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Mikey0368

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  1. I'm planning on targeting smaller galaxies over the winter with my Skywatcher 300PDS and was wondering if I should consider a different camera. I'm currently using a ZWO ASI294MC Pro, is there a better option out there that I should look at? For example, here's a comparison from astronomy.tools against the 183 and the 533.
  2. I've come across another problem with EQMOD. If parked horizontally, when I launch the program the mount springs into action but doesn't move, it just makes a really uncomfortable sound and judders a bit. I don't send any commands to the mount, it happens as soon as EQMOD is started. I can get round it by parking it normally at the end of a session, disconnecting the eqdir cable, connect the handset, slew until the scope is horizontal and turn it off. I then do the same in reverse when starting and allow it to find the home position itself before connecting the eqdir cable again. Turn the sound up when playing this video......... I'm pretty sure that the mount is fine and it's a compatibility issue with EQMOD. One other annoying thing is that I've had to buy an additional counterweight to balance the scope with all of the kit on it. Why sell a mount that can cope with a heavy scope but fail to provide sufficient counterweights?
  3. I've sorted it by simply disabling Mount Limits in EQMOD. Seems to be happy enough now.
  4. I have a new Sky-Watcher CQ350 and it's set up in the lounge just now while I check a few things out. I haven't been able to get it to work correctly with EQMOD. The attached pics show what happened when I tried to slew to Neptune, I got the Meridian Limit warning and when I parked the scope again after that it ended up pointing in completely the wrong direction. I've tried deleting the .ini files in EQMOD and setting it up from scratch but that hasn't sorted it either. Can anyone suggest what I could try next? It works perfectly well with the SynScan handset so I'm confident it's a setting in EQMOD. I know I could try GSS but I'd rather stick to what I know just now. Also, ASIair isn't an option as I park the mount horizontally at the end of a session and ASIair doesn't have that feature.
  5. Anyone on here got one of these? I'm seriously thinking about getting one, instead of an EQ8, to put my 25kg SW 300PDS on. Presumably they're as reliable as any other Skywatcher mount? I've also noticed that the price on the SW website is quite a bit higher than FLO are charging. Is there a price rise coming?
  6. I like a challenge 😆 .......... Jupiter at 8.27am on 7th July from Edinburgh, accompanied by Europa on the left and Io on the right. Taken with a StellaLyra 8" Classical Cassegrain and ZWO ASI224MC with ZWO 850nm IR Pass filter. Captured using FireCapture, stacked in AS!3 and processed using Registax6 and GIMP. I've taken daytime pics of Jupiter before but this is the first time I've managed to get any of the moons. I was surprised to see them!
  7. After a session I often find that the mount doesn't return to the Park position, it's close but not where it started from. The attached pic shows my mark at around 88 and it started the evening right on 90. Is that backlash? Just to confuse the issue it doesn't happen every time!
  8. I took this picture of Jupiter around lunchtime the other day and I was wondering if there's a filter out there that would help bring it out a bit more. I was using a ZWO 850nm IR Pass filter and it definitely gave a better outcome compared to pics taken without it. I know I'm never going to get a great daytime pic but I'm interested to see how good I can get. It was captured by taking a 30s .SER video in FireCapture which was stacked in AS!3 and processed using Registax6 and GIMP.
  9. I have NINA set to Park after an imaging session but is it possible to tell it to Park in a defined position that has been set in EQMOD, rather than just to the Home position? Thanks.
  10. I'm going to spend a bit of time PEC Training the mount tonight, does it matter where I'm pointing when doing it? I know that PHD2 likes to calibrate within 20 degrees of the celestial equator and I'm wondering if PEC Training has a similar thing. Thanks.
  11. I've had a similar problem in the past and it only happened when I had a gamepad attached to the usb hub, even when trying a different gamepad. I don't get any problems at all when no gamepad is connected so I don't use one now.
  12. Cheers for that. Saves me wasting any more time on it!
  13. I was just about to come on and ask a similar question. I have an image of January's full moon taken using the ZWO IR 850nm Pass Filter, will I be able to process colour into the picture or does the filter stop that?
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