Neil H

Nigella,  that is brilliant I would love to be able to take that photo 

Thanks what I will have to do is get updates before I link to Wi-Fi dongle 

Ok I have given up on using sky safari or stellariaum on my tablet linked to mount with Synscan Wi-Fi dongle , the Synscan app works but does any one know how to search for comets , I went to comets in the app in the search box I put 144P/Kushida then the timer start to spin and 10 minutes later still nothing 

Update from sky safari they sent me a link on how to link safari to the Synscan app and mount well tried all 4 times nothing same thing it will not connect to the telescope

Hi I made a set of Wilcox rings that wookie told you about I also spray furniture polish on the telescope rings as they normally have a felt inside the rings  and this makes it slide nicely in the rings and the Wilcox rings stops any up of down movement

Hi while your waiting join Astro buy and sell some great stuff comes up on here at a good price 

Hi another one to look at is the Mollie pouch all different sizes normally have belt straps saves carrying it they do them on Amazon

I have emailed them both I think it's the update to Android 14 , I could never get ss7 pro to work till I used the dummies guide and it worked till now ??

Sorry Moderators can you move to software please thank you 

Hi everyone I hope some can work this out for me 

I have a Synscan Wi-Fi dongle for a while now it will work on its own app no problem but never on sky safari 7pro , so I used stellariaum mobile with no problems but I wanted to use safari 7 , then came the dummies guide so did everything said and bingo I had safari working this was before Dec 2023 update

3 weeks later this will not connect any more to stellariaum or safari 7, Synscan app works but safari 7 pro will not connect I have checked everything all was set as dummies guide , but now stellariaum mobile will not work as well 

I have removed them both off my Samsung galaxy tab 7 lite then put them back on but they still will not connect to the Synscan dongle but it's own app will work ?? The tab is just a year old running Android 14 one UI version 6 

Any help is appreciated

Welcome what's your skys like there ? Good luck getting re- started

I second that on the Samsung I have the tab7 lite and it's really good £140 from Amazon got it next day too

I use the dongle on my HEQ5PRO and once I have done the star alignment it's bang on target , I can even jump on sky safari pro and it still hits targets , I love it so easy to use 

8 hours ago, wookie1965 said:

Nice one Neil now collimate my Tal

Paul you don't need me Peter Drew is near you lol

7 hours ago, bosun21 said:

You need to adjust both sets of screws to prevent any mirror shift while slewing the scope. Each pair are a push/pull arrangement.

Thanks bosun21 the thread on stripping the Mak was a great eye opener to how this works

Collimation  of the skymax 180 Pro is it hard to do , I strip down my mak and flocked it , then after rebuild checked Collimation  , it was hard to find good info on how to do this ? I tried to Collimation like a newtonian how wrong was I made a real mess Jupiter at low mag was ok but high mag it was rubbish view like looking through soup . Had a chat with Grant at FLO he said make sure you keep star in the centre of the eyepiece so I did  and next star test was poor so what was I doing wrong ?

I messaged this great man called Peter Drew at last someone to explain how to Collimate it once I got my head in the right gear it was easy   

So this how to do it you defocused a star and see we're the obstruction is mine was off to one side as you adjust the Collimation screws the star moves in the eyepiece FOV you then recentre it and look at the obstruction is it better or worse keep adjusting till the obstruction is in the centre of the defocused star and then get a 5mm eyepiece or the highest you have and recheck it if its still centre your done 

So it's not as bad as I thought it would be to do I did do this in the day time with an artificial star with tracking on the mount turned off , that night I did a real star test  and good news it was spot on and the planet killer is up to speed again 

Sorry I must have miss read it 

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Look at post above Paul

The 127 came with 2 extension 1 long and 1 short that's the link to one of them 

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You get an elasticated cargo net then hang it up pop some long bungee cords to the bottom of net to floor this will stop up travel of the net 

Do you need me to measure mine , the bresser ones screw in to the focuser tube 

Hi I also have the bresser 127/1200 refractor with the 224 mc camera , to get focus I have to use all the extensions that came with the telescope and a 35mm extension then camera don't use a diagonal , use eyepiece first in the back of extension focus this then change to the camera  now wind focuser in towards the scope and it will focus

Hi I saw a guy once had a cargo net hanging in the back of the van about half way up the sides , the dob went on top with 2 bungee straps holding it in place he said it helps due to the cargo net letting the dob float over the bumps in the road 

Soldering isn't that difficult ? Well not for some , use to solder a lot when I was building large RC Helicopters but my hands shake now and I would solder everything else but not the part I need 😂

Dazzyt66 thanks for the write up at last I have sky safari 7 pro working on my tablet  and mount 

Omg I am so happy just need a clear night