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2 hours ago, han59 said:

For this topic a guiding graph in arcseconds will be most interesting. Furhermore slew to accuracy. So if you slew 90 degrees or so in RA, are you on the correct location?

Many times in the past years performance test data was promised but never released and excuses ware made. So many readers are very curious how this mount performs in your setup. There is somehow a cloud of secrecy around this mount. If it performs well, there is no reason not to release some performance data.

This was specified on march 2018 or earlier:

I have to leave 3 weeks. As soon as I return, I will try to give more data about this Trident mount. But as I said my site hardly lends itself to doing extensive tests with a seeing of 2" to 4" and Schmidt Cassegrain or short scope would be much better than a Newton of 1200mm long! concerning the 2018 data... Mark of JTW had to completely review the mount so that it could have these theoretical data and that’s why it is no longer called OGEM, but Trident which explains in part this expectation.

while waiting for a 180 "photo taken without guidance. 54.72 'x 37.24' field
X: 0.7922 "/ px
Y: 0.7918 "/ px

yes it was my first guiding

1 hour ago, whipdry said:

I think most people reading this would be more interested in the goto/platesolve & guiding accuracy... not so much in the pictures as they only tell part of the story leaning towards the scopes performance! 

.... Continued .... I agree that further testing would be a plus, but unfortunately I don't have the time and weather necessary. The current tests are fine with me (of course I'm improving) for what I'm doing. Other buyers may be able to meet your expectations 😉

Sorry also for my english !

Alain

On 15/09/2021 at 07:13, han59 said:

Does it work?  Looking to your picture, your polar axis seems to be set for the northern part of Europe. Not for the south of France ???

Yes, I am in the far north of France, on the edge of Belgium. This mount works fine and is fine for me. this Trident mount is perfectly associated with the Onstep controller.

1 hour ago, whipdry said:

I think most people reading this would be more interested in the goto/platesolve & guiding accuracy... not so much in the pictures as they only tell part of the story leaning towards the scopes performance! 

Sorry to have disappointed you, but my setup is not in Chile and therefore observable nights are very rare. I just wanted to show the first tests. Concerning the Goto, the targets are each time in the field of the imager. Some adjustments with the flat solving of APT (Astro Photography Tools) which I personally like and I am ready. And since I only do astrophotography, I don't do 50 goto per night. I just want to make this mount known, say that it exists. I am neither paid by JTW Astronomy, nor by any mount test or comparison organization. Give me an example on a forum of a mount that has been thoroughly tested ... I searched for example on the EQ8-R which interested me and I did not find much and even less with its encode absolute.
Once again sorry. The title of this post being "ogem-mount-still-vapor-ware-or-have-they-started-shipping" I just wanted to answer it and I think this post can be closed now.

Alain

Note concerning these shots: I live in a valley on the edge of a river, the humidity in the evening is on average 90%.

M76 180"

M33 300"

First test on M27 180 "exposure with autoguiding (PHD2) no processing ASI 294mm Pro camera and Astronomik CLS CCD filter The telescope was not yet very well collimated.

After conclusive tests with the Newton 200, now place for the Newton 300 F / D 4.
 

10 hours ago, Merlin66 said:

Do you know the serial number, or how many other mounts have been delivered?

not exactly, but you get them an early response on the "JTW Astronomy" Facebook page.

And yes, the TRIDENT exists !!

I am waiting  a clear sky to perform guidance tests.

50 minutes ago, Northernlight said:

Thank you for your aggressive response

Aggressive ??? I do not think and far from me this intention, it is just a development with reliable information. It is not you who is concerned, but just your source of information.

not for me but for Phil. Sorry Northernlight 🥴

13 hours ago, Northernlight said:

I had someone message me as saying that the mount that has been delivered apparently only has a 35kg payload. Take this with a very big pinch of salt as i have no way to validate this claim, but wondered if anyone else has heard anything similar.

35Kg ??? yes that's right .... but not for this mount !!! Mark thinks to be inspired by the Trident mount (100kg, recommended 75kg) to make a mount, the Kraken which will support 35 kg .. Like what false news (or rather incomplete information) can quickly spread and cause confusion.

"Our next project is the Kraken 35, a portable Trident derivative to carry 35 kg photographically" dixit Mark.

Alain

24 minutes ago, Zakalwe said:

I will never buy another item of this value from a one-man-band bloke in a shed

... Maybe, but which company can boast of having a real after sales service worthy of the name now ??

57 minutes ago, Northernlight said:

To be fair - I can admit when i'm wrong and when i've maybe taken the joke too far.  Hopefully when the mounts arrive then they will all work perfectly and everyone will be happy.

👍😄🥂

@Northernlight, everyone is free to express themselves and say what they think. This is the principle of a forum. I just wanted to clarify things. The only thing we have with Mark is .... patience! But isn't this one of the virtues of the amateur astronomer? 😉

Good morning all,

I am French and please excuse the translation by Translate Google.

Given the vehemence of a certain Mr. @Northernlight, I had to intervene. I don't know who you are, what you do, or what Mark did to you. As far as I am concerned, I ordered a Trident mount and a 350mm Newton telescope in November 2018.

Of course I expected this delivery much sooner! of course I hated Mark at times. Of course there are times when I wanted to give up everything and get my money back!

But I'm still here. Why? Can we blame Mark for not delivering an unsuccessful frame: NO.

Can we blame Mark for being a perfectionist: NO.

Can we blame Mark for having big problems: NO.

I have had many discussions with him and I can assure you that he is a man of integrity and he is not a thief. He could have delivered us a mount with a periodic error unacceptable and with a failed controller. But he did not do it .Yes we must wait and wait again if at the end we will have a mount worthy of the name.

When you are "Early Birds" you take risks and you are conscious  from the beginning. I have a friend who ordered an eVscope. He just received it: three and a half years of waiting. So be indulgent Mr. @Northernlight, and stop your anemosity towards Mark, please. And judge not the man but the Trident mount when it is operational.
Another bit of patience, thank you.
And don't forget that right now there is confinement in many countries, which doesn't help.
Take good care of yourself and your loved ones.

Alain