Living on the west coast of British Columbia @49*/123* gives you a real appreciation for those few clear nights during our cold, I have had my eyepieces freeze to the tray, and wet winters. The last time I was able to image on consecutive nights was back in November 2015. The drawback, aside from lack of imaging for 4 months, is that you have too much time on your hands to look for that next piece of "essential" equipment.
I am awaiting a Skyris 236m to use as a guide camera with my Stellarvue FM60. I may get into planetary imaging in the future which, of course, will mean filters and a filter wheel. Right now, I am looking to improve my guiding and tracking.
Hand in hand with improving guiding and tracking will be a new polar alignment camera from QHY, the PoleMaster. I will do a review of this to see how well it performs. The results expected from the specs should provide a very impressive polar alignment. This would be a great time saver for those of us without a permanent setup.
I also have on order a Windows Vensmile W10 computer which is about the size of an iPhone. My intent is to be able to access this remotely through team viewer from the comfort of my home. Right now I am hard wired from my caravan to my mount which is more comfortable than being outside at the mount but still not as pleasant as being indoors with a cuppa.
I will update this blog once the new toys arrive and I have had a chance to test them out.
I am awaiting a Skyris 236m to use as a guide camera with my Stellarvue FM60. I may get into planetary imaging in the future which, of course, will mean filters and a filter wheel. Right now, I am looking to improve my guiding and tracking.
Hand in hand with improving guiding and tracking will be a new polar alignment camera from QHY, the PoleMaster. I will do a review of this to see how well it performs. The results expected from the specs should provide a very impressive polar alignment. This would be a great time saver for those of us without a permanent setup.
I also have on order a Windows Vensmile W10 computer which is about the size of an iPhone. My intent is to be able to access this remotely through team viewer from the comfort of my home. Right now I am hard wired from my caravan to my mount which is more comfortable than being outside at the mount but still not as pleasant as being indoors with a cuppa.
I will update this blog once the new toys arrive and I have had a chance to test them out.