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Yes the gray round thing fits. believe it or. It I have not yet attached the focuser to the scope !

Anyone has any idea how I can connect the ZWO EAF to the Vixen FL55SS? What comes as standard does not fit 🤷🏽‍♂️ Attaching the L-bracket to the focuser fails because the screws positions on the focuser does not line up with the bracket screw holes. Attaching the L-bracket to the dovetail fails because there is not enough space between the focuser and the dove tail to fit in the bracket. And I cannot attach it to the bottom part of the dovetail because the bracket is not “tall” enough to fit the the motor from that position. Any ideas ?

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Hi. Can anyone help me with this problem. The physical movement of my DEC axis does not match that of the controller software. in the video I first turn physically anti clockwise by 90 Deg. You can see the reading from the synscan app is out of sync. Then I sent it clockwise and you can really see it’s not in synch. Any help you can render is much appreciated!! IMG_2517.MOV

Hi, Any ideas how EKOS tracks the DEC and RA movement on AZ-GTI ? I realise that my AZ-GTI is not slipping. It moves, but EKOS does not think it has moved when turning clockwise. Anti-clockwise it works fine. Same issue when using the SynScan App. The motor and the Dec axis turns, but SynScan DEC position shows it's not moving. Help anyone ?

Thanks very much! Will check it out

Thanks for the tips! Appreciate the input

Yes I understand that. Now making a list of a good targets. Any suggestions?

Thanks for the info!

I had thought that M8 Lagoon is a suitable target. But some people pointed out that maybe I was imaging the wrong part of the sky. I was using EKOS to plate solve and maybe I did not choose the “slew to target “ option. 🤷🏽‍♂️

I stack using SIRIL and it has an “Auto stretch” feature. Not sure what it does, I’m afraid. 😌

That’s from two nights ago. I suspect, (nay I am pretty sure) I may have been imaging the wrong part of the sky. 🤗

Thanks for the suggestion. I will see if Rosetta is something Incan try next. care to share some exposure details not this photo?

Hi all. Need some help please. I live in a Bortle 8/9 area, in Riyadh, KSA. So to try and do some imaging from my roof top I bought the Optalong l-extreme. As a light pollution filter this filter may be a ..Little Extreme. I have attached a single sub of 600 seconds exposure just to show how extreme it is. They are both the same file, one is auto stretched, and the other isn't. I just removed the green colour cast on both. This is supposed to be M8- Lagoon Nebula. i had similarly underwhelming results from M105 and M85/M86. I am not sure what I got wrong. Did i just choose the wrong targets for l-extreme ? if so, can anyone suggest a target visible from the northern sky right around 24 degrees ? Or is 600 seconds is still not enough (!!!) Or is there something else I should do? My equipment are as follows :- Vixen FL55SS - 314mm F/5.7 (inc Flattener) QHY294C Pro AZ-GTI in EQ mode EKOS on Astroberry PHD2 single star tracking. Thanks

Hi, I did start from this diagram but was flummoxed because the CCD camera is shown without the Flattener & reducer. Worked it out with the help of guys here (and a couple of guys in Facebook)