Would be nice if audio was louder. For a year in the making you dropped the ball on the audio so it was a big waste.

Very interesting video, thank you. How did it work out for you ? Why haven't you made a follow up video ? And are you using the Celestron OAG ?

Great vid! Thanks Eric. Ordered my EdgeHD 8 but every one is out of the .7 reducers... oh well. Clear skies!

Thanks Eric I just got my Celestron SE 6 Schmidt Cassagrain telescope. I do collimation on my older telescope like my red planet reflector telescope, but I am new to the Celestron SE 6. This was very informative appropriate it😊

How do you prevent the camera fro heating up due to the lack of ventilation?

Tank you!!!

Excellent!!

Lots of good information, thanks ! The FLT91 is on top of my list to replace my ED80 w/ WO focuser.

I'm curious about the Pegasus SmartEye. I assume it is a fixed focal length eyepiece but then how does one deal with deep sky objects of varying size?

Great tour Eric. I hope to attend NEAF 2025!

Thanks for doing this the other night. I would be very interested in seeing a lot more of NINA being used real-time. I've only scratched the surface. The comments were very helpful during the live feed. Learning on the fly is the best way!

Praying for your swift recovery Eric. Great first stream.

Great video Eric. I really enjoyed the content. I recently moved to NINA, using the PLL Eagle, I have an EdgeHD 8 and I am curious about the ESATTO 2" LP. I see you are using a reducer, then the ESATTO 2 LP, the Celestron Large OAG, followed by the EFW. How did you achieve 105mm of back focus? Did you use spacers? Do you mind sharing your imaging train back-focus's detailed/diagrammed layout? I am looking forward to hearing from you. Thanks Eric

Congratulations Eric 🎊 So happy for you and excited about your new series and looking forward to your future episodes! Keep Looking Up and enjoying the journey ✨️ Cheers!

We were there from California. See you next year.

10:24 that mythical ZWO rotator!

Thank you. I’ve never been to NEAF. This was the next best thing. Hopefully I will get there next year

Nice to meet you on Saturday!

Ty for this, would love to go, but im lazier than Cuiv ;)

I’ve been waiting for this video for a long time now. Next time, please, put the phone sideways so it fills up the television screen.

Thanks for the tour Eric

Did you swing by William optics ☺️? This was a cool video ..

Thanks for the video, Eric, this is exactly what I was looking for. Do you know why or how having this focuser beyond the reducer doesn’t harm backfocus distance when it focuses? Or is the idea that it only changes the backfocus an insignificant amount? Normally you would think that moving the sensor farther away from the reducer would impact the necessary backfocus.

Great review, Eric. I'm new to deep sky astrophotography and have had my eye on the FLT 91 for my first scope. I think you sealed the deal. Love the Princess Bride t-shirt BTW.

Great Vid. Thx

Hello. Nice review. What did you use for the top saddle?

How difficult is it to collimate optically using the tri-Batinov? By that, I mean using and eyepiece instead of doing it on a video screen? I've yet to get far enough into astrophotography to buy an astro camera or managing system, but will most definitely go with the ZWO products when I do. I have an Edge 8 and a shorty refractor (WO GT-81) and a couple of EQ mounts (AVX and EQ6R Pro).

Eric would you recommend a CELESTRON Edge or William Optics flt 132mm telescope for viewing and astrophotography?

Eric I’m new to Astronomy. I have a Televue NP 101 refractor on a Losmandy G11 mount. I’m looking to upgrade to a SCT. Would you recommend the HD edge 8 or 9.25 or bigger for the Losmandy G11 mount I have? I’m eventually going to do astrophotography.

Excellent video Eric. I’ll try this approach with some old data. It wasn’t clear to me if you had used a narrow band filter? Thanks and greetings from Austria. Regards Derek

This is an excellent video of how this works. Thanks for putting this together.

Building a very similar setup, FLT91 Scope is on the way. Would you care to share the ASI Air plus settings for your rig? Like the EAF step setting in slow/course, Guide calibration step, Max DEC, Max RA. etc.

Man I've been pulling my hair out over this. I have the Advanced GT mount that has never worked right. I am going to put it out in bulk trash next month. Will not buy Celestron again.

what would i put down for exposure if i am just stacking 3 second frames or an hour. mu mount i not that great

How is this setup going for you? Imaging train, vignetting, etc.

Can you use this with an ZWO AM5 mount? What is the total weight with all the accessories.

Thanks. Will do.

Eric I'm about to purchase one for my EdgeHD 8. Any additional thoughts, pro or con, now that you've had it in service for a while? ~ Bill

Just subscribed.

Good information and video. Thank you.

Thank you for explaining this. Is it possible to use this method to collimate the primary mirror? And how do you know which mirror needs collimating?

Which camera will go behind this?

Looks good Eric-I'm thinking of making a pier for my CEM 120 using concrete blocks glued together and filled with concrete in the holes, rebar for more strength. . . .

amazing video!

Never have enough time to do the things you want to do, once you find them... "Time In A Bottle" lyrics written By: Jim Croce.

Just subscribed and will be checking out your other channel too. Nice setup. I'm just getting back into astronomy after a long hiatus; so much has changed since I was last active. But your setup is very close to what I have been thinking would be my setup in the spring; cem70, edge 9.25 and if the wife is willing, a pier. Do you take in your mount head and scope when they aren't in use? Or maybe there's an adequate cover (besides a roll-off, etc.)? Nice photo at the end. I'll be poring through both channels. Best wishes.

Thanks, Eric! I was a bit intimidated until I saw your particular video, that walked me through the logic and the procedure!

sure all of us have 3d printing stuff, its everywhere in the poor hood, in highschools everywhere because its free. DUDE its all i can afford to look at a star - so get the F bent. I hate these assholes.

Nice informative and honest , Thank you

Great review. I also have that scope with the MC version of that camera.