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I've worked out that if I put £1 into an extremely large piggy bank every day, it will take me 9.38 years to acquire one. 😱

Steve

It is probably the read out noise setting. I use 7.0e readout noise on my Atik 383L in SGPro. Try this setting and see how you go. 

Steve

Hi Armando, and a very warm welcome to the Lounge 🙂

Steve

Great image Steve, some wonderful star colours in there.....and some many stars....

Steve

Hi Hugh,

I was a staunch advocate of Win 7, but having Win 10 on my home computers and my image processing beast of a laptop I'm very impressed with how it has faired. Many Windows users are speaking highly of Win 10 and how it may surpass Win 7 in reliability and use. Time will tell though. Like yourself I have no issues with Win 10 on the Obsy pc, all my devices work, except the Philip's webcam. So no complaints... and I have tested rigorously.

Steve

Hat's off to FLO for a brilliant idea and for offering the data for the SGL community to process.Also, For being a forward thinking and innovative company and what could also be very good marketing ploy. This will reverberate around astro communities worldwide and elevate the FLo website even further.

Steve

Hi Hugh,

Funny you should mention upgrading to WIn 10 via the SGPro forum. I did exactly the same thing, with great trepidation and it also worked. Although I lost my Philips SP9000 camera I used to monitor the internals of the Obsy. 

Regards my previous post. The missing diodes are on this schematic:- RelayBoard3.pdf

Thanks for your kind offer, I will pm you with my details.

Steve

Hi Hugh,

Completed the breakout boards and the Static Module using your detailed instructions. However, building the Moving Module I have come to a standstill. The Parts List, of which I have sourced all the required components does not list the six diodes required on the circuit board. The Parts List does however list various capacitors, which, do not appear to be used. You may think I'm being pedantic, but I'm not. I am merely proving the Instructions "to the letter" to ensure they are correct.

I'm also to blame for not picking this up earlier. BTW, what are the specifications of the diodes.

Kind regards

Steve 

Hi Chris,

I would go with option 3. The Pulsar driver being the best option, in my opinion. You can connect your mount, via EQMod, in SGPro, Carte du Ciel & PHD2 without any problems.

I presently use the Levesdome driver for my dome functions and connect my mount, via EQMo, in SGPro, PHD2 and occasionally Carte du Ciel without problems.

Hth

Steve

Hi Dave, and a very warm welcome to the Lounge

Steve

Hi Hugh,

Will be finishing off the boards tomorrow. I'm sorry it's taken a while, through one thing or another, so hopefully be testing this week. I have acquired a completed spare velleman k8055 board from fleabay, so if you want to test your system I can send it to you for testing. I'm sure Pierre would send you the Levesdome software for test purposes.

Steve

Bortle 4 skies.....Oh to dream... Best of luck in your new home and hope the Obsy rebuild goes to plan.

Steve

Hi, and a very warm welcome to the Lounge

Steve

Hi Derek, and a very warm welcome to the Lounge

Steve

My humidifier is on overtime at the moment 😱

Although I have never had an issue with leakage around the shutter.

Steve

Nice piece of work there Hugh. I'm about to start the project from my end, later than expected as unfortunately I live in the East Midlands and the excessive rain has flooded my Obsy. it's only by about 2" but it needed sorting out. 

Just a little worried that the deluge we have had today may flood the Obsy again. 

Steve

Hi Tiago,

If you want to specialise in astrophotography, then the accuracy and load capacity of a mount is a priority. You also have to take into consideration that the stated maximum payload of a mount may be for observational purposes, and if this is the case, the general rule for astrophotography  is to reduce the maximum payload by 50%.

Also when you start to add on the additional equipment you may require for astrophotography, like filters, flatteners, focal reducers, gui.de cameras. The payload starts to creep up.

If you new to astrophotography I suggest you purchase Making Every Photon Count A great book on the insights of astrophotography by Steve Richards, a fellow astronomer on this sight.

Steve

Hi David,

 I'm running the newest 3.1 beta. I've had no issues with SGPro and the Avalon, round the zenith.

Steve

Hi, and a very warm welcome to the Lounge

Steve

Hi Tiago, and a very warm welcome to the Lounge

The EQ6 R is now a tried & tested mount and the IOptron  GEM 45 is new on the market. I am very wary of buying anything that is new on the market, without any feedback from suppliers, fellow astronomers on actions & quality of the mount. That said, it may be an outstanding mount. But, unfortunately, only time will tell.

Steve

I had issues using Pinpoint with SGPro. I now use Platesolve2 and has not failed. Just a thought. What SGPro version are you using?

Steve

Hi Andrea , and a very warm welcome to the Lounge

Steve

Hi Gary, and a very warm welcome to the Lounge

Steve

Hi, and a very warm welcome to the Lounge

Steve

Hi, and a very warm welcome to the Lounge, to both of you.

Steve