AstroNebulee

Thank you Paul. I am still enjoying using the samyang 14mm when I can, it's my most used lens now and my best dslr buy. Clear skies for the core season too and looking forward to seeing your images and vlogs. Lee

Thank you Paul for another wonderful trip out on your vlog. All the images are amazing but I especially like the boat shot with Orion and the wind pump centred with the night sky, simply brilliant. I'm looking forward to milky-way core season soon, I'm anticipaing around very early April to start to try a pano arch image again. Though last year was up until end of May here. Will try flats this time (when I've perfected how to take them with this lens) to hopefully avoid join marks when stitching because of the vignette of the samyang 14mm f2.8. Thank you again for a wonderful vlog and teaching us how to get even better and more natural ways Widefield astrophotography Lee

It's an outstanding image Paul, you say it's not your best image but it's much better than I could get in 3 hours. I'd still be faffing about after an hour. Hope you're all well, take care Lee

Hi Mike Good luck with the resin printing of the gears you need. Like you say I expect them not being greased from factory attributed to the downfall of them. If your gears are sound and work and kept well greased it might work. Keep us posted. Lee

I regret selling my skymax 127 and star adventurer 2i but needed the money at the time. ☹️ I used to have a skywatcher 150p on eq3-2 mount but font regret selling that as much as the previously mentioned items. Lee

Hi Mike. I've had a trawl through the Internet and found this on our forum Then this on the other site. https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/824496-az-gti-planetary-gearbox-replacement/ I'm afraid it doesn't bode well, still contact RVO and flo and see what they say though. You maybe able to get new motor units for it? Let us know how you get on. Cheers Lee

This seems very strange indeed that both motors are showing the same play on the motor shaft. I'll do some more investigation. I've just looked through Harrison telescopes website and the warranty is valid for 12 months so it'll be out of warranty anyway. Let us know if you hear anything back from them with any advice they give for your issue. I am wondering if these screws are anything to do with your issue? Lee

Hmm, this is strange. Where did you buy the AzGti from, they maybe able to offer some advice, even if the warranty has expired. Have you backed off the 3 cross head screws and retightened them and still have the movement? Lee

Rechargeable batteries are only 1.2v each and normal batteries are 1.5v so that's where your issue is as Alex says. Talentcell battery packs are relatively cheap the one I have is £51 and powers my AzGti faultlessly and gas done for many years and last very well. Worth considering as you've a great scope and mount. Lee

Hi Mike No problems. I look forward to your video. Do you mean the worm gear isn't connecting with the round gear very well. Sometimes you can adjust the tension on the spring loading. I have in the past 'disengaged' the use of the spring by undoing then pushing the worm and gear to mesh the worm and gear together with no movement on the spring. Just throwing some ideas out there 😊. Lee

I realised I had my Adm dovetail clamp still on my disassembled and unused AzGti eq imaging that's being stored away. Thought it was a waste, so I've put it on my second AzGti mount for my observing work. I will have to make the DIY food lid cover to go over the workings still showing but never having one on my other AzGti mount it's never rusted or affected it. So a job got another day. Lee

Hi Sorry to hear of your trouble with this great little mount. Do you mean you have mechanical backlash in the motor as my video shows? I had this issue. I used this thread on the other site to remove it from my mount. https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/668785-adjusting-backlash-on-skywatcher-az-gti-mount/ Lee Dec motor before.mp4

You could possibly use PIPP software first if the object is moving about to much to centre each frame then transfer to autostakkert to stack the image for you. Lee

No problems. It's pretty easy access to the Moor from all around and most villages around have good dark skies. Maybe worth a trip down sometime to have a mooch around and see what you think 😊. Lanson isn't bad, it is a town with a retail park and a few big stores, but possibilities around the outskirts of it. Villages are your best bet around Bodmin Moor. Look forward to hearing more on your potential move in the future. Lee

I wouldn't say Bodmin was nice and many will agree with me around here. If you search on google maps for places near Bodmin moor, there will be lots of places. Just to remind that you don't need to go onto the Moor there are plenty of places near it. I'm only 4 miles or so from it here. There's St Breward, Blisland, Bolventor, Altarnun, Laneast, St Tudy, St Mabyn, Davidstow, Michaelstow, Helstone, Camelford and so on. Just to name a small selection around the North here. There are many many places. Lee

