Celestron Advanced VX Mount

[astroVX]

The AVX has a RTC, I'd check the RTC battery,

Chris

Any idea where the RTC battery is? Thanks

[astroVX]

It's ok I found out where the battery is.

[Clockwork_Orange]

I know this might sound stupid, but is there a plastic pull tag under the RTC battery. They normally fit them to stop the battery draining while in transit/on the shelf.

I'm keeping a eye on this thread as I'm torn between getting one of these or a HEQ5 pro so will be very interested to find how you get on with the new mount once the teething problems are sorted.

Regards

John

[Chris Rowland]

Let's know if it fixes this,

Chris

[Erquy]

Hi,

for info, I posted my PE correction below

http://stargazerslounge.com/topic/189873-vx-mount-pe/

Pretty good, peak to peak 18 arcsec and a RMS of 1,09

[MarkbPlym]

Hi, I brought the Advanced VX mount with C8 and StarSense. So far it has preformed very well, all objects appear in the centre (or close to the centre) of the eyepiece (25mm).

Easy to set up although it still takes me around 15 minutes from setting up, balancing the OTA and automatic alignment but then its ready for a whole night of stargazing or imaging.

So far I can get 30 second exposures unguided from the mount but I am sure I can get at least 1 minute unguided exposures for deep space objects (DSO's) but I have not tried it yet.

StarSense saves time and effort manual aligning the scope but with greater accuracy.

I would recommend the AVX mount to intermediate or advanced level astronomers astrophotographers.

[PeterCPC]

It's even easier if you get Skysync as well - then you don't have to input any time or location info.

Peter

[tekkydave]

It's even easier if you get Skysync as well - then you don't have to input any time or location info.

Peter

+1 for Starsense/Skysync combo. My 127SLT aligns itself in 4 mins.