Team Thor Expeditions

Guys:I purchased a guide scope for my astrotrac and am incrementally testing it out.  Any of the list members run a guider on their AT mounts?Bill

Very nice!  Lots of color and detail.  Did you capture these images in VA near your home or did you have to drive for dark sky?Bill

20 minutes unguided?  You da man!  The metadata would suggest that this was a single exposure rather than a stack which makes the 20 min even more remarkable.Good job.bc

I just saw your comment about the remote shutter.  They are worth the price and seem to be quite durable.  Mine has lasted through 3 canon bodies.  They are easy to use, prevent tremor, and allow...

Nice.  Must be a camp or dwelling over the nearby ridge, eh?

Russ:Good point on the mask.  I have never used one on a standard camera lens, but in theory there is no reason it should not work.  I will look into it.But, on the lens I was using, it was an Oly...

Just for the record, this was shot with WB set on daylight.  Not because I thought that was best, but because it was not "auto" and therefore potentially changing from shot to shot.  I was using...

I greatly appreciate your comment, I was hoping that your explanation would not be the case, but it likely is.  Getting modifications to the canon cameras is easy, getting one for my Oly will be...

Esteemed list members:I recently purchased an Astrotrac with pier.  I have only used it 3 times, but so far I am quite pleased.  Just last week I had to take a trip to Tucson, AZ and being in the...

Excepting, of course, that thing that happened back in the early 1940s I guess.

The reason for the 2nd Amendment was very simply that at the time it was written, the newly-born US had just come from under the thumb of the Brits.  The Crown banned gun ownership because they...

What camera and other equipment are you running for this shot?  Can you post a photo of your assembled "kit"?Best,bc

Agreed.  According to the site, these adapters do not vignette and therefore may be better than a normal adapter.  But, I have heard that because the MFT chip is physically smaller than much of the...

Joneil:Great input.  Since I have the astrotrac wedge, I intend to prove that it fully works or is not usable for the intended purpose.  Specifically, my polar alignment errors so far have been...

Two HUNDRED hand selected alignment points??  THAT is diligence, defined.  But, your efforts produced outstanding results.

Good job, post more when you have them.Best,

NancyP:What camera is this lens going on and where did you get the filters?  I assume they go on the front of the lens (as opposed to inserted into the lens like the older Canon FD lenses).I am...

I like this shot, what were the "specs" on this: FL, exposure time, aperture and camera type?bc

Tony:Thanks for the critique.  You are correct that there is some slurring in the 28mm image but I did not discover the pointing error until later.  Happily, the shorter lenses are more forgiving...

Esteemed List Members:I was asked to report results from my first real usage of my Astrotrac mount.  My summary is as follows:- I am a noobie, so any results need to be taken with a grain of salt. ...