Obi Wan Ken00bi
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Haha lucky you!! Congrats ??
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Hi Steve. Just tried this pdf and it works like a charm! No backlash anymore. Thanks a lot. I've emailed the document to my supplier as well. Obi
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Thanks for the reply! I know what you mean by weather and laziness.... when you do get a good night a lot time other things have come up right? It feels like it’s a bit of a pain in the ass the whole process.... Like said I was planning on getting the WO61 with my QHY8L on either this mount or the SkyGuider Pro and a 50mm guide scope, mainly for traveling purposes or when the big setup is making long exposures. But if it is that hard to get any good shots, it might not be worth the trouble.... keep us us posted if you make some more pics. The m42 looks cool!! -
That seems very doable. Thank you so much for replying. I’m doing that tomorrow will let you know how it goes.
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That’s beautiful!! Well done. I’m amazed by that pic, in south UK skies. Do you use light pollution /narrowband filters? Off-topic a bit I realize atm it doesn’t even get nautical dark in north Denmark. Crazy. I will order the cable next month, when my astronomy budget is replenished.... this month I got a QHY8L and baader coma corrector on top of the new EQ6 last month so I’m holding off on purchases until the new salary comes in. Can I reach out to you with possible questions when the time comes?
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Hi GuLinux! Any new experiences and photos with the 60mm and sky adventurer setup? Are you guiding as well? And how are your experiences regarding alignment, finding targets and sub-lengths? I’m leaning towards the WO61 with SA Mount...... Cheers!
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Thanks!! Awesome comment, I'll save this one and order a EQ mod cable after summer is over (and I can image again)...
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Thanks for that great explanation Mikey. So, you do alignment via eqmod? What do you mean with plate solving software?
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Haha yeah wires suck! I know the feeling. Im not sure what you mean by turn of the tracking of the mount? The mount does the basic tracking, by polar aligning it and running the 2 or 3 Star alignment program you set that up. After aligment you can take subs of 30 seconds or there abouts, depending on how good a job you did. If you want longer subs, you start guiding ON TOP of that. PHD gives small adjustment to improve the mount’s basic tracking.
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Great stuff and welcome to the club!! It’s just an awesome mount isn’t it? Hope you have a nice telescope and mobile power supply to go with it? Enjoy the Star party!
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Hi all! my brand new EQ6 R Pro arrived today. When assembled, I’ve noticed a little bit of play / free movement in the RA axis. Clamps are offcourse fully tightened. Is this normal? How did you experience this? The dec seems ok. My old cg5 also has this, but I thought this mount didn’t have this backlash.... See the video, but its hard to see https://youtu.be/8eiAK6FnBkU Obi edit 2: it's normal, I am no longer worried and a proud member of the club! What a stable mount. LOVE IT! edit: I haven’t started up the mount yet.... out of precaution. But this may actually tighten up the belt when I do?
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clouds for weeks now!!!
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Three very clear night coming up monday, tuesday and prolly wednesday!
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Hmmzz emailed FLO 4 (!!) times this week, no response. Thats weird right?
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Took delivery of my ST80, allready great detail on the bricks of my neighbours house ;)
