Askar 130PHQ Review - Video Premiere on Thurs. Oct. 13
Added 2022-10-12 16:12:30 +0000 UTCI have a new video premiering Thursday (10/13) at 12 noon ET (9am PT, 16:00 UTC, 5pm UK time). It is approximately 22.5 minutes long. Hope to see some of you there in the chat! In this video I am talking about some of the challenges of using a long, heavy refractor with my mobile (car-based) setup for astrophotography, and I review the new Askar 130PHQ with 0.7x reducer.
As mentioned at the Sunday Chat, I am still working on the Summer group imaging data release, and hope to have it done by Sunday, October 17th. If you have any ideas for the Winter group project, please let me know or discuss it over on the Discord.
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2. Join the Nebula Photos Discord Server by clicking this link and then clicking 'accept invite': https://discord.gg/nebulaphotos
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Clear skies, Nico
Comments
Bravo Nico! Very informative and I like what you said about challenging yourself. FYI you inspired me recently to branch out from visual and explore the possibilities that EAA might yield from our rural property. Not ready for full on astrophotography yet, but my family and I simply amazed by how much more the camera can draw out of the night sky than we can with our 8" dob. So cool! Once this fullish moon quiets down again, I'm going to see what we can do with the elephant from our place using our more meager kit.
Blake
2022-10-13 23:02:01 +0000 UTCI absolutely love those background spiral galaxies! Just fantastic, along with all the dust and gasses in this nebula. Great video!
Mark Muller
2022-10-13 18:23:58 +0000 UTCEager to see what you think of the 107's big brother.
Pat Poling
2022-10-13 13:29:42 +0000 UTClooks about the right size to me, Just going to need a bigger car to go with it.
Malcome Kempe
2022-10-12 21:14:43 +0000 UTCNever too big, in my opinion. Lol
Stephen Weidner
2022-10-12 20:13:50 +0000 UTC
