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  1. I've got a question for HEQ5 owners. I just bought a QHY Polemaster on here. On going to fit it this morning, I discovered there is a discrepancy between the QHY mount and the top cap on the HEQ5 itself. The QHY cap is 34.5mm and the aperture in my mount is 31.5mm I'm guessing at some stage Skywatcher changed the design of the top cap. Can anyone with the older black HEQ5 confirm that the port is in fact 31.5mm? I'm not sure whether to modify the HEQ5 by opening the aperture or turning down the QHY mount.
  2. Ok so for guiding, what would people recommend in terms of software? I've got a small scope I could use as a guide. I've got a range of RPis and I can design and 3D print anything I need. So using Pi could be an option with the HiQ camera as a guider?
  3. My barrier to guiding is mostly that I plan to image whist out in the wilds as I live in an urban space. I have limited electrons at my disposal and running a laptop isnt high on my list of priorities. I
  4. Hi, I've an old HEQ5 for which I've just ordered the synscan upgrade. I am getting back into things and I'll be using the mount for astro imaging. Either hyperfocally with a WO 80 480 f6 or just a Nikon with a feature lens options. I have no plans to auto-guide so was wondering if the belt mod would actually be of much use? As I understand it there is likely to be some improvement in PE, but over jwhat time period I'm blind on. Just putting the question out there as to whether it is worth the mod, or just see how it goes. I'm all ears.
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