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Hey folks Just wondered if anyone from the Netherlands knows if we need to obtain planning permission from our local city hall to install a dome. Not a massive structure but something small like a Next dome ? thanks Paul

Thanks guys , appreciate the comments Thats not a bad idea actually , I might wind back in the project processing and have a look at that and also for future projects.

Here is my M33 , Triangulum Galaxy , from 71 x 5 min subs over 2 nights Was fun to process as two of us also found an asteroid lurking in the subs which can be seen in the processing video near the end

thanks for the responses guys , I guess its FTDI, it plugs from usb hub into the port on the mount which is an NEQ6 which I forgot to mention. Im thinking that it might be a wobbly / bad connecting power plug , as I dont tear down its a permanent setup, so I guess I will order one of those 2 pin screw on power plugs and go from there. It may of course just need pluging in and out a few times to clear any corrosion. The intermitancy ( is that a word ) of the problem I guess might point to this.

Hi folks sometime during an imaging session or not at all EQmod does a connect error : timeout because the com port has gone wobbly. It is still visible in device manager. If I kill EQmod in task manager and delete the com port and do a scan for new hardware it comes back and then it works fine for a while. cable , hub problem ?

the ring with QHYCCD written on it ?

here we go

yeah can do tomorrow , its imaging right now

ok cool , so its possible , will sort out ordering the part thanks for the help

thats part of the coma corrector and the spacer is what came with the camera

this is how far out the focuser is right now to achieve focus

thanks for that , yeah im a bit worried I wont be able to achieve focus with this gadget fitted as right now focus is a little over 1cm out. However getting a bit cheesed off with fiddling about trying to stop the camera from being a wobbly fit.

Hey folks wondering if anyone uses one of these on a 200PDS scope https://www.firstlightoptics.com/adapters/baader-2-clicklock-m54-clamp.html Im guessing it will just screw onto the focus tube but Im just wondering how it will affect focus and coma correction with my QHY168C and Skywatcher coma corrector . thanks

interesting I ran through the subs and some had dust some didnt so I guess as the flats didnt have dust donuts they had nothing to remove from the stacked image which of course when stacked would have included the subs with or without the donuts. thanks vlaiv