I’ve quite enjoyed some #astrophotography over the last few months but I’m stuck with about 30 second exposures with my alt-azimuth mount. Anything longer and I just get streaks.
I see the new Ioptron ZE25 equatorial mount is getting good reviews and is hefty enough to take my 80mm refractor and DSLR side by side. I stepped out tonight to check that Polaris is visible from my patio so that I can polar align – no problem! Time to upgrade?
I also tried out step down rings tonight to see if I can convert diffraction spikes on a DSLR lens into circles – worked well over 30 seconds!
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I sympathise … I’ve been restricted to the magic 30 sec with my Celestron 9.25 alt/az. Thinking of getting the wedge but I like the idea of your 80mm refractor also. Nice to have both actually.
I think of the 80mm as a sort of portrait lens like a 50mm whereas my Nexstar 8SE is like a 300mm zoom, more magnification but maybe not so sharp. I hope to experiment with just mounting a DSLR or refractor or both side by side – will see how it goes!