Apertura Carbonstar 150, "Defeating my Newtonian Dew Issues and Optical Reliability"

[@gspinin]

Glad to hear the c6 dew shield fits!

[@astronotna]

Me too!!!

[@ekalbkr]

I wanted to thank you for your hint in episode 1 to be extra careful when rotating the focuser to accept the EAF. Had I not known , there could have been a disaster😮.

[@astronotna]

Glad to hear you avoided a disaster, it’s a sensitive area of the telescope!.

[@1fastbunny]

I have this scope and love it, I’m enjoying following your experience with it. I’ve been at this for only 2 years and need to learn processing techniques. Step by step.

[@astronotna]

Oh nice! That is reassuring! Thanks for watching these videos!! I am enjoying the scope so far as well! Clear skies!!

[@ddiver7908]

Noice! an update to the 150! Beautiful capture of the Heart

[@astronotna]

Thanks! It was a welcome surprise considering the conditions!

[@ridearocket]

100% going to be my next telescope purchase. After a mount upgrade that is.

[@astronotna]

It's been great so far!! So excited for ya!

[@JonnyBravo0311]

I have that same rotator on my 8" EdgeHD. I've considered an electronic one (like the Pegasus) but just isn't worth the expense to me. Everything is threaded on my setup, so a rotator was necessary. On my SharpStar 15028HNT, there's a rotator built right into the focuser. Again, the entire imaging train is threaded/bolted. You're definitely more adventurous than I am regarding imaging. If I'd seen those conditions, I wouldn't have setup. Then again, the trip to my imaging location is from the garage to the end of the driveway :). I actually use an AstroZap flexible dew shield for my newt. I already had it for my 8" EdgeHD, and all I needed to do was apply another velcro strip to make it fit the 6" newt. Serves a couple of purposes... first is dew prevention. Second is to keep the stray light out as much as possible. It's one thing I don't like about the SS design: no internal baffles, so it's extremely susceptible to stray light reflections.

[@astronotna]

Man that would be amazing! Perhaps someday I will be able to do that!! Yea I try to take advantage of every night I can right now. Perhaps I should test scopes during the spring lol! Although it will be interesting to see if cold weather will affect collimation.

[@JonnyBravo0311]

@ it’s convenient but has drawbacks. I have a pretty limited view of the sky only able to image to the west and north, which is unfortunately where the biggest light pollution is. Also I’m at best Bortle 7 so my skies are pretty bright. I keep telling myself that I’m going to find a better location to image, but I’ve yet to actually follow through 😂

[@astronotna]

I totally get that! I am very comfortable with my 2 dark sites but I promised myself a little adventures starting next spring! I hope adventure finds you as well my friend!

[@josephin92]

I was waiting for the dew situation. I think I’ll get the same dew shield.

[@astronotna]

Nice! I hope you like it as much as I have over the years. One thing I forgot to mention and perhaps the most important is that it holds it's shape since it's a rigid dew shield. This will be especially handy when taking flats.

[@josephin92]

@ thank you! I had the same for my 8” sct that broke a couple of months ago but it doesn’t fit this 6” scope and I didn’t want to buy the 6” version without knowing if it will fit fine. Thanks so much!

[@astronotna]

Oh nooo! Sorry about your SCT!!

[@physmc1]

One cheap solution that helped a lot with my newt was to add a fan in the back of the primary. Not sure if it is possible on the apertura , but is a very cost effective way to break boundary layers at the mirror.

[@astronotna]

Thanks for this my friend! I'll keep it in mind if need something more. Let's hope I dont! lol

[@physmc1]

@@astronotna Hopefully not haha. Seems like you had a pretty good stress test .

[@astronotna]

No shortage of dewy nights for us out here that's for sure lol

[@AnthonySchmitt]

What 3D printer would you recommend for a beginner that is dimensionally accurate? I would like to print Astro parts occasionally and not sure where to start. Nice video as usual.

[@astronotna]

Thanks for watching this one!! Creality ender 3 is a good staring point with lots of support. Very inexpensive. If you can splurge maybe a K1. They are great right out of the box

[@whatmattersmost6725]

Nice vid! Do you mean that your coma corrector can just rotate in the focuser?

[@astronotna]

Thanks and thanks for watching this one! Yes just untighten the compression spring screws and the entire imaging train will rotate. It's rather nice actually.

[@Twlight-Astrophotography]

I have the Carbon Star 8" Ritchey-Chretien. I am very happy with it. I almost got the 150 but I want to use it for Galaxies. I have a reducer for it, and it does very well and I can remove it and I'm back at 1600mm for Galaxies and the reducer for planetaries and Mosaics.

[@astronotna]

Oh nice! How was Collamation for ya on that. I looked at those and was curious! Some people reported great collamation out of the box!

[@Twlight-Astrophotography]

@ it’s good just a hair off due to miss handling but it’s back in I just had to tweak the secondary. It’s just like collimating a newt.

[@kgeissler2]

I have the 6" Carbonstar RC and love mine. Collimation has not been difficult at all

[@astronotna]

Hmmmm makes me want to buy one now. 😆

[@josephin92]

I wanted to ask you. What OAG are you using?

[@astronotna]

I'm using a 50mm Guidescope with this but I do have a zwo OAG

[@josephin92]

@ ohhh thank you. I also have a 50mm guide scope but I would like to use that space for the asi air and put my dew heater controller in the dovetail. Unfortunately the Celestron OAG I have is too thick for this setup where I need only 55mm back focus. I may get the askar OAG to replace the guide scope. Thank you as always for your help!