altair – The Amateur Astrophotographer's Cookbook

January 26, 2020

My Field Setup: WO SpaceCat51, SkyWatcher EQM-35 Pro, Altair Astro 183C, Stellarmate Raspberry Pi

Equipment Mount: SkyWatcher EQM-35 Pro Telescope: William Optics SpaceCat51 (Accessories: WO Cat Series Saddle Handlebar for Guide Scope) Focuser: DeepSkyDad AF3 Imaging Camera: Altair Astro Hypercam 183C Guide Camera + Scope: ZWO ASI120MC-S + ZWO MiniScope Polar Alignment: QHY CCD Polemaster Imaging Computer: Raspberry Pi 4, 4Gb Ram, 64Gb Sandisk Extreme running Stellarmate 1.4.6 (Beta … Continue reading My Field Setup: WO SpaceCat51, SkyWatcher EQM-35 Pro, Altair Astro 183C, Stellarmate Raspberry Pi

August 19, 2018August 19, 2018

My guide to auto-guiding Part 1: Configuring PHD2

In an ideal world, we’d set up our telescopes, on our very accurate mounts, that are accurately polar aligned and no matter where we pointed our telescope and camera, we’d be able to lock in on a target for hours on end to capture those faint DSOs without a care for any object slowly drifting … Continue reading My guide to auto-guiding Part 1: Configuring PHD2

July 19, 2018November 9, 2025

My equipment

2025 (Current) It’s been a while since I’ve updated this page. In that time I’ve bought and sold many pieces of equipment. These days I’ve settled on a 3-scope mono setup housed in self-built, roof opening observatory. Additionally I have a standalone scope and setup with an OSC attached. Main: 3-Mono Scope Setup (Mono Deep Sky) … Continue reading My equipment