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my 200pds looks similar i have ordered some flocking material to see if that helps

ok guys thanks for the info you have helped a lot

Hi guys could any Skywatcher quattro 250 owners tell me how good the focuers is? I have been eyeing up a Quattro F4 250 for a while now and rather than upgrade the focuser on my 200PDS (as its struggling with my Nikon) if its a much better one then I will upgrade the OTA instead! make sense? unless its the same focuser as the 200PDS of course then its back to the drawing board. many thanks

I have only used it to do a quick test to see if it works (which it does) so can't comment on any reliability testing but using an rpi4 with astroberry i could only get it to work plugging the usb into the hand controller and setting it into PC direct mode. it shows up as a prolific device __ Port 3: Dev 5, If 0, Class=Vendor Specific Class, Driver=pl2303, 12M

Gina the the board only needs to move a fraction on the mounting screws to make a difference. i have experienced the same with mine loosened the screws move the board slightly and tightened

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I found this with a cheapo one I had from Ebay. It melted the hot glue in the assembly and caused loads of damage. It's now in the bin Where did you get the good one from and what model?

I just know every day is a school day

first light tonight and even tho its not great out there the new mount has already shown its benefits! first time i have viewed with such a steady platform it is rock solid! very impressed so far.

I think astronomy must be the most time consuming past time that there is! where does the time go? new toys make it worse! oh for my own obsey! one day maybe!!

I am also local (ish) I ride the surrey hills a lot and know the area well there are a few places that would be great and have good car access to carry the gear Headley heath is one for sure also coldharbour and Holmbury are worth looking at

Has anyone used the snap port to control the shutter with Ekos/kstars?

So now I am joining your club as I have just ordered mine from FLO is there a special handshake?

Not sure i should ask this question here but here goes does the EQ6-R have a competitor? if so what would be its nemesis?

I am seriously contemplating upgrading from my HEQ5 Pro (belt Modded) to the EQ6 R pro 2 questions if I may? 1, how much would my HEQ5 Pro be expected to fetch ? 2, is the HEQ6 R Pro available as head unit only as I have a pier? many thanks

Hi guys I have an issue with the power on the 9v supply on the powertank its no longer 9v but 4.75! and the 6v is 2.5. the 12V circuit is all good at 12.75v this 9v only powers my focuser so not a major problem but would be nice to fix it. i have opened up the unit and see the board that steps down the voltage with an array of diodes can someone tell me what could have possible failed? also who knew the red light is removable on a real of cable and a magnet to attach it to anything!!

This is indeed very interesting. would this cause what looks like a star vibrating? I posted a question a short while ago about my HEQ5pro. I don't usually use it for visual but while checking focus i noticed that the star i was looking at was indeed vibrating and this could account for my struggle to get sharp images with my setup!

I have a belt driven HEQ5pro with a 200PDS on a pier setup last night for the first time in ages and i appear to have a constant vibration that you can only see when using a small eyepiece the stars look like they are just vibrating slightly! could this be the gear mesh too tight maybe? this could be the cause of my fuzzy images as well

as long as you get the new version of the board its fixed https://hackaday.com/2020/02/23/raspberry-pi-slips-out-new-pcb-version-with-usb-c-power-fix/

see here https://hackaday.com/2020/02/23/raspberry-pi-slips-out-new-pcb-version-with-usb-c-power-fix/

there has been a recent fix for the psu on the RPI4 that wont accept many different supplies. the main board has been changed around the USB C connector so that it accepts any psu via the USB C i run a supply directly into the gpio connector which also gets around this

lovely image well worth the time taken very well done

i use one of those as well keeps it nice and toasty paint it black though otherwise you get the reflection of the writing in the dome

i run mine on an Rpi4 with the thomas Jacquin software build found on github it uploads to my website automatically and appears to work well. you can access it through vnc but you will need to enable this when you first set up the rpi

well i did get it working but on the network its too slow nice on the phone though