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Had a clear night last night so this was much better. 

With the Declination of the Sun reducing towards the Equinox on 22nd September the shadow of the Earth now runs around the line of Geostationary Satellites. 

They can be seen to blink out and then reappear about an hour later as the shadow passes.  

I managed to capture this recently.   It happened precisely when SkySafari 6 predicted it.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ9BbHectdI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3aFekl6gXM

On 13/04/2020 at 17:20, tooth_dr said:

I know this is an old topic.  I tried this software briefly last year, but cant find my copy now.  The website appears to be down?

Would anyone share the download with me please, or a link to where I can get it.

 

TIA

Adam.

Hi Adam,   Happy to share a copy with you.  I use it regularly.   

LuSol-Guide.zip

On 21/02/2020 at 23:11, Jonk said:

Wow, nearly 3 years ago?!

Maybe I'd better think about another strip / rebuild?

It will be good to see how the replacement belts have fared, albeit the 'mileage' is probably quite low.

It will be an intresting exercise nonetheless.

Mine arrived today and replacing the old with new was a three minute job.    Just a week to Australia - very happy with that. 

6.5 mm width is perfect. 

I also tightened up the tension a little on the Dec axis as it was a bit looser than the RA.    A few minutes of slewing each axis and they seem as smooth as silk.  

The old ones had a lot of worn belt dust so it was time for new ones anyway it seems.  (The picture of my finger) 

Ordered six so that should do for the foreseeable life of the mount.  

Thanks again and yes it would be interesting to see how they have fared.   My old belts have about 5-600 hours of use over three years. 

Just wanted to say thanks for the link to Beltingonline.  Shipping to Australia for these belts cost 5 times the price of the belt but still quite reasonable.  

A very helpful read here.  Thanks to all.  

27 minutes ago, UberStar said:

Hi all

 

First time here so please forgive me if this question has been asked or i post in the wrong section. I have done some google seraches but can not find the answer.

 

I just purchased a Skywatcher Az-Gti and i am trying to mount a Nikon P1000 to it with the Skywatcher Dovetail L-Bracket, when i try to align the mount with the SynScan app facing north, my mount starts to track down towards mars but mars is up. I can clearly tell that the camera wants spining around so that it is towards the left side of the mount but my bracket is too small to fit the camera on the oposite way. Is there a way to make the mount flip so i can use the camera as if it was on the right side of the mount ? Sorry if that sounds confusing its the best way i can explain my problem without images.

 

Many thanks for any help in advance.

HI and congratulations on your mount.  

Following on from Helen's good advice I have a video showing how to load the right arm firmware and a brief review of using the mount in Equatorial Mode.  

You may want to consider a counterweight for the P1000 even if using the mount in Alt / Az.  I find it greatly improves the smoothness of the mount while tracking with a P900 and mounting a larger bubble level on the arm allows you to align the mount better than using the small level on the mount.  

It is a great mount and easy to travel with.  I take mine on every work trip.