krikus

1 minute ago, Jiggy 67 said:

Try adjusting focus, that could be the problem 

Ok thanks for your help

1 minute ago, Jiggy 67 said:

Strange, can you post a picture. Odd that you’ve had the same problem with two cos it sounds like damage. Have you focused it ok?..you can focus the scope just behind where you put your eye

Hi,doubt i can get a pic together but i didnt realise you could focus it,not sure how anything could get on it considering its all sealed up?

I guess you can take it out not sure how though

Hi all,when i look through my polarscope to do the alignment of the pole star there seems to be a black blob of scratches in the middle of my eye`s view,i end up trying to look around it when trying to align the pole star,its right in the way,anybody know what this is and can i get rid of it?

I seem to remember my last SW EQ6 had this but not as bad

Any idea`s?

Thanks 

1 hour ago, JemC said:

Pretty sure there is a function in the utilities mode on the handset that controls the brightness of the polar scope 

OK great I'll have a look when i get home, thanks for your reply 

Hi all,

Was wondering if you can turn down the brightness in the reticule,mine seems really bright red and have trouble locating any stars even Polaris

Thanks Kirk

3 minutes ago, Davey-T said:

It should show up on both your scopes, leave guide scope looping and set your DSLR to max ISO using live view and an easy star hop up from Mirach  should show up in guide scope first.

Try a GoTo on something unmistakeable first like Betelgeuse to check it's working.

Dave

Yep think goto was out,ok thanks i`ll try those things you suggested.

Cheers

After finally getting set up with polar alignment and goto i attached my dslr and focused then slewed to M31 and took an exposure to find no galaxy in shot,checked my guiding scope which is a 80mm refractor with diagonal and 40mm eyepiece piggybacked on my main scope a Ts 90mm triplet and no sign of the galaxy in view.Do i need a wider fov eyepiece or is there another way to locate that galaxy?

Thanks Kirk 

3 minutes ago, stash_old said:

https://www.gps-coordinates.net/

Cheers 

Just now, Cornelius Varley said:

Latitude and Longitude Finder on Map Get Coordinates (latlong.net) Enter your location and then read the coordinates on the left, rounding up or down as required.

Thanks Peter

Just now, Cornelius Varley said:

The coordinates you gave were in GPS decimal format, the handset requires the coordinates in proper mapping units (degrees and minutes).To convert to degrees and minutes multiply the decimal component by 60 convert to minutes, hence 000 degrees, 29 minutes.

Ok great ,is there somewhere i can get the proper mapping units i need for my position?

2 minutes ago, Cornelius Varley said:

The coordinates should be entered in the following order and format including all the zeros 000 29 W,  51 06 N

Ok just wondering where you got the 000 29 W from my position -0.478 W?

Hi,

When placing co-ordinates in my SW NEQ6 hand set my location is N  51.097 and W  -0.478 how do i place the Westerly position in the handset,theres no position for the point its 3 digits then two digit spaces?Guess the first 3 are the degrees?

Sorry for the dumb question

Thanks

5 minutes ago, david_taurus83 said:

If you click on the Image tab on the right you can navigate to other images saved on the hard drive and load those also. Handy if you get into platesolving.

Ok great,thanks for your help

1 minute ago, david_taurus83 said:

The preview screen just displays the last image taken. It sounds like all the images in the test were over exposed. What were you aiming at for the test plan?

I set up indoors just to try APT out,only just downloaded it,yep i think you have nailed it i didnt realise the last image stayed there 

5 minutes ago, Paul M said:

Was it displaying a grossly overexposed or stretched frame? What were the saved images like when viewed later?

Hi,yes the saved images were overexposed which i thought they would be but i thought the image on apt window  would disappear after a few seconds and return to a black window

Hi peeps,

Used APT earlier connected to my Canon dslr and made a lights plan to just for a test run and while the plan was running the large window for the preview of the shots taken was this bright white blank image and even after the short image session was over this white image stayed there,couldnt find a way of removing it.

The only way to lose was to double click to make a new plan.

Any idea`s?

Thanks Kirk

2 minutes ago, markse68 said:

Welcome Krikus- but do check out Almach too- it’s just as beautiful and very similar but a bit tighter. Better positioned now too

Mark

Ok i will thanks

3 minutes ago, markse68 said:

Albireo? or perhaps Almach? They’re beautiful orange/blue doubles but maybe the orange looked white due to brightness - it does seem to vary depending on sky position

Mark

Yes thats it Albireo a cracking double,thanks Mark

Hi,

Coming back to this hobby and remember viewing a double star years ago one was white and one was blue i think,anyone know 

what this double was called? I think it was Patrick Moore`s fave

Thanks Kirk

Ok thanks very much for the info

Kirk

Ok i`ll try it,do i need to download Ascom?

Kirk

2 minutes ago, TerryMcK said:

Have you got ASCOM6.5 installed on your imaging PC? Your said Windows so assuming it is a Windows PC.

What cable do you have from your mount to the computer? What cable do you have from the guide camera to the PC? 

https://ascom-standards.org/Downloads/Index.htm

Hi,havnt got ascom installed on my laptop,camera cable is the one which came with it to connect to the pc and have a st4 cable from mount to back of camera,

Kirk

Good Evening all,

PHD2 has asked me in the equipment set up the mounts interface ,options are gpint278,gpint378,gpint3bc,gp usb,indi-mount,un-ao,on-camera i`m using a SW NEQ6 Pro

Not sure which one to pick,also tried to download drivers for my QHY CCd guide camera and windows wouldnt allow it  saying didnt reconise publisher gave me the option to carry on anyway and it wouldnt have it!!Download was from QHY website

Any ideas folks?

Thanks Kirk

I look forward to be amazed 😀

12 minutes ago, fifeskies said:

Check if APT (astrophotography tools) is compatible.

I use this with my Canon EOS camera and find it very good.

https://astrophotography.app/EOS.php

 

it appears to be supported according to the list

 

 

13 minutes ago, fifeskies said:

Check if APT (astrophotography tools) is compatible.

I use this with my Canon EOS camera and find it very good.

https://astrophotography.app/EOS.php

 

it appears to be supported according to the list

 

 

Ok thanks for that i`ll have alook