CedricTheBrave

any vibration?

actually cut it across both of the red lines in the picture so created 2 small single clamps 

2 hours ago, JamesF said:

When you say you "cut a clamp in half", what sort of clamp do you mean?

James

one of these. cut across the middle and drilled through and taped one half and attached the other half to the box so it worked as a clamp

On 11/02/2020 at 11:28, JamesF said:

I did see that someone has posted somewhere about finding a match for the Baader gear, but perhaps that was actually Adrian.

James

I use the steel track on my 200PDS with a teckydave focuser. As you may be able to see from the photo it has a very useful dovetail on the body of the steeltrack to help attachment. I cut a clamp in half and drilled/taped so it could clamp into the dovetail. The belt needed is a HTD 3mm pitch all available on ebay.

On 12/11/2020 at 20:19, fozzybear said:

dismantled my stripboard version I was not happy with it and ordered some boards from JLCPCB well 10 to be exact all for the price of 22 euros, Ordered 1st Nov and arrived today from China fast delivery. Now to get this little project under way nice looking board. Only problem is with the diodes with the larger dia legs.

if you have a spare board would you sell me one?

will be very low may have to find a decent spot on the south downs if the weather is clear

That is the best image of Mars that I have seen

fantastic

1 hour ago, MichaelMan said:

Thank you StevieDvd

Just to clarify you say 

"Software PA alignment basically does that by using your main scope/camera and platesolving"
However I plan to be using my guide scope for that as I don't believe my DSLR can be used for this?
Hence my question, does my main scope and guide scope need to be precisely aligned to the same spot?

 

i use my Nikon d7000 or Canon 700d to plate solve and PA no problem

video you link to is using a 3x barlow

min runs on a 4gb rpi and never comes close to using more than 30%

how much space on the camera card

Have you updated to the latest version of the build?

these issues are similar to my early builds of Astroberry but it has been stable for a while now.

run from the terminal sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade && sudo apt dist-upgrade

hope that helps

4 hours ago, AbsolutelyN said:

Mine has the USB port. Other than taking a while to get it working with EQMOD the only issue I have is USB cable comes out of the USB port quite easily. Not a major issue but I've had it come out accidently a couple of time. Works perfectly and very handy but given choice I prefer the standard port with eq-direct cable as it clips in. 

they supplied a plastic P clip to tie up the USB cable to stop it falling out

not a great fix tbh

i do only use it for firmware though as I use a Bluetooth dongle to connect to it from astroberry

its also used to update the firmware rather than the serial port connection on the earlier models

I have the Pro R I didn't know it had encoders!

oops wasn't me honest!

Thankyou for placing your order.

VX14-10pv. VX14 Optical tube assembly 1/10pv upgrade

Just updated the motor control firmware on the mount so will give it a go next time I can see some clear sky

it was one step behind so unlikely to fix it but always worth a try.

very lovely 

i would try loading the firmware onto the handset

Hi my EQ6 R Pro does this exactly the same

plate solve to a star, sync then park and try to go back its a fair way off

it also does do the pause sometimes its as if it gets to a point then thinks oops i went the wrong way

mine is mains powered with a 600w psu so i don't see power as an issue

think its a software glitch but as it doesn't cause me a major issue i haven't spent time diagnosing yet

2 hours ago, DaveS said:

Ran your image (JPEG thumbnail) through AstroArt for gradient removal

Genuine flats would be a lot better.

super thanks, i will have a look at doing the it does look better

20 x 180s iso 800 stacked in dss Nikon D7000

10 x darks

no flats (I know)

finally found the setting so i didn't lose any colour maybe a went a bit far the other way!

I am running Astroberry on rpi4 4gb 

it boots, connects to my bluetooth focuser and eq6rpro, i load kstars it focuses on a star, i choose a subject it slews and platesolves and then starts guiding

have it runnng quite slick now with either a Canon or Nikon DSLR or my zwo planetary cam 

all via vnc on my rpi4 8gb in my kitchen

very happy with the whole system

thanks for the link I will have a look

9 minutes ago, johninderby said:

Have you used the Televue calculator?

https://www.televue.com/engine/TV3b_page.asp?id=212&plain=TRUE

Hi everyone hope you can help

How do I go about calculating the FOV when using a X4 powermate?

my plate solving fails when I fit one on so I am guessing the FOV settings need to change unless I am missing something else?

many thanks

I know they are a pain but sometimes quite mesmerising!

http://myallsky.co.uk/videos/allsky-20200802.mp4