge too 😅 oops mean horsehead (from now on it will be forever known an horsehedge)
🤣 I was thinking of putting up a pic of one of those faux hedges they jump over in horse racing at that point.
Happy tinkering Nugsy I bought one of those CYK spider kits for my other halfs 150PDS & its a good bit of kit but I thought the mirror mask was a bit crap as it never covered the clips, I did read somewhere that you can trim the clips down but I really didn't like the idea of that so maybe a 3D printed version would be better. Also that Omegon focuser was a bargain looks better than the crap astro essentials version I bought especially as its a rack & pinion, I just had to use some foam on each end of the bracket to block any light leakage. Clear skies
Yes Tich, Cuiv trimmed his clips and I may have to? I haven't offered it up yet.
My focuser has the light-leak type base too. Done on purpose for multi-fitment.
Hi Nugsy, I’ve recently upgraded my eq5 to its big brother the Heq5 I recon you will probably be able to find a nice cheap one. I’ve only been out with it once with very bad conditions and a half a job with the tracking and the results were really nice. The only problem was the coma with the stars. Nice to see you with all that new kit !
Hello again Riley. Awesome upgrade for you. I've been watching prices of course and I do see them coming down. Maybe next year???
@ next year would be good. I’ll tell you what I learn about the mount aswell.
Great video, new subscriber here…👍🏻
Ah, Stewart. The guy with the 3D astro-print video. Glad to have you onboard!
@@Cheapass-tro it’s Stewart, but yes I do have one on 3D printing Astro items…👍🏻
@@Astro_Shed Sorry. Edited.
I printed an adapter for an EOS to use at prime focus on my refractor.
Yes. I'm going to try that out. I have a file to print...
I tried my 200p dob on my eq5 but too big.got a 150p £200 new.much better for the mount
Nugsy, I can get my Canon DSLR to focus on the 114mm using the adapter and screwing the lens from a 2x barlow lens onto the bottom. Hope this helps?
Hi and thanks, but whilst that method works, it doesn't retain the 500mm focal length, which I want to maintain.
@@Cheapass-tro Yeah, I need to sit down and work out if it needs the camera nearer or further from the tube then I can work out what need modifying. If I figure it out before you I'll message you :)