harry page

Hi

Yes I too was looking for automation capture software , even though as much I like SGP reliability has become a problem to me with crashes and how it handles them

I too found voyager ( https://www.voyagerastro.com/ )  and like all new software a little learning is required but the basic were not too hard ( still more to learn ) , but the stability is no 1 concern to the

author ( Leo ) and if there is a hard ware failure ( or driver ) it can be set up to notify you ( text email )  , the software is devolving rapidly and the author gives great back up and considers new ideas

and requests almost daily - new beta appear every few weeks.  

At the moment dual cameras are a suggestion that are under consideration ( no beta yet ) something that I know would interest a lot off people

def worth a look for the current price of 69 euros and I encourage you to look soon as the price is going up to 129 euros in a few weeks time ( still cheap )  and there is a 45 day free trial to get you

going

Cheers

Harry

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agreed looks straight in line , then it means something else is in the light path- does your focuser stick out much ?

Harry

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extra star spikes you show going round in a circle are normally caused by a bright star bouncing off the edge off your secondary so black these up inc the small ground edge if you have one ( I suspect you have )

The extra spike is caused by the veins not being parallel to each other , do have to be straiht in line but parallel  so put a straight edge down each vein and check the opposite is completely parallel

with it .

this should remove your extra spike

Regards

Harry 

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I have a mesu and there is a bug in the sitech controller , in which when I first connect it decides to slew off wildly for no reason

does drive me potty and only does this once in a while , the sitec controller is good but also is buggy

sometimes after stopping tracking , I can not get it to start again without a reboot of the controller !!!!!

I must try and find out why it does this but have found its difficult to get these bugs resolved

anyway enough off my winge , anybody else have these

Harry

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I have got one of these and just a small note the Vixen bar on the bottom is not , its several mm to small

and a vixen clamp will not grip it , do find it strange why a silly mistake like this is made

Might save you buying a vixen clamp like me ?

Cheers

Harry

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I see the pro version offers 2 camera use , but I presume this means 1 for capture and 1 for guiding ? as most people do not have unguidable mounts

Harry

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thanks for the reply--cant beat a good video    , I have just made prism crash on my first go with my sx h35 camera

now this may not be a fair go as I have had problems with this computer using other programs as well so may be hardware related

I wish to try prisim on my shed computer can I do this ? or am I restricted to 1 computer

Harry

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I have downloaded the trial and will give it a go

At the moment I am a SGP user which is very capable product , but for me does suffer from stability problems

do you support most cameras direct ( no ascom ) as this seems to be a weak point in sgp

and I know you will say its prisim is stable , but this is of a major concern to users like me - crashes hurt a lot !!!

Regards

Harry Page

BTW as noted before you should let people know how big the download file is

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So rebuilt the old newt and mounted here up , Having a few balance problems and a bit more slippage in dec than I like ( ra seems fine )

all we need is clear skies

Harry

On ‎08‎/‎03‎/‎2017 at 14:07, tony210 said:

Hi Harry - love your pier!- not sure it would fit in my observatory though as too small but a great idea - how did you source it? - best wishes Tony

Hi

Sorry for slow reply

The pier is a bit of DIY , made it up as I went along -- what I do most of the time as I am not bright enough

to work it out before

Harry

6 hours ago, nigelg said:

Congratulations Harry. I found that setting the encoders to ignore worked best for me.

 

Nigel

 

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Yes I seem to get on better with ignor !

seemed a shame not to use them though

Harry

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well This is probaley the worst image I have posted for a long time , tilted focal plane . tak not collimated well , spacing from reducer wrong

only 3 10min Ha subs next to 3/4 moon before the clouds rolled in

 BUT I got the mesu going    SGP talked to the mount and PHD did the guiding ok

A few little niggles left , mainley being using the mesu with the encoders connected did not work well -- seemed to be slewing forever and seemed to be bouncing back and forth around the target

even in polite mode , so I switched them off all went well ( sgp sent the mesu to 1 pix precision )

More practice required

Regards

Harry

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well it 3 things really

1) I wanted to make use of my existing conc base  ( There is over a ton in there !)

