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My Tal 200K. Incredible optics. Also, can I include the amazing finder scope as this will suffice foe wide field. Steve

Good ol' Terry. Helped me out on a few occasions, both software and hardware related, fast response and a complete success on every occasion. The SX support is second to none. Steve

Hi Steve, I know it's obvious but have you tried changing your usb lead, I've changed a couple this year and supposedly good quality ones too. Also, a while back I had issues with my Atik 460 not connecting and had to change usb ports, although the original usb port connected to other equipment. Steve

If you have a local engineering company near you, give them a ring and if they want to proceed take the RC6 & focuser, they will manufacture an adaptor to suit. no need to understand thread sizes etc.. Good luck Steve

Try for the THIRD time. https:/petition.parliament.uk/petitions/632558

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/632558

I set my humidistat to max 60% min 56% Steve

Look into solar charging, which is what I have done on my Pulsar mark one dome. Steve

VisibleDark has a great YouTube video on Pixinsight's updated WBPP script. https://www.youtube.com/c/VisibledarkAstro Steve

Sorry for not responding earlier as I grabbed a late Summer break.

I have an Avalon Linear Reverse installed in my Dome, unfortunately I fabricated my own pier and mounting plate to suit my circumstances. You could get an off the shelf pier and have the two M8 holes drilled and tapped at your local fabricators/Engineering works. Steve

I can understand the frustration on the steep learning curves of either PS or Pixinsight. It's not just learning on how to use the software, to a degree where you start feeling comfortable with it, you have to keep using it on a regular basis or keep a precise journal of the techniques used in your processes, Because, if you do not, you will forget what you have done. In my past working life I used many 3D computer aided design software programmes, some with complex rendering software and vastly more complex than either PS or Pix. I was paid for getting results so you had to learn very quickly that you learn from your mistakes. Even a two week holiday set me back a few days to get back to the level I had before my holiday. I soon realised that keeping a journal of the processes, commands and steps needed to attain the desired results. Regards to automating processes have you looked at the EZ processing suite by Dark Archon. It automates quite a few of your processes to make using Pixinsight a lot easier. There a quite a few tutorials on YouTube on how to install and use the software and it's free. Steve

The areas around M101 & M51 are not a great area of sky for stars. PlateSolve needs around 30 stars to work correctly. I am currently using a f/l of 1700mm and a PlateSolve 50s. Any lower and it fails. To prove you are obtaining the amount of stars to PlateSolve successfully take an image with your 2s exposure and check the amount of stars you can see, if needed, increase your exposure until thr required star count is met. With regards to your excessive star trailing, increasing the mount settling time should help. Steve

I use a vbs script to custom park in EQMod. I my case to slew to my light panel for taking fllats as Park 3. Set up your EQMod custom park and replace my "park 3" with your version by copying my "yellow" vbs script in Notepad and saving it as as a vbs file ie Custom_Name.vbs Custom park script Dim Telescope set Telescope = CreateObject("EQMOD.Telescope") Telescope.Connected = True Telescope.Tracking = False ret = Telescope.CommandString(":PARK,3#") Telescope.Connected = False To return to your standard park position copy and paste the following,vbs script in Notepad and saving it as as a vbs file ie Custom_Name.vbs Dim Telescope Set Telescope = CreateObject ("EQMOD.Telescope") Telescope.Connected = True Telescope.UnPark Telescope.Park Set Telescope = nothing I use these scripts in both SGPro & Voyager. I know you certainly can add scripts in Nina. Steve

No one has mentioned Harry Page's Pixinsight videos, they may be a few years old now, but still a good insight into Pixinsight and he's an active member of SGL. Steve

I would certainly contact my local MP on being charged for alterations for poor lamp positioning in the first place. Steve

Nice one Steve. I was really impressed with your first effort & especially with the Nottingham weather of late.

I would have thought that if any there are issues "time off" would be the last thing on their minds. Steve

Hi Harry, Have you downloaded Chris Rowlands Ascom Safety Monitor Driver You then set your Safe values and point to the CloudWatcher Boltwood dat file in the SGPro settings Steve

With regards to my humidity levels, I have connected mine to a humidistat, set at 63% and leave it to it's own devices. I have had constant humidity for the past 3 years and no issues. Steve

Hi, Have a look at Robert Brown's arduino project:- Arduino mySQM Sky Quality Meter - Browse /mySQMPRO/Documentation at SourceForge.net Steve

I've had enough with SGP and their promises. I needed my Obsy to be 100% trouble free and that didn't always happen and confidence in this game is paramount. I have moved over to Voyager and once I got my head round Dragscripts relating to my equipment it just works, it's safety events scripts boost your confidence, that in any emergency it make your equipment safe whether it's just pausing for clouds or shutting down for adverse weather. I now have my two scope rig running with Voyager's Array software which let's me run both scopes independently. Something SGP has had in the pipeline for years. Steve

You'll get bored. Every man has to tinker.... 😉 Steve

Hi Nick, and a very warm welcome to the Lounge Steve