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Hi,
I still have some trouble of getting my new EQ6-R (first real mount) polar aligned. There are some pretty good videos on youtube, but they are all about the reticle of EQ5 or EQ6. In EQ6-R the reticle changed significantly as I see and the manual is not made for beginners like me, that's what I feel.
My main problem is how to set up the reticle clock to horizontal? If I had a clue how to make it horizontal, the rest should be easy. Just placing the polaris at the position/"time" the synscan tells me.
Any hints from you?
Thanks in advance!
Clear skies,
Chris
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On 19/04/2018 at 21:47, penguin_a_geek said:
Sir,
stumbled into your post while searchin for a solution to make that TSGM120M work with INDI. Have you been successful?
Stefan
Hi Stefan,
no, I was not able to get the drivers running and decided to switch to a ZWO ASI cam, where the drivers are widely available.
CS,
Chris
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17 hours ago, knobby said:
Slightly off topic but will dithering only in RA be of any benefit ?
I guess, dithering on one axis is better than no dither. And using the Star Adventurer, you will not completely stop DEC drift, so you get movement on the second axis, too.
I don't use dithering so far and I am quite new to astro-photography, please tell me, if I am wrong!
Chris
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Hi Marci and Louise,
thanks for your help! I hope I will have the chance to setup guiding this night (at -14°C)...
Chris
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Hi,
I am using the SA with a Canon 650D and a 300/4.0 L USM for some months now. In order to get longer exposure times (>30 sec) I just got a little guiding cam (TSGM120M: https://www.teleskop-express.de/shop/product_info.php/language/en/info/p8963_TS-Optics-Mono-Planetenkamera-und-Guidingkamera-mit-Aptina-CMOS-Chip.html).
Stand alone guiding like the M-GEN II is way to expensive from my point of view, so I decided to use PHD(2) on a laptop to do the guiding. I use the Orion 50 mm Guide-Scope mounted on the second port of the L-Mount. But I don't know how to set up PHD2 to work with the SA. The guider-cam will be connected over USB to the laptop and over the ST-4 cable to the ST-4 port of the SA - now question about that.
There are some users in the forum, who already work with PHD and the SA as far, as I have seen. So maybe someone could help me about what "Mount" and "Aux Mount" do I have to choose in the connection dialogue of PHD? How do I switch off DEC-guiding, as the SA doesn't provide it?
Any experience with the dither function BackyardEOS provides with PHD2 connectivity?
Many thanks in advance!
Chris
EQ6-R owners club
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Posted · Edited by chris-32
In the current 0.19.3 of stellarium, you can connect directly to ASCOM. There is no need anymore for stellariumscope. This makes things a little bit easier.