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  1. Stuart1971
    That would give you a guiding pixel scale of 3.2”/pixel, so much better, and just under the 4x…..but only just……so maybe with your scope and camera you want to be looking for a guidescope with around 320-360mm or thereabouts….focal length but that one you linked to would be much better….👍🏼
  2. Stuart1971
    So,you are imaging at a pixel scale of 0.85 “/pixel and guiding at an image scale of 6.45”/pixel, and if we use the maximum 4x rule, then no, your guide image scale is much more than 4x, in fact it’s over 7x….the imaging scale, you really need a longer focal length guidescope…..sorry if it’s not what you wanted to hear….but you should be aiming for a guiding image scale about 1-3 times the imaging image scale….👍🏼
  3. Stuart1971
    Looks great… What about strong winds getting under as that would take off and go for miles…..😮😮
  4. Stuart1971
    This is actually very good advice, as people tend not to read really long threads that list issues, as by the time you have got to the end, you, well I forget what was at the start…😂, maybe break it down to bullet points and then we can answer one at a time in order…. ‘One positive is your amount has a very low backlash and that graph is very good, so if it’s any conciliation check mine here, it’s awful and the 3200 ms of backlash, yet I can still get good round stars….so don’t get too hung up on any of the settings, if the stars are good then just enjoy, PhD2 is a very good tool, but can sometimes give you a headache with all the info…
  5. Stuart1971
    This is not normal to have to touch the port selection box, but if it works then hey ho….👍🏼
  6. Stuart1971
    Hmmmm, 🤔🤔
  7. Stuart1971
    Here
  8. Stuart1971
    You just tick the Autoconnect box, then they will connect as soon as indi comes up…..👍🏼
  9. Stuart1971
    @teoria_del_big_bang had a bit of a strange one since fitting my deep sky dad flats panel… I use the UPB V2 and have the panel connected to that along with my mount and QHY camera, and a mini PC on the always on 12v power port, and I noticed that when I power it all on the PC comes on, then a second later when the 4 power ports initialise and come on, the PC was going off….so I unplugged the flats panel, and tried again, and all came on as normal, so plugged it back in again, and same thing PC light comes on, the QHY, mount and flats panel come on and PC goes off, I can’t get the PC to stay on with the flats panel plugged in, unless I turn the panel on after all the others and the PC has booted up… Its like the surge of power to the 4 power ports takes it away from the other 12v always on port, but it’s fine with just mount and camera, but with the flats panel no chance…. Its not really an issue as the power ports can be controlled and turned on in NINA after it’s all booted up, but it still an a odd one, and I know you have the Pegasus UPB wondered if you had anything like this with yours…?? Stuart
  10. Stuart1971
    If you are running it all from the PI, then you have to have it set to localhost in your Ekos profile, then have a mount, and CCD connected, or use the simulators…
  11. Stuart1971
    I am a bit confused as to what you are trying to do, if you could explain I will be able to help, as I have use astroberry and Ekos for some years….
  12. Stuart1971
    No, if you are trying to connect to indi, then your Ekos profile has to have at least a mount and a CCD camera connected other wise when you hit connect in Ekos, it will not work…
  13. Stuart1971
    You have to have a mount connected and in the profile before it will connect….👍🏼
  14. Stuart1971
    Strange one…I too had a couple of odd errors tonight in NINA with my QHY268c, to do with the cooling graph, the temp was coming down on the camera, but the graph showed that cooler was not on, and the cooler power line was flat at the bottom of the chart…this changed after about a minute or so….🤔🤔
  15. Stuart1971
    I used my Deep sky dad flats panel too, set on 1000, and just turned off the light when needed too, but mine is under a black cover in a pitch black obsy, so no light leak very similar results really, but yours is Mono, so not sure what difference that should make…🤔🤔
  16. Stuart1971
    I would suspect there could be big difference between the tools used, but it’s no surprise really that the manufacturer would push the figures up, to make it more competitive in the market….
  17. Stuart1971
    I’m sure @vlaiv will be along soon to shed some light…👍🏼 i also got these figures but not sure what these mean, they came from the test in SC
  18. Stuart1971
    Also the read noise e/ADU never reaches 1e/ADU the highest is 0.78, so a unity gain in mode 1 is not possible, the QHY chart says that unity is gain zero in mode 1 @ 1e/ADU…🤔🤔 so all in all it’s a bit misleading, and if you look on the Sharpcap forums, many people have said the same that there findings don’t match the published charts…. Im not concerned at all, but it’s worth running the test in Sharpcap on your camera….👍🏼
  19. Stuart1971
    Fullwell shows 50,000 max on mine and published it over 60,000, on Mode 1 Also at gain 56 on mode 1 mine shows Fullwell of approx 23,000 and QHY chart shows over 30,000 On mode 0 at gain 26 mine shows approx 34,000 and QHY chart shows over 40,000 shall I go on…..😂😂
  20. Stuart1971
    Just ran the sensor analysis on my QHY268c and the results are quite surprising, as they do not match the published QHY charts at all….I think they made it look a lot more appealing as regards Fullwell especially… top one is Mode 1 and bottom one is the Mode 0 photographic mode…
  21. Stuart1971
    Which one have you bought…? Am looking for one myself…
  22. Stuart1971
    I use two of these on my side by side set up, with dual Tak scopes, and can say they are superb and well worth the money….👍🏼
  23. Stuart1971
    Tinkercad and then into cura for the slicing… here are the two files one for the cap and the other for the cup, the thread was tight, and had to use some force to screw it on, but after a few times on and off it loosened and is not perfect…I think I should have made the cup .5 mm less to get a better fit on the thread…. Desiccant Holder Lens Cap desiccant holder FSQ85.stl Desiccant Holder Lens Cap FSQ85.stl
  24. Stuart1971
    I can do but it will only fit one scope the Tak FSQ85, unless you know a way of resizing to fit others, and for the thread still to fit and work…?? If you do know let me know please, save me re designing for my other scopes….
  25. Stuart1971
    Love it…👍🏼👍🏼
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