RayD

Sounds like a great idea, and for views of the moon for the Grandkids it will be ideal. Don't forget to get a moon filter, as it can get pretty bright for young sensitive eyes

I've tried viewing through a Velux (centre hinge) at home and in my view forget it. As noted above, "turbulence" was awful and as Charl notes, on wooden floorboards even your natural body movement made everything vibrate like a really vibraty thing. Good luck with it, as if you are having the window fitted anyway it could be worth a stab. From my efforts I would say top hinged, provided it opens up quite a way

Friend of mine just had this replacement lens treatment rather than laser and is really pleased.

There is. I looked in to this as I have them quite bad, but it is a very intrusive procedure, and only recommended in very extreme circumstances. They basically replace the "gel" inside the eyeball, which is where the floaters live, and which I suspect is nothing like as easy as it sounds.

I believe Altair is having issues generally at the moment with their Chinese suppliers. I was waiting 6 weeks just for a simple 15mm spacer for my Esprit, so ended up having one made. Problem is their mini guide scopes are actually very good for that purpose, so maybe worth hanging on for a bit, or keeping a keen eye on ABS.

Maybe not a supplier technically as I don't think they supply equipment direct, but I thought a mention about the superb customer service on technical support was valid. Terry Platt is a really helpful guy, answering emails resolving my issue with a SX USB filer wheel at 8 in the evening. Terry has personally helped twice now and I couldn't praise him and SX enough.

+1 for Gina's suggestion of a simple pre-made buck convertor like this one which cover all angles and are pretty neatly packaged for a pretty reasonable price.

As above I've just received my 80mm f6 triplet and am very impressed with it indeed. Whilst I know it's not the one you're looking at, if this is any judge of quality I would say it's very likely to be a good performer and a good buy.

+1 for the above. Would be a shame if you ditch it as it is actually a very good piece of kit, which not only saves time but is just so convenient and easy to use.

Great stuff Harry, look forward to seeing it up and running as I can see no reason yet why my one shouldn't, but if course will never doubt anything in this hobby.

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.

Wonderful, all working smooth and dandy now. Thanks guys good job and quick response Now if you could make sure all the boxes are green all the time, that would be grand

It isn't a big issue, it's jut instead of flow scrolling right it only goes a bit. Still works fine.

Yes same here on Galaxy S7 Edge

Now there's a phrase I've not used for 40 years

Whilst the PC is on and running try unplugging the mount and camera and plugging them back in to different USB ports, this will reload the drivers, and will pick up a new COM port which you can then find again in Device Manager. I feel your pain.

This is what I've just started doing using the new little tiny Samsung USB-C SSD drives, then offloading it all on to my Q-NAP NAS at a later stage.

+1 One of those little manual insecticide sprayers and even a clear coat so you don't notice overspray will stop all the bits open to damp becoming rotten very quickly. The sprayers help you get in all the little nooks and crannies.

What about something along these lines? http://www.eurofitdirect.co.uk/gas-strut-stay-spring-stay/?utm_source=GoogleBase&gclid=CjwKEAjw-abABRDquOTJi8qdojwSJABt1S1O1YSuGwEfT1rSB24MBRqEwGis_VgU3NZ8pRhFweKAZRoCM2bw_wcB 2 @ 100N I would have thought would be sufficient.

Could add a simple pulley driven counterweight system such as seen on trap doors?

Thing is I'm new to AP so don't really have a personal preference, so am really looking to understand what the benefits of each method are. Are you saying that both methods are equally as good as each other, so just pick either? Thanks.

I currently have my AZEQ6 running via EQDirect, and use pulse guiding, which seems to produce pretty good results. Is this the recommended method as I've seen a few mentions of people using ST4? I use pulse guiding purely because it was the method recommended in the EQMOD manual, but wondered if you had reasons for using ST4, or whether you think I am on the right track with pulse guiding? Many thanks.