souls33k3r

2 hours ago, Yawning Angel said:

Thank you! It didn't feel fantastic when I fitted them together, so I nipped it down with the cross head. I'll dig a couple of hex bolts out and nail to down

No worries. You really don't need to bolt them down. Just finger tight will be just fine

44 minutes ago, Yawning Angel said:

In my defence, it was already cloudy....

Sorting the cable runs out will keep me quiet for a while 🙂

Beautiful mount. One thing to note that the polemaster adapter does not hold the polemaster properly (at least was my experience). What resolved the issue for me was to not rely on the single thumb screw but to add the additional thumb screw and that fixed the issue for me. Hope this helps. 

36 minutes ago, Brian28 said:

Hi John ,  what’s a 365 & ENS cover ? .... 

I am hoping to leave the mount outside , and after reading the comments received so far that all seems doable with out detrimental effect to the equipment .. I will leave the scopes set up if there are periods of clear skies forecast , otherwise I will remove and store back in my workshop ..  

 

365 is the Telegizmos 365 cover variant and ENS optical have something that's called Astro Jacket. 

2 hours ago, Saganite said:

Hi Brian,

For the same reason as yourself, I installed a pier with an NEQ6 atop and covered with a cycle cover from a well known Automotive retailer. This is the third winter with no problems, being left under cover all year round. Apart from the observing sessions I remove the cover from time to time, and that's it....no problems.

I have, since this picture, put a stone circle around the pier, and a curved trellis wall with drapes on the inside to exclude light , and it is all rather cosy....

Sorry Brian not trying to hijack your thread by any means and since I'm in the market for the exact solution as yourself so I wanted to find out from Steve (since I don't drive so I don't get the hint), can you share the link to this cover? Pm me if you need to if this goes against the rules of posting it publicly. 

Thanks 

Could it possibly be dew forming on the camera optical window?

12 hours ago, Xiga said:

Thanks Ahmed, you're too kind!

I'm not completely happy with it I must say. I had several goes at processing it over the last week or so, with each one a failure but for different reasons. In the end, due to processing fatigue, I got a bit lazy with the sharpening and NR, and the slight unevenness is showing through in places, but in any case it should hopefully be a big improvement on the original version.

You're just being over critical about it for no reason mate. If I could achieve even 10% of what you're able to produce, I'd be a happy bunny but then I guess this is what differentiates from a good result and an excellent result

5 minutes ago, Davey-T said:

Got PHD working.

Took a few pic's of M42, think it's going to need a bit of fettling, got a bit of coma and some dodgy stars in bottom left corner.

Not bothering too much until collimation tool arrives.

Dave

20 seconds ISO800 60da.

Doesn't like wind hence random off target hi.s,

 

100% crop

 

Bottom left corner

 

 

 

That Guiding looks really tight. As for the dodgy stars, could it be tilt if only in one corner? 

Mate, that's just gorgeous piece of processing. I always look forward to your post and it goes without saying that with the 80mm aperture, you've done this target far more justice than you think. It's just beautiful. 

5 hours ago, Davey-T said:

 

Tiles are 600mm, got it out the box now, added a few more pic's.

Dave

This thing is beautiful mate. Congratulations once again

47 minutes ago, Davey-T said:

Just dropped off by DPD courtesy of FLO.

Dave

Congratulations on the scope Dave. Box looks really small for what it is unless the tiles are big or the scope comes in as Lego pieces

Another vote for CEM60. I had the EC version and had nothing but issues with it. It wasn't a mechanical thing, it was a firmware thing but I can't wait on the company to produce better firmwares so went down the vanilla CEM60. Another thing to add is that the weight of the CEM60 is so much lighter than the NEQ6 Pro that I had. That thing was built like a tank but that's not to say that CEM60 is not quality finish, it screams quality at your face. 

If I had money to burn, I would've gone for MESU 200 myself but then I also like to travel with my mount so yeah the decision for me was easy. Hope this helps

2 hours ago, knobby said:

Thanks to @souls33k3r and Pixinsight, Ahmud managed to reduce the voilet around the brighter stars which I couldn't quite sort with Photoshop

 

I'm glad you like it matey. Give us a shout any time

ATB

Ahmed

1 hour ago, dobblob said:

I was a little embarrassed that I posted some of my images in my gallery for the first time and did not realise that they would ALL be posted sequentially and seen as individual posts. I thought they would all just go quietly into the gallery without anyone knowing! So sorry if it appeared I was hogging the forum.

Oooops. I guess there is a setting that prevents this in future. I'll find it...

No worries. Drinks on you then

33 minutes ago, paul mc c said:

Snow......😁

Correction, "May" 

Ouch! Sorry to hear about your troubles. Did you opt for check and tuned service when buying this scope? Just curious.

Very nice indeed mate. 

Just curious, which cover did you go for? So you'll be leaving the mount underneath the covers but bring the rest of the kit inside? 

I found this a little while back at my work place. 

Lovely image and a gorgeous setup. 

43 minutes ago, Davey-T said:

Nothing, been sitting here all morning waiting for my delivery from FLO, just checked the tracking and according to RM it was delivered at 12.01 and signed for by Mr Rossiter, no card through the door and no idea who Mr Rossiter is 

Dave

Mr Rossiter

14 hours ago, Mr Spock said:

You can find my picture almost anywhere of note...

I always wanted that 10 micron mount. This should fund it

2 hours ago, Juicy6 said:

Are you saying the distance in the Manual still is not correct? Or are you measuring 55 mm from sensor to the 8 mm spacer (M66 to M48) and not to the flattener itself? This is the PDF Manual from SW site:

 

Yes it is still incorrect. It's 55 and is from the back of the Flattener to the sensor chip. Hope this helps 

An absolute belter mate

Absolutely stunning Dave. 

Wish you guys nothing but success

8 hours ago, Laurin Dave said:

No expert here but two thoughts.. maybe there’s a setting in the Mount driver that needs changing or maybe it’s a setting on the Platesolve tab..  eg Attempt to Center? 
 

Dave

I did look everywhere but couldn't find the setting apart from under the "Telescope" tab

7 hours ago, Jkulin said:

Ahmed, you need to make sure that SGP processes a meridian flip before the commander software wants to, I have SGP to flip at 12 minutes past the Meridian and to auto centre after a flip, I can't check the settings in Commander as it needs to be connected, but as long as you set commander to flip after SGP then all will be fine.

Awesome stuff John. I think this is where I might be getting it wrong. As like you said the mount needs to be connected to check and change the commander settings but when I do connect, I will make sure that commander is set to flip after SGP. A gap of 3-5 min should be enough you reckon?