... where it will gather photons and help to test software and hardware for AP. It has been cloudy here all month with no end in sight, so it is being shipped off to sunnier and warmer climes. My

Holding the weights up with a step ladder sounds like the mount is in park 1 or park 4 [perhaps even park 5] when the scope is removed?? Fernando

Everyone who has been using telescopes for very long (50+ years for me) has his or her own way of doing things that work. Tony was just showing us his technique for his AP 175. He was not advocating

Fernando My video is with a 175 refractor, not what you mention below. Various scopes may require other techniques. Also, what one person can accomplish another may not be able to.

Beautiful shot Alex, almost 4th dimensional!!! R

Indeed, nearly at Zenith! Shawn

Anyone here who is 100% sure that this technique is completely safe & not a risky maneuver at all, please feel free to demonstrate but with a C14, PlaneWave 14 or even better, a Meade 16 SCT

You were lucky because normally there is drift due to atmospheric refraction. The object must have been fairly high in the sky. Rolando

Folks, Folks, I appreciate the kind comments. Rolando, The mount was aligned with a PoleMaster. Images were acquired without the use of a guide camera. I went out again last night. This time I

Fabulous capture and rendering Alex! 😎 Pete

Really nice shot! Almost 3D looking. Chris

Really nice Alex. Great shot.

Sounds like a great day Alan! Our warm Fall days are not going to last much longer. Stuart Heggie http://www.stuartheggie.com/

Lovely shot Alex!!! Stuart Heggie http://www.stuartheggie.com/

That is absolutely lovely! Very 3 dimensional. Rolando

So this is my first time imaging my home state's namesake nebula. I took a bit of RGB for the stars. I'm testing out Russell Croman's new StarXTerminator plugin for PixInsight, and it does a much

Another nice day for H-alpha views of the Sun, featuring a pair of bright prominences and a good number of fainter but detailed offerings. Some nice detail around AR2882 too. Our single stack Lunt 80

That’s gorgeous, Shawn! Well done! Karen AP

That is excellent! How did you guide your setup? Roland

Great catch Shawn! 👍🏻😎 Pete