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Good Luck tonight! Thanks for commenting and watching.

A combination of the phone app basically "pluging" in coordinates, and figuring out my time zone seems to have alowed me to get through the steps. Preliminary setup according to the manual, then the steps I just mentioned. It got too light out to see the alignment stars by the time I figured all this out. Next clear night, we'll see if I do indeed know what I'm doing.

Hey Michael, zooming can be done with a barlow lens. Sometimes barlows can make the image quality suffer a bit. It's worth testing with a barlow. Hope this helps. Good Luck! Doug

@@Myastroimages Yes of course...didn't even think of that. But I want to get close tho...thank you so much for taking time to respond. Happy skies.

@@michaelslack4937 2X Barlow is standard, but, they make bigger, like 2.5X, 3X, and 5X. The longer the focal length you make your scope by using a barlow, your mount will play an important part as well. If your mount can't keep the scope steady, you will not be able to use a more powerful barlow.

Thanks! I appreciate the comments! 😁

I do my polar alignment before star alignment. Clear Skies! Doug

Thanks Brian! I'm doing well. It takes so much to do videos and I found I didn't have time to make more videos on a regular schedule. YT really doesn't help the smaller YT creators now a days. Their algorithm changed where a subscription doesn't matter. You click on one topic in YT and then it feeds you tons of larger channels. It was fun while it lasted. Thanks for watching! Doug

That's Great! I'll bet you can see Saturn and the moon too!

You're welcome! Without Polaris, you must be in the southern hemisphere. Thank you!

Hi Kayasper! Check it out here, ruclips.net/video/tvx-FVe5kpw/видео.html From there, you'll see WINDOW >> HISTOGRAM. If your Histogram is not showing, then click the HISTOGRAM and then a little black check mark will appear next to HISTOGRAM and it should be available for you to see now. Hope that helps! Doug

@@Myastroimages Thank you so much for this incredible fast and nice explanation!!

@@kayasper6081 You're welcome!

Thank you! I'm glad you found this useful.

Thank you! Appreciate your comments.

Thanks John for commenting! I'm glad this old video is proving to be useful. Doug

Hi, Not sure, I haven't tried it on a Skywatcher. The Orion Atlas Mount is where this Hand Controller came from. If the Skywatcher has a SynScan Handcontoller, it "should" work. Check out the video here ruclips.net/video/Ywcu0Obzju0/видео.html at this time stamp it shows V3 and V4 hand controllers. If your skywatcher has a synscan contoller and it looks like V3 or V4 then it should work fine. The last thing I want you to do is brick it. Good Luck!

The ISS moves very fast in the night sky. I've seen Apps for your phone that will alert you when the ISS is passing by. I'm sure some of these apps would have directional readings you could potentially plugin to your telescope. Since the ISS moves so very fast, you would need something to track it on your mount. Not sure if Stellarium will track ISS. I did a quick search on YT and found this: ruclips.net/video/W0bvtCfCOaU/видео.html Good Luck!

@@Myastroimages i saw that, thanks to a plug-in stellarium can control nextar and go to mounts

@@bl1xer_SU Did that work for you? Taking a photo of a fast moving object like that would be difficult.

@@Myastroimages I still have to try

Hi Bill, yes, the larger reservoir, and no ice would have been enough for this to work properly. Yes, the heat is not too great, but you're correct, there would be some cooling loss with both hoses together. I got greedy and tried pushing it to the max and ultimately destroyed the camera. I never got these out under the stars to properly test the results. Thanks for your sugggestions. Doug

Hi John, No, you do not need to re-enter the GPS location again if you're in the same place. It remembers your last GPS Location. I would recommend you "PARK" the scope after you end your session. Also, it would be a good idea to do another star alignment the next day. Doug

@@Myastroimages I wheel the scope into the garage after each session. When I start again, I'm not sure which is better: 1, 2 or 3 star alignment. I am using the synscan app then switching to skysafari after alignment...not using the hand controller.

@@johnwarner1929 I always found 2 star to be accurate enough for my needs. If you're rolling it in and out of the garage, less time required on 2 star alignment. Typically my 2 star alignment gets my target with in the view of the frame.

@@Myastroimages I think I'll try 3-star and see what happens. Also, there is some additional adjustment that can be done in SynScan pro (synch?) to make small corrections in one area of the sky. And in SkySafari there is also an align command, but I'm still not sure how it all fits together. I would do some more experimentation, but it's CLOUDY EVERY NIGHT here!

Never tried turning off the beep. You may be able to if you dig in the settings. Good Luck!

Hi David, yes it was hard to run this plus a full time job. I know most YT people this is a full time job. In 2017 I lost a family member and decided I needed to refocus my free time attention. I myself have fallen from AP, but, when I do have time, I try to share. I realize there are many talented people in the AP community now. I'm OK with standing by for now. Happy New Years to you! Doug

Correct, it does invert the image. That's normal. With the finder scope you're trying to find a point that aligns your main telescope.

Hi Linda, I probably don't know enough about color pallets to explain this well. However, using a Narrowband filter (Ha) this is normally the most prominent visual representation. For the most part, astrophotography is an artistic representation, and not the true colors in the sky. Example, Ha filter by itself is black and white (Mono), but we assign colors to these black and white photos to help represent different gases in the object. Some of the Best Artistic Astrophotographers have great processing techniques to help the image look better to the human eye. One of my favorites is Rogelio Bernal Andreo www.deepskycolors.com/ He really knows how to make the best out of his Colors in his images. I found my images turning this "green" color and found this trick to help bring out a boring green image into something better. Doug

Great idea Gary!

Very good points Gary. I believe for starters, most kids would get more value at looking around during the day. You can start to realize what all the controls do. Then after learning the basics of terrestrial viewing, then advance towards solar system planets, moon, etc. Thank you! Doug

Thank you Ahmed! Appreciated! Doug

Thank you! I'm glad you found it useful!

Thanks!🔭

Thanks Goose! Appreciate the kind comments!

Glad this was useful for you. Thank you for the kind comments.

Excellent! Glad the Elastic bands worked! I'm proud of you too! Good way to improvise with what you had.

You're welcome! Thanks for watching and commenting!

Give it a try if you're having guiding issues. Hope it works well for you! Good Luck!

Glad it help! Thanks for commenting!

I learned something new! Thank you Maciej for letting me know about Multi-star guiding. I've never tried that before. What software do you use for Multi-star guiding? Do you see better results using Multi-Star Guiding?

Glad you found this useful. Thank you for commenting!

garyseronik.com/wp-content/uploads/manual/Parts.jpg This should get you going with the dimensions. Also reference this website: garyseronik.com/a-tracking-platform-for-astrophotography/#more-52 Doug

Thank you!

Glad this worked for you!