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johnh92

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  1. Yes I only slewed to a target once and just left it tracking for a while so the sky was at its darkest before taking images. When tracking targets you have to put your ear right next to the mount to even hear it – essentially silent. It's a shame Skywatcher haven't released a firmware update to limit the slew rate, so I guess it is a case of doing it manually then letting the mount do the very last bit... Can you adjust the fans speed on the ZWO?
  2. How loud is the fan on them? I have heard some people say it is pretty bad but have no idea myself...
  3. Hi, this is my first post here Tonight I was out in my back garden with my heq5 and a Canon 60d with a Canon EF L 70-200mm lens attached. I slewed to my target at 11pm (NGC 6992) and about an hour later started taking 1m20s exposures with the help of Magic lantern. Then at about 00:30 my neighbour shouted out of their bedroom window "you're keeping us awake!" which shocked me because I didn't think the neighbours would be able to hear a DSLR mirror closing – their window from the extension on their house is about 20 meters away. Regardless I ended up calling it a night and now I am really paranoid about the noise I am making at night. If anything I was concerned about the noise of the heq5 slewing to targets but I didn't expect a camera to be an issue. So now I am in a bit of a problem – I am thinking about wrapping the heq5 in sound proofing material and getting CCD astro camera and possibly manually slewing to targets. I just find it difficult to believe the neighbours could not only hear but actually get woken up by a camera mirror at distance. Has anyone else face these issues, any advice? John
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