I do know of this astronomy club, though I don't attend as I don't drive but have monthly meetings near St Columb/Newquay way which isn't far away. http://www.kernowastronomers.com/ Also there is/was an astronomy club in Lanivet, just outside Bodmin but not sure if they are active anymore. https://www.lanivetparishcommunitycentre.co.uk/lanivet-amateur-astronomers Davidstow aerodrome (disused) is a fantastic dark site to go to but yet again I don't drive so not been at night and its only 4 miles from me. Great views all around. My observing site behind my flats is pretty dark and I generally walk to a couple of places in the village with lovely dark spot's for dslr milky-way and Aurora work. Cornwall council are in the process of switching off and dimming streetlights in the county and the ones that they have done can be found on this interactive map. Sadly my village hadn't been included yet but should be on the next round. The nearest market town to me is included, so that shoukd help me a bit. https://cornwallcouncil.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=07845e198a37473c8068e4556e4a404e https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-news/transport-streets-and-waste/next-phase-of-green-initiative-to-cut-carbon-emissions-and-light-pollution-by-turning-off-or-dimming-streetlights/ Good luck on your potential move @Beardy30 to Cornwall. Lee

I have lived in Delabole all my life, about 18 miles from Bodmin. Personally couldn't live in Bodmin 😬. To built up with LP (for Cornwall) and a bit iffy. There are lots of dark skies around here I'm bottle 3 according CO but more like 2 I think. Bodmin Moor is only a stones throw away for very dark sites. As long as you head out of the big towns anywhere in Cornwall is pretty good for dark skies. Lee

North Cornwall 5-12-23, I took a series of captures of Jupiter and a couple of moons to create an animation though missed a section. Taken with skywatcher SM90 on AzGti az mode with x2 Barlow. Zwo asi120mc-s. Still images processed with As4, registax and photoshop. Then added to make the animation created in Windows timelapse creator. Mainly 5000 frames on Jupiter . A few 10000 frames chucked in on Jupiter. Best 30% used in stacking. Quite amazed at the little Skywatcher Skymax 90mm power. Lee Jupiter 5-12-23.mp4

Great report, thank you. Fab that you got 2 stints at the eyepiece in, sheer dedication that 👏. What a wonderful tour and descriptions. So pleased you finally got behind the scope to enjoy the clear skies most of us have been enjoying during the cold snap. Lee

@Nickedynick I think it's this size as said earlier in the thread 😊. Good luck 👍 Lee

Just had a peaceful and relaxing hour observing the moon. Set up my AzGti with the Skymax 90mm and helios 7.2-21mm hyperflex zoom. Mostly zoomed in at 7.2mm I enjoyed watching the shadows in the crater Plato and the shadows formed by the 2 prominences? Mons Pico and Pico b (had to look those up) the shadows stretching out. I found these really enthralling. Also looking at the just lit rim of the crater Clavius as it was seemingly suspended in the darkness. (similar the the jeweled handle of the Jura mountains effect) Lee

I just spent a relaxing and lovely if not rather cold hour out with my newly arrived today ST102, its a nice piece of equipment. Paired with my AzGti, 32mm plossl and zoom lens it gave some wonderful views, a usual tour of the favourites to test it out. . Even with the first quarter moon M31 was clearly visable the core and outer dust lanes. Yes there is CA when looking a the moon and Jupiter but putting the lens cap back on the front and taking off the small cap eliminated most of the CA. Lots of clusters viewed this evening, I forgot how thrilling they are to see, especially when you get a tight cluster and use averted vision to let them pop. I will have to make some form of list to observe each time I can. I do use sky safari to pick an area to observe and log them. But will transfer to my notebook for an at a glance view. I'm happy with observing as I can just go out for an hour or however long I want then back in to get warm. No worrying about a few clouds or a bit of wind or even the moon about. I think is one of my best moves. Clear skies Lee

You have yours set up and facing the right direction though it looks a bit low on declination to me. Reading on many threads it says to set it at 90 degrees - your location. This is only a rough measurement and will need refining to get polaris in your fov as the scale on the wedge isn't that accurate. This thread may help https://stargazerslounge.com/topic/362178-az-gti-in-eq-mode-accuracy/ Lee

Could you attach a picture of your set up, the file can't be opened by myself. Lee

Was clear here until an hour ago 6pm, getting ready to set up for some observing, then that cloud bank I saw to the north east of the village came over and clouded out now and saw nothing 😒 Lee