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Easy Upgrades for the Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro Take your mount from good to great.

May 20, 2022 in Astrophotography

The Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro is already an excellent mount out of the box. It has been routinely delivering 0.5 arcsecond guiding accuracy even with my fairly long refractor onboard. But there are a few things that are easy to upgrade at home that make the mount even better.

Astrophotography Resources

April 8, 2022 in Astrophotography

A collection of astrophotography resources that I have found useful.

My William Optics Fluorostar 91 telescope

William Optics Fluorostar 91mm

March 30, 2022 in Astrophotography

I recently acquired the William Optics Fluorostar 91 as both a visual and imaging telescope. I selected this model because of the excellent optical quality, large number of included accessories and the avaliability of multiple options of field flatteners from William Optics. I also wanted a little bit more aperture than your standard 80mm while still staying around 500mm of focal length.

Setting up the Sky-Watcher EQ6-R

March 26, 2022 in Astrophotography

The Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro is a German Equatorial telescope mount with many improvements over other mounts that make it ideal for astrophotography. Payload: 44lbs / 20kg Mount Weight: 38lb / 17.2kg Tripod Weight: 16.5lb / 7.5kg Permanent periodic error correction Belt driven axes Vixen and Losmandy compatible saddle plate Assembly It’s just a tripod, it is pretty straightforward to set up. Spread out the tripod legs and set the tripod on roughly level ground with the stud aligned with North.

My Astrophotography Setup

March 24, 2022 in Astrophotography

My current astrophotography setup…