How to shrink a FSQ 106

[Earl]

Put it on an AP 900 YAY !!!

[PhotoGav]

Looks like Christmas has come early - congratulations on the lovely new kit!

[ollypenrice]

Does look quite dwarfish! I think we can say that you have the luxury of being overmounted...

Olly

[ronin]

That scope is WAY too heavy for that mount. :grin:

[ollypenrice]

Clearly Earl will be wanting to add a few more of those little scopes to make the most of the AP...

Olly

[Earl]

I intend to dual bar it and have have the FSQ and 8"RC at the same time, and quiet possibly a small lunt on there for a bt of solar imaging, I doubt the monut would even notice it LOL (a lunt)

Im not to fussed about the scopes been aligned precisly but might pick a cassidy for future options

[Earl]

All setup and ready to go in the dome.

[johnrt]

Crikey that's a beast. And coming from someone who is currently mountless I am very jealous.

[PhotoGav]

How the heck are you going to manage to pick that up to get it into the obsy?!!

Is that a Flat-Flapper on the front too?

What a stonking set up. Good luck with the final build and I very much look forward to the first light.

[Earl]

Indeed i wont be carrying it in, i can just about deal with the OTA carefully!

It is a flipflat, i need to run the flat calibration wizard in sgp next.

[Moonshane]

All setup and ready to go in the dome.

There seems a lot of wires for a visual set up

astonishing set-up Earl. Hope it works wonders for you.

[Dave_D]

Crikey that's a beast. And coming from someone who is currently mountless I am very jealous.

what's happened to your mount John?

[johnrt]

what's happened to your mount John?

I bought a second hand neq6 without knowing its history, it gradually declined until the point of terminal no return. I'm thinking of an AZ EQ6 as a replacement.

[Dave_D]

I bought a second hand neq6 without knowing its history, it gradually declined until the point of terminal no return. I'm thinking of an AZ EQ6 as a replacement.

oops sorry, hits the 'stop hijacking thread' button

[steppenwolf]

Now that ticks the 'impressive' box, Earl - lovely set-up and I hope it brings you lots of pleasure.

[Psychobilly]

Impressive Setup Earl - Enjoy

[Earl]

I have spent the last day tinkering, the Flip Flat works fine via its own application but seems clunky in SGP

Getting use to how to control another mount, there are always many things when moving to a new mount to get your head around especailly as its going to be pure remote control.

Ill get a good few weeks of it in the house to iron out all these things.

I have a few other things to bolt on over the next few days as various cables etc arrive.

[kev]

Great setup, but those wires in the dark...

Sent from my iPhone so excuse the typos!

[Earl]

Great setup, but those wires in the dark...

Sent from my iPhone so excuse the typos!

Yes its a concern, I have spent time since tidying the cables Ill end up having 6 cables going to the pier which for the floor part of that will be in a Rubber trunking designed for the job, I have cable clips to attach them to the pier.

Im trying to make as many of the cables white so they are visable too.

[Liquid360]

Side thought... Spray your cables with an ultraviolet paint so anytime you have a cabling issue a black light will light them up like xmas lights. Use diff colors for various cables.

[Daniel-K]

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