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This is more for you who whish to spend more time than money on your astro equipment. Be careful if you want to do something similar as I do here. I do many mistakes and what's right for me can be wrong for you and your equipment, you can destroy it!

Mounts:


EQ6 / HEQ5:

EQDirect cable between EQ6/HEQ5 mount and computer and some ideas about wireless controlling.

Project: EQDirect cable

First published: 2021

EQDirect cables for EQ6, HEQ5 Mount

AstroEQ for SkyWatcher EQ6 mount ?

Project: AstroEQ

First published: 2021

AstroEQ for EQ6 Mount ?

SkyWatcher EQ6 mount and 300 mm lens setup:

Project: 300 mm lens on EQ6 mount

First published: 2020

EQ6 Mount and 300 mm lens setup

SkyWatcher HEQ5 mount as a portable mount and how I control it with Raspberry / Astroberry:

Project: HEQ5 mount

First published: 2021

HEQ5 as a portable mount

DC hub motors:

Project: DC hub motors

DC hub motors can be used for a lot of things. Maybe a direct driven mount, or ?

First published: 2023

DC hub motors, direct driven mount ?

SkyWatcher EQ6 mount, OnStep driver:

Project: EQ6 mount and OnStep driver

It's time to take a new look into my EQ6 mount.

First published: 2024

EQ6 Mount and OnStep driver

SkyWatcher EQ6 mount, dismantling / rebuilding:

Project: EQ6 dismantling / rebuilding

My mount has become very heavy to rotate nowadays, time to do something about it.

First published: 2019

EQ6 Mount, dismanling / rebuilding

SkyWatcher EQ6 mount, wedge rebuilding:

Project: EQ6 wedge rebuilding

First published: 2019

EQ6 wedge rebuilding

Making of a concrete pier for a SkyWatcher EQ6 / HEQ5 mount.

Project: Pier mount

First published: 2017

Pier to EQ6 mount

Star Adventurer:

Repair of SkyWatcher's Star Adventurer and looking inside part one

Project: Repair Star Adventurer

First published: 2017

Repair of Star Adventurer

Repair of SkyWatcher's Star Adventurer part two

Project: Repair Star Adventurer part two

First published: 2018

Repair of Star Adventurer part two

SkyWatcher's Star Adventurer wedge modification

Star Adventurer wedge modification

First published: 2018

Star Adventurer wedge modification

SkyWatcher's Star Adventurer L-bracket modification

Star Adventurer L-bracket modification

First published: 2018

Star Adventurer L-bracket modification

Star Adventurer and angled viewfinder

Angled view finder

This angled viewfinder made a revolution for me who live at latitude 60 degrees.

First published: 2018

Star Adventurer and angled viewfinder

Star Adventurer, new modified tripod

New compact tripod

When travel you need the equipment to be small and light.

First published: 2019

Star Adventurer tripod

Other:

How to build a equatorial mount that don't need meridian flip?

Project: Equatorial meridian flip less mount

First published: 2017

Equatoriel mount with ni meridian flip

This is not my own project, it's a new astronomy friend who also has the name Lars.

Lars B's corner

Lars B's projects.

First published: 2019

Doing equipment from the basic

One more friend, Jacek and his building tips for astronomy:

Jacek's corner

Jacek's projects.

First published: 2023

CG5 mount head

I just come by this simple EQ2 mount. Have not yet figure out to what use.

Project: EQ2 mount

First published: 2017

project: EQ2 mount

My first digital camera setup.

Project: EQ4 mount and Canon 350D

First published: 2017

EQ4 mount
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