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Stephen

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  1. Just to chuck my results in Olly ... mine is now finally set up and I can report there's no backlash in DEC and I've checked this every 15deg all the way round the axis, no feel of movement and hand controller does not report any movement either

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  2. I wouldn't leave the blanking plugs out. It is vital to keep a worm drive clean. (On the iEQ45 the drives are visible from the outside. That cannot be good.) I would just put a drop of Loctite on the plugs. They will come out OK but won't fall in.

    Things like that tend to annoy me ... I think I'd probably put something better in or just electrical tape them over once removed ...

    After my recent epic of a fan screw falling out INSIDE my 460ex, I'm not taking any chances :lol:

  3. This sounds as if it might be OK to me. The thing is, is it consistent all the way round? If it is you can adjust the tension of the mesh should you find you need to. I'm guessing you have the version with the three blanked off holes on the Dec worm housing? These seem to have been introduced to facilitate this. Don't screw the blanking plugs all the way in, ever. They can drop right inside.

    Olly

    Still not looked at mine yet (waiting for tripod to arrive) but would it be "safe" just to leave those blanking plugs out? Sounds like a disaster waiting to happen to me ...

  4. Well first and foremost it is not a scam, but no one "official" will ever recognise the name you've given the star.

    Secondly, the ISD (of which I can't find a trace online) does appear to exist to stop these companies selling the same star to different people

    As to finding the star in a reasonable catalogue, I think you may struggle. These stars are normally really faint is visible at all and not generally classified by formal bodies.

    What documentation did they give you, maybe a star chart or similar?

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  5. I just thought I'd share the very positive experience I've had with FLO over the past couple of weeks. (One of many it must be said! I have a thing for making difficult requests ...)

    First up I ordered a Baader Steeltrack for my ED80, which almost as soon as I opened I decided I didn't actually want!

    Despite my youngest daughter eating the packaging (I do feed her honest ...) FLO accepted the Steeltrack back without question or deduction from the amount paid.

    After offering me a full refund or credit against another purchase, I mentioned I wanted a customised Moonlite that wasn't listed on the web site. (Hi-resolution motor and one of the modified focuser draw tubes.)

    Martin gave me a price on it through the help desk (all emails were replied to very quickly) and then went on to order it for me and have it brought in from the US with their own order probably saving me a fair few quid on importing it myself!

    Much appreciated and many thanks to all at FLO : another very satisfied customer here :hello2:

  6. Actually, I'd go with having the scope vertical. Remove all the screw and then lift the tube off. Doing it horizontally means

    1. gravity will pull on the remaining screws as you progressively pull them out, making your job harder

    2. mean you have to roll the ota (!) to reach all of them

    3. when you take the last one out, the cell may fall out, damaging something.

    Fair points, but I had Bobs Knobs so I couldn't put it vertically :rolleyes:

    The cell is really jammed in, I'd be suprised if it could just fall out - I did have a hand behind the mirror though just in case ;)

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  7. Based on a 200P but I think they are the same.

    6 philips screws around the base of the tube - remove these with the tube lying horizontally.

    Once they are all out, slowly and carefully back the cell assembly (black bit) out of the OTA.

    How far do you want to go with this?

    Next up you could remove the mirror clip screws (3 lots of 2) and carefully remove the clips without touching the mirror.

    Mirror is then free to come out of the cell.

  8. Given all the interest in these astronomically suited webcams why don't Philips and others manufacture them for this market?

    That would save a lot of people a load of hassle and the risk of ruining the webcam/not being able to sort out the right driver, and the makers would reap reward of profits on the whole bundle rather than just the webcam itself.

    Anyone got contact details for Dragon's Den? :p

    They do, Atik, Imaging Source etc. etc. - Those that do manufacture them for this purpose charge for it! :D

    The SPC is the "cheap" way in.

    Still ATEOD it's still a very small market in the grand scheme of things.

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