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Yep I was able to get it back into correct position. You can see the backside of the 2 screw holes that hold it into place by removing the focuser assembly. Once you have the pad back in between the focus tube and outer shell, it will move freely if you rotate the telescope. Basically just gotta lightly rotate and shake the telescope to get it lined up over the screw holes, and slowly screw the set screws back into place

Alright we are in business! Was a giant pain in the ass but was able to get the pad slid in after removing the focus assembly, and screw it into place. Everything assembled back together and feeling tight. Coarse knob on fine focus side still has a tiny bit of slip, so I may inquire with Skywatcher about a replacement knob. Thanks everyone for the help!

Looks like I might be able to remove the focuser assembly which might allow access to slide the pad in

Was able to get it out! It is indeed metal. However not sure how to get this thing back in

I believe it’s metal (the pad). The coarse knob in the coarse/fine side seems to have some sort of an internal assembly, but doesn’t appear to be a way to open it up

It’s kinda of lodged in there. Like it’ll spin around the tube a little bit, but it doesn’t seem like it will fall out. But I’ll try giving that a shot. Once I get it out, what would the plan be? I guess in the event I send the scope back, it would at least be away from the glass at that point

Hi, Awhile back (6 months) I bought an Esprit 80 and just now got around attempting to fit my ZWO EAF onto the scope. Had a bit of slippage and didn’t work great, so I removed it. I’m doing so I ended up doing multiple unfortunate things, first of which is introducing a bit of play or wiggle into the coarse knob on the coarse/fine side of the focuser. Not sure exactly what the issue is, but when moving the coarse knob, it moves a bit before “engaging”. I can verify that it’s not slipping on the actual rod that is screwed onto. Secondly, one of the pads under the drawtube fell out and it’s all the way down by the glass in the front of the tube. Really not sure what to do at this point. Scared to pull the focuser out of the drawtube because I don’t want to mess up the bearings. Also scared to send it back to Skywatcher in the event I voided the warranty and/or the pad moves around during shipping and scratches the glass. Any advice would be welcome, thanks!

No I’m using a Sky Watcher Esprit 80

I use the Orion narrowband (HA, OIII, SII) and the ZWO LRGB filters. All are 1.25” mounted. Also, I have the ZWO EFW Mini. Wonder if 31mm unmounted would be any better. it doesn’t happen all the time, but it’s frequent enough

Any tips on removing it? I can’t say that I noticed it or saw it in Live View in APT. Really frustrating to have to crop my photos so much to completely rid it

See with Acrab, I’d expect the light to be shining directly down, based on the orientation of the FOV. Acrab is directly above TYC-6209 (the brightest star in my image)

https://imgur.com/a/fDJz5L6 Anyone have any ideas on this? I’ve had my 1600MM-C since September 2016, and occasionally I’m battling issues with what is occurring in upper right. It’s never in same position (I’ve seen it in lower left coming from the vertical portion of frame), and my obvious first guess is a light leak. My guide camera has a pretty bright red light (Orion SSAG) that I’ve covered up, and the next light I’m planning on covering up is the red ON light from my Orion Sirius mount. A bit ago, I turned on live view with everything connected and telescope cover on, and was shining lights all over the imaging train, but nothing was indicating a light leak. I even did a single 300 second “dark” while shining light in different places in 30 second increments. I’ve never seen this occur while taking my normal darks, as I’ve had my entire imaging train covered and put in the dark. Thanks!

Thanks! I guess even more so because my guide error is low, and I’m moving to a lower arc second resolution rather than other way around

Hello, Currently have an Orion ED80 on Orion Sirius EQ-G that I’ve been using for about 3.5 years now, and it’s been great! Wanting to step up my game a little bit, and than rather get into an entry level reflector (something light), I’d rather continue on with a refractor and move towards an end game widefield scope. My rig right now is 11lbs (excluding cable weight). I have a ZWO 1600MM-Cool, so 3.8 pixel size, which is why I picked the Esprit 80 at a 400mm focal length which will be 1.95 arc seconds resolution. The flattener that comes with this scope is just that, and not a reducer, so the 400mm will be intact. Another option I had looked at was the WO GT81, however it’s only got a reducer/flattener combo which drops the focal length even further than 400mm (and little over 2.0”). My current ED80 is 5.7lbs and the Esprit is 8.8lbs, so my load will increase by 3lbs. Including cable weight I’m assuming this will weigh in right at 15lbs. I’m not looking to upgrade my mount just yet, so I’m hoping to take a chance here, but what are the opinions on guiding with this load? Currently have an Orion SSAG and 50mm guide scope and my guiding is great (0.70 > arc second error and I can push 600s exposures fine). Being right at 15lbs this shouldn’t be too heavy, right? Other options on scopes are welcome too. Thanks!