Leo Triplett and Needle galaxy final

[quasi snow]

Final image, got my finals soon help

Leo Triplett and Needle Galaxy

--------------- Equipment ------------------
Mount: Skywatcher EQ3-PRO
Camera: ZWO ASI071MC PRO
Telescope: Skywatcher 130PDS
Guidecam: ZWO ASI178MC Color
Guidescope: ZWO Guidescope Mini 30mm
ASIAIR PLUS
ZWO EAF
--------------- Acquisition ------------------
4 Nights
300sec exposures and 60 sec for HDR
Leo 20h intigration time + 1h 60sec
Needle Galaxy 5h intigration time
Bias/Flat/Darks/Lights
--------------- Processing ------------------
Stacking: Pixinsight
Processing: Pixinsight
--------------- Conditions ------------------
Bortle 4 with an almost full moon during the nights

[woven aurora]

How'd you manage to get such image only on an eq3 pro?

[quasi snow]

?

[tiny escarp]

Gear isn’t everything

[cobalt sky]

What’s wrong with it?

[woven aurora]

I mean like the setup is too heavy on this mount

And he still managed to take a lovely image

[cobalt sky]

It isn’t rlly heavy

[woven aurora]

What is the weight of the 130pds?

[cobalt sky]

I have seen the 130pds even work on the SWSA GTI, not that I’m saying it’s a good idea

[cobalt sky]

Should be max 6kg

[woven aurora]

And what's the weight capacity of the eq3 pro?

[quasi snow]

idk it says that the weight is 5kg but it works well for me guiding is good etc

also i used heavier scopes

[quasi snow]

thanks haha

[tiny escarp]

Haha payload is more of a "guideline" for longer life expectancy tbh, i put about 14kg on my HEQ 5 pro and works perfectly well

[quasi snow]

bro i hope my eq3pro is gonna live forerver till i buy a new mount someday

[tiny escarp]

Take great care of it, regrease/retune it when it needs it, and ultimately avoid putting a payload over the visual limit on it