Here is a composite both were taken using my Megrez ED102 and a Toucam Pro.
The first one using an Astro Engineering x4 Imagemate
The second one using a Tele Vue x5 Powermate which is actually closer to x7 than x5

Well the new roll off roof observatory is now finished. Unfortunately I made a mistake in my calculations with regards to my 10" SN scope or light bucket as I call it.
When the mount and scope were assembled they wasn't enough room for me to get behind the scope to use the finder scope to check alignments when doing a 2 or 3 star setup. Bugger. So I had to revert to just using my William Optics Megrez ED102 and my Skywatcher ED80 scopes instead.
Its a real pity because I have looked through many different scopes and nothing I have viewed through can touch my 10" Schmidt-Cassegrain scope for deep sky fuzzies.
As you can see from the photos the 10" scope nearly fills the doorway so when the scope points south there is about 7" of room between the scope and the back wall of the shed.
As for rails I used Dex-ion. I didn't bother with wheels as the point of contact between the roof and the Dex-ion is just the thickness of the Dex-ion (approx 2mm) there is very little friction and the roof slides back and forward very easily.

Hi everyone! Not been doing too much astrophotography lately the weather not been good enough. So I have been keeping busy building my new roll off roof observatory. I used to use a roll shed where the whole shed moved, but due to a one man crime spree around here I was not happy with the old setup. It was not secure enough for my new EQ6 Pro and William Optics Megrez 102, so I decided to build a new one. The only thing left to do now is make the rails for the roof to slide along and install an alarm system. I will post photos when it is finished.

Moon Jupiter & Neptune?

Took this Sunday 17 Jan, Canon EOS 350D and 70-210mm zoom lens set at about 80mm

Bahtinov Masks For Sale

Get in touch with me and I will give you a quote for a Bahtinov Mask for your scope. You can see them on ebay as well. Mine are the ones with a square corner with reflective tape so you can see them in the dark.

Here is first light with my new William Optics Megrez 102. I also used a canon 350d camera.
I know the moon is an easy target and a DSLR not the best camera to use for lunar photography, but is was very cold that night.

Here are the Pleiades or M45 shot using a Meade LXD75 10" SNT and a canon 350d camera. A Bahtinov mask (which I make and sell on ebay under the name Star Sharp Focus Masks) was in place to produce the pretty difraction spikes. I think it looks pretty cool!