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Cornelius Varley

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  1. Yes. The distance between the primary and secondary is now shorter, so the secondary has to be larger to accommodate the light cone. Not on its own, the distance between the secondary and primary will need to be reduced to benefit. See above.
  2. Do you mean the Synscan app ? Sky-Watcher | Sky-Watcher Global Website (skywatcher.com) available for windows, android and mac. The mount can also be controlled from any planetarium software that includes mount control ie Stellarium, Cartes du Ciel (both free) plus many commercial options.
  3. The OP doesn't have access to the classifieds section.
  4. Cartes du ciel can produce printable star charts. https://www.ap-i.net/skychart/en/download
  5. Tiff isn't ok, only jpeg or png files can be displayed in the browser.
  6. The mount reverts back to normal sidereal tracking until another command is entered by the user. The mount should be polar aligned prior to connecting to stellarium, the software expects the mount to be correctly aligned for it to function correctly.
  7. jpeg / jpg or png are the preferred file formats. Any other image file format (tiff, bmp or proprietary file format) cannot be displayed in the browser and need to be downloaded and viewed externally.
  8. You posted two near identical threads, one here and the other in the Discussion-mounts section. Both threads are now merged in to a single thread and cleaned up a little. ie threads merged.
  9. Not with the AZ Goto mounts. These terminate at the mount end with rj12.
  10. Assuming that the cable is curly it could be for a SW AZ Goto / SW GTi mount, the handset end is rj45 and the mount side rj12.
  11. The requirements have changed. To gain access to the sale/wanted section you now only need 30 days membership and more than 25 posts in relevant sections (non astronomy and welcome sections don't count)
  12. Hello and welcome to SGL. Please note that to gain access to the For Sale / Wanted section of the forum you need to be a member of the forum for at least 30 days and make more than 25 posts in relevant sections. Advertising outside the classifieds section is not permitted and post farming simply to gain access to the classifieds section may result in your post count being reduced and/or access to the classifieds section being removed.
  13. The autoguider port on the handset connects to the autoguider port on the guide camera using the appropriate cable (ST4). The camera is connected to the laptop (usb cable) , the usb cable then returns guide commands back from the guiding software (PHD2) to the mount via the ST4 cable. Combined imaging/guiding cameras tend not to be readily available.
  14. With that configuration the magnification will be about 1.4x. 2x magnification will only be achieved using the barlow lens as supplied.
  15. Synscan only requires degrees and minutes, so the remainders are rounded up/down as appropriate.
  16. The numbers should be entered in this format and order 002 01W 52 36N. Also download the synscan app which will give you the coordinates in the correct format. https://skywatcher.com/download/software/synscan-app/ Or Synscaninit2
  17. This may indicate that the primary mirror has slipped off the focussing mechanism and is not moving. If this is the case, the telescope will need to be returned to the retailer.
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