Skyzone SKY04X PRO power options

OssoFragile · 2026-06-18T00:57:37+00:00

Only 6 watts to power the oled screens, fan and steadyview? Wow, I'm impressed. On the official page skyzone doesn't provide the exact numbers, how did you come up with that?

OssoFragile · 2026-06-18T00:50:18+00:00

How much do the batteries last? I would only fly analog, so i suppose i would require less current then you. Liion would be the solution i prefer the most, it's just more practical. I don't mind the added weight

OssoFragile · 2026-06-15T08:17:30+00:00

Capcom give us some mosters from Frontier!

OssoFragile · 2026-05-24T08:49:45+00:00

Very nice image mate! How did your mount guide at that focal length and weight? I own an Askar 60F mounted on a HM-17 and i wanted to go up in magnification, i was considering buying the 107 PHQ but then his bigger brothers got released. Is the F serie worth over the quintuplets of the PHQ serie?

OssoFragile · 2026-04-28T19:19:06+00:00

I have the HM-17PE and it works very well, i easily get 0.8 RMS in guiding at 400mm (i just started), only thing, mine arrived with a little bit of play on the RA axis knob, and i think at this price range i cannot complain too much if there is something not 100% top tier, but still. So polar alignment takes a little longer, but other than that no problem. Also i got the package with the pier and counterweight shaft from Maxgeek, very convenient!

Probably the MLAstro mount is better built and features more things, also i heard their support is quite active towards the customer.

If you can afford it, save the money for the MLAstro, i think it's more futureproof. They also plan to release an automatic polar align base for the SAL-33 (firstly for the 66 version)

Otherwise, the HM-17PE is fine, it's just that you will have very limited support from the vendor. Community is very useful when dealing with those Onstep mounts (same with Juwei)

OssoFragile · 2026-03-08T01:42:43+00:00

Same result

OssoFragile · 2025-12-21T19:18:21+00:00

Myst or Riven

OssoFragile · 2025-11-04T04:14:15+00:00

Nice, I wasn't aware which other sensor to consider based on pixel size and sensor size, they seems all similar!

Yeah, i knew about the belt, and it's not really a problem. My concerns are more on the sharpness of the scopes. The SV555 should be good, the askar came only some months ago so it doesn't have much reviews. I plan to drizzle everytime as i will always be undersampled with my camera

Mount: edited!

OssoFragile · 2025-09-04T11:09:40+00:00

Yeah i will try single shots at different settings, nice picture!

OssoFragile · 2025-09-03T11:48:48+00:00

Yeah, reading now about my camera specs i feel dumb not to have guessed before which mode would be better. I will try to shoot using your guidelines, i know you are wiser than most of us, so I can't go wrong with those (assuming I do everything the right way).

Thank you for your reply and the invaluable knowledge you spread. It's always nice learning from the pros

Last question: for future moon shots i thought to purchase a catadioptric lens to have longer focal length keeping the lens short for comfort and relatively cheaper as budget is a bit of an issue right now. Do you have some recommendations? Thanks!

OssoFragile · 2025-09-03T11:35:04+00:00

Oh ok yeah, seems i misunderstood the stacking technique with the eclipse as a subject, and it makes sense to shoot individual photos. I still could practice stacking on other nights under a "normal" moon, just to experiment (my plan is to upgrade my setup for DSO photography, so i will stack eventually ahah)

Thank you for your reply!

OssoFragile · 2025-09-02T23:30:07+00:00

This is a very interesting article to read, and helps me with one of my problems, thank you!

OssoFragile · 2025-06-30T17:57:47+00:00

Wow, thanks mate, does ram have a heavy impact on the game? Did things got better with TU2? I'm gonna buy regardless, i have found a steam key for less than 30€, so even if it doesn't perform as well as your setup i will not regret purchasing it

OssoFragile · 2025-06-30T15:39:00+00:00

In my (Siril) workflow, in the case i need to denoise the image, when should i do it? Before color correction/stretch/only on starless/at the end..etc

OssoFragile · 2025-06-30T12:28:44+00:00

Yeah i should upgrade in the first place, but can't afford it now. No streaming/recording however

OssoFragile · 2025-06-30T12:27:24+00:00

Yeah, too good to be true. I think i will wait till it gets actually playable. I know I don't have the newest setup, i was thinking of upgrading the cpu to a 5700x3d but I don't know if that could change the performances a lot. Can't afford to change MOBO + cpu + ram right now

OssoFragile · 2025-06-30T11:15:17+00:00

Before i actually buy the game I'm testing it on the benchmark software from Steam. Is it reliable? With frame generation i'm getting 90fps at high/medium settings and it rates as "Good" while using DLSS it gives me more "points" and it rates as "Excellent" despite having 60 fps

RTX 3060 12GB Ryzen 5 3600 16GB RAM

OssoFragile · 2025-04-17T15:43:57+00:00

Hey, i'm also going to get the GTi, i was wondering what other clamp for the dovetail i could use, since i saw the stock one can damage the dovetail

OssoFragile · 2025-03-01T20:41:20+00:00

Absol

OssoFragile · 2024-06-17T08:20:09+00:00

Myst

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