Category: Astronomy

Last night was the third night out with the new SVBony telescope & iOptron mount combination, and the first night of ‘Real’ imaging. The two previous nights were mostly working out the the growing pains but I did get a few of the Horsehead Nebula which were posted earlier. Last night I set out to…

I recently picked up a new scope & goto mount, primarily to be a Portable setup, so weight & size were the most important when I was looking around. I used an old tripod that came with a Meade 4.5″ Newtonian GEM but had the head damaged many, many years ago. The legs were still…