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Easy Upgrades for the Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro
Take your mount from good to great.
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.
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Astrophotography Resources
A collection of astrophotography resources that I have found useful.
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William Optics Fluorostar 91mm
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.
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Setting up the Sky-Watcher EQ6-R
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.
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My Astrophotography Setup
My current astrophotography setup…