Miguel1983

I guess so, it's just a lack of experience ;-) There also aren't a lot of people with this mount yet and not much how-to / reviews on YouTube so if something isn't going as it should, there's no refference. Thanks for the help Stu, much appreciated !

Where are those instructions ? I've just checked the mount, with clutches locked, there's no moving it. Then i pointed it at the top of an electric pylon and tested in the 5 speed, there's bit of a delay when i change direction, but not al that much i must say.

Nope, don't have those I guess opening the mount also makes warranty claims invalid ?

Oh Ok, so adjusting the backlash really is a trial and error thing. Every new "go to" comand you do, one would have to take notice of how long from pressing the command it takes for the mount to react in both ALT & AZ direction and adjust accordingly. Seems almost guesswork to me

I can imagine, a co-stargazer from our group yesterday had a 2" beast on his scope ! But i'm not that equipped yet, so only small 1,25" eyepieces here

Hi, these instructions you speak of, those are the instructions in the Synscan app ? I'm starting to think i had a different idea of what backlash actually is, i thought it had something to do with fine tuning the tracking speed. But as i am reading the context it is correcting the return on overshoot when te scope is going to a new target. Correct ? Thanks

Hi, the tak tak is after slewing when the mount is tracking

Hi, Yesterday i went to the monthly gathering of our local astronomy club, did some observing there, and afterwords when i got home, i did some more playing around with my recently bought AZ GTI. So some thoughts/remarks on the mount. The alignment procedure via app is fairly easy but you really need this to be pin point right, since i don't yet own an eyepiece with illuminated crosshairs (on its way) i guess i start of a little off-set. So i notice that, after alignment, my target sometimes isn't in my field of view. The tracking, yesterday i took a look at the Orion Nebula starting with a aspheric 62° 23mm eyepiece and the target was dead centre of my view, then i put in the 10mm Aspheric and it was at the lower part of my field of view... Back at home i started again with the alignment on Sirius an Dubhe, then i went for a control to Rigel and it was way of, corrected it, went to Orion Nebula, spot on, went to Betelgeuse, way off.... and so on. After that "GoTo" - "adjust" - "Got To" "adjust".... i slew to the moon, and it was a mile off !! So i don't now what happend, i did start off with the 8 AA-bateries inside, and i kinda heard on the slewing sound it was loosing power, so i connected my powerpack. Some questions for those who own this mount: Is it normal that when tracking you hear a "tack...tack.."-sound ? Anyone adjusted the backlash settings ? How does it work ? Altitude limit, how do you set it so it has no restrictions ? (tube can't hit the tripod anyway) More tips and tricks are very welcome ! Thanks

What about Mac users ? .exe doesn't work on my Imac Already contacted Sky-watcher if this proces could be done via the app in the future, can't be that hard i guess...

I'm going to ask my next question in the camera section on this forum, i don't want to stray much further off topic here...

Thanks for explaining ! The synscan Pro app has an extra tab "advanced" witch holds following sub-tabs "Polar Scope"/"Polar Alignment"/"Auto Home"/"PEC"/"Camera Control" and "EQ mount". Off course its possible this "Pro" app is ment for other Skywatcher mounts, but it does connect with the AZ GTI.

I'm quite new to all this, but i'm for sure bitten by the starbug , so the Skymax AZ GTI 127 is my second (already have a 10" dob) scope and was bought with grab and go in mind and for taking the first steps into astrophotography. Maybe i bought it to quickly since i've just now been looking more in to detail what gear provides the best photo's, however, i'm not planning on spending tons of money, so i guess the AZ GTI is just a fine compromise. Can somebody point me to a comprehensive explanation video or thread on what a wedge actualy can or can't ad to an AltAz mount ? I've been searching, yet still to find a good review/demonstration. Also the "NO EQ DSO thread" mentioned before by happy-cat, i can't seem to find it. ***EDIT : Found it ***

Hi, yes, i know i can already have o go at it, but from what i read i can only take about 20-30 sec exposure shots. Also there wil be a rotation in the image. So what i was wondering is a wedge going to counter for that field rotation, or am i seeing it to simple ? thanks

Hi, would like to know that to, i'm looking to get in to some basic astrophotography and got the AZ GTI... What about the Skywatcher Star Adventurer Equatorial Wedge ?