Enhance Your Experience with the Panther Mount and SkySafari App Make it even easier to align and operate your Panther Mount by using the SkySafari App. With the app, you can align the mount, control its movements, and access any object in the extensive catalog. This solution seamlessly integrates with the mount’s handpad, allowing you to switch between using the app and the handpad as needed. The app excels at finding objects, while the handpad offers more precise control for fine adjustments. Using the handpad also helps preserve your night vision, as it lets you keep your eye on the eyepiece without the distraction of screen light. Read on to learn how to make the most of this setup. Needed equipment Besides your TTS-160 Panther mount you will [...]
Visual Astronomy
“If you are able to observe all 110 objects during one single night – from dusk to dawn – you have completed a Messier Marathon.” This is the main definition of a Messier Marathon. There can be different versions of a Messier Marathon: The old style completely analogue Messier Marathon: Using just telescope, eyepiece and printed sky maps. A visual Messier Marathon using setting circles and perhaps goto to center the objects An Electronic Assisted Astronomy (EAA) Messier Marathon where the objects are observed with a camera I know there are opinions about what is the right way to do it but for me the most important is that you do it and enjoy it:-) The Messier Catalog There are 110 objects in the Messier Catalog – 40 [...]
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