Lunar Eclipse/First Light

Philippines experienced a full lunar eclipse last night. It will be my first time to use a couple of gadgets in my astrophography gear specially the Skywatcher Adventurer 2i which I got 5mos ago.

One issue that disappointed me was the 'backlash'. After the event I had to google and find the recommended fix while opening the unit and see for myself why the backlash is happening. Most of the video I found also included opening the unit...

I soon found out that the "fix" is a documented screw adjustment that can be found in the manual nyahahaha. Facepalm moments.

The screw is #24 called Worm Gear Meshing Adjustment Screw. There's not much mention of it in the document but looking inside made me realize that it's a very clever way of adjusting how to secure the worm gear. Just don't tighten it too much.

I hope this will help other owners out there :)

Some pictures from last night's event.

a7s2 with the rokkor 500rf, cropped

a99 with the etx90, camera struggling w the exposure :P

and just another shot for/from the a99. cropped.

I tried to keep the exposure as close to how I was seeing the eclipsed Moon. It was really dark even when using binoculars.

Cheers