2) I want to flip as little as possible and this give me more options

3) I like to make things difficult for myself

Regards

Harry

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Had a few hours today ( bathroom nearly done  )

Got the pier in and the mesu mounted on it also started wiring up

Long way to go but things are looking up

Harry

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well that is very nice indeed

A bit of LHE in pixinsight may give it a bit more contrast

Harry

8 minutes ago, RayD said:

I have just got a mount hub pro and intending using it on my Mesu which is due in March, and I'm pretty impressed with it thus far.  You can power up to 15A on 12 ports, 4 of which are permanently on and 8 switchable using the supplied software.  It certainly seems to provide a very tidy solution to a lot of cabling.  It's also handy having the 4 port due controller built in as well, which again is fully controllable in software, and with the manual dials.

Congrats on what would appear to be mini-mount compared to what you're used to.

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I have a mount hub pro ( Ver 1 ) and are very happy with it , I was hopeing it would run the mesu 

When I get set up I will give it a go

Harry

54 minutes ago, Dave_D said:

wish i could afford that sort of gear... no buyers for my spare internal organs so far lol

You have spare organs !!!!  I would see a doctor about that

Harry

19 minutes ago, iansmith said:

Hello Harry,

Congratulations on your new mount. I've had mine since June last year and its been great.

I use a 12volt 5amp power brick to power it, seems to do the job just fine.

Cheers, Ian

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Cheers for the info

The std cables I see with the correct plug on the end seem a bit weedy did you make your own

Harry

20 hours ago, kirkster501 said:

I also received mine yesterday.  I am going to do a thread as to how I do the metalwork to mount it with the MESU Supplied plate.

Can't believe how heavy it is!

@harry page  Bern drove the short distance up to Nottingham after dropping yours off in Stamford.  Not really had chance to do much with it yet - the metalwork starts tomorrow

 

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I will be at the bathroom for another few weeks ( Full refit ) so I will be watching with interest

Harry

20 hours ago, steppenwolf said:

Once you get used to how 'small' it is (Just how BIG was your last mount, Harry?) I am sure you will love it. Have you tried reading the Mesu specific manual that I have produced for the mount to save you reading through the 236 pages of the SiTech manual? Just a thought!

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Her is a pic Little monster ver The beast

And yes many thanks for your short manual been a great help ( Even though I have read Sitech ona as well , because I am mad )

Just a note for things that did not work for me

The ascom link for the Sitechexe 0.90p did not install the ascom driver for me , but then downloaded the 0.91T version and this worked fine

When configuring Sitechexe and I had the mount conected I could not select the correct COM port ( Did not show at all )  so disconected mount restarted

Sitechexe and was able to select the right com port ( 3 in my case ) and then all was well

It might be just my set up ( windows 10 dell laptop )

Again many thaks for yout hard work

Regards

Harry

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Just wondering what to power the mount with , anybody use a mount hub pro

Needed a small power station for my old mount , hoping something smaller will surfice ?

Harry

2 hours ago, triton1 said:

Compared to the old beast that is tiny will you be able to find it in the dark?.Lovely mount though.Congrats.

Flashing led lights on the mount might help me find it

Ok perhapes not

Harry

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Loaded up software , saved setting and got it to slew from ascom read a 100 pages of instructions

Enough for tonight , my head hurts

Harry

27 minutes ago, swag72 said:

Nice one Harry - I am sure that you will be happy with it - A very nice mount

Hi Sara

Hope mine does not get the Bumps

Hope yours is sorted now ?

Harry

Hi All

A batch of mesu 200 have arrived in the Uk so I am not the only one with a new toy

A real baby compared to my old beast  but I am sure I will get used to it

Need to design a pier and dismantle the old so will be a few weeks before we are live , but will give me time to get used to it

Harry