Stuart1971

Actually it was about 4 times to see the replies I got…..😂😂

Actually yes, as mountain biking is my summer hobby, and don’t do much Astro…if any…it’s a September to end of March hobby for me…👍🏻

Really…..Wow, how sad is this thread….I never checked since it went down, as I have a life….😂😂

No competition really for your purposes, the ASI174mm Mini all the way…. 😉

I had one of the Deep Sky Dad versions on my scope for about 18 months, and kept in a wooden shed observatory, a few days last year it reached over 50c degrees in there and had no issues at all, they are well made and do the job very well, one issue is in the very cold nights around -3 - -5, I noticed it would not close up straight away as the servo was not responding very quickly, due to the mechanism being frosted up, and took a couple of attempts to close within the software and one night it did not close all the way and had to finish off by hand…. But in the whole very good….👍🏻

You can not prove or disprove anything until you use your mount correctly, if you try EQMOD and then use PPEC, all your issues will go away, this proves the mount is mechanically fine, and the ASIair driver is very poor for this mount….the seller is correct, the mount is fine and works just like any other EQ8, which I have, so ditch the ASIair…

I see you use the ASIair and so can’t use PPEC, in which case you are screwed, as it needs the PPEC to be used, there is nothing wrong with your mount it is normal, as you can’t use PPEC, dump the ASIair and get a mini PC with EQMOD one even better GS Server, and all your issues will go away….simples….👍🏻

So what happens when you run the periodic error tool and then have that turned on, as you mount Phd graph, looks perfectly normal for one that is not using PPEC….mine was the same before I used….🤔

Correct it is Retvis direct, £719 plus a 7% reduction voucher, so £670 at checkout….👍🏻

They do ship direct to the UK, and they have told me that have a special shipping method that does not incur any more costs for us at our end, so not sure what that means, maybe they declare a much lower price on the package…..🤔 But surely you are better buying from Amazon UK, the price is better and next day free delivery with prime…why would you want to have it shipped from abroad….?

Hmmm, different model altogether, so not much help at all really….🤔

Anybody have any reviews on this Svbony IMX533 camera, with the discount voucher for prime members it just £670 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Svbony-Astronomy-Telescope-Eyepiece-Illuminated/dp/B0BJ72KY8J/ref=pd_lpo_sccl_3/260-0758832-1888458?pd_rd_w=pLXUk&content-id=amzn1.sym.efc89c20-c5a9-4620-b6cd-2f4e51bac956&pf_rd_p=efc89c20-c5a9-4620-b6cd-2f4e51bac956&pf_rd_r=ZT6FZC7Q2W7Q4JQ3EAKY&pd_rd_wg=mFDjP&pd_rd_r=19ff592e-d54a-489a-8c08-03b5cec0a9ef&pd_rd_i=B0BJ72KY8J&psc=1

Never noticed anything in mine. I would just blow them out…should be fine…👍🏻

I have actually just gone on there to place an add, and it never asked me to log in, just went straight to my account, which is not correct at all….so something is wrong with it…😮

Works for me….👍🏻

yes exactly i have the version 4 and hence wanting know the difference in size to the V5….it’s for a handset soft case I want to get…

Does it have a USB port on the bottom…??

No they aren’t unfortunately…this is the V3 and V4

Hi all could someone who has the skywatcher Synscan V5 handset with the USB port, give me the handset size please, length x width at the widest point and thickness… Much appreciated… Stuart

I used APT for a couple of years, but found the interface a bit dated and clunky, then tried SG pro for about a week, did not like that at all, then moved to using an RPI with Ekos, and that worked very well for a couple of years, until EQMOD just failed to work one day, and I could never fix, shame as I really liked that set up…then switched to NINA with a mini PC on the pier, and I have to say, it just works flawlessly and is the best of the bunch in my honest opinion, you can just forget about it, and it’s free, and the support is second to none on the Discord group….I can’t see any reason why I would ever change…it has everything and more then you could ever need….

Shining a good UV light on it for a few hours will at least kill it, and stop it spreading anymore, then you can clean it yourself with some Baader wonder fluid, assuming you can remove the cell and get to it, and also as long as it is a removable cell and won’t screw up the collimation….

Just to open your options even more, there is one better than both of those, Green Swamp Server, or GSS, it’s the modern, better EQMOD with many more features… https://greenswamp.org

We will have to agree to disagree….And end it there…👍🏻

Why, starlink is a completely different project to this latest epic fail, i said that starlink was at least giving people access to things they would not have otherwise, and that this latest attempt was a complete waste of money, where is the contradiction….??

We need to worry about here and now not a few decades in time, they way things are going there won’t be decades in time….😮☹️