New arrival Mr mesu

[Mcrogers1]

Congrats on your mount! What saddle plate are you using? I'm going to a single scope setup until my refractor issues get resolved. All the ones I have locally are too close to the mount to allow you to tighten knobs.

Thanks.

Mike

[Zakalwe]

2 minutes ago, Mcrogers1 said:

Congrats on your mount! What saddle plate are you using? I'm going to a single scope setup until my refractor issues get resolved. All the ones I have locally are too close to the mount to allow you to tighten knobs.

Thanks.

Mike

Use a Geoptik saddle but take the knobs off and replace with Allen bolts

 

http://www.rothervalleyoptics.co.uk/geoptik-universal-dual-load-mounting-saddle-plate.html

[harry page]

Hi

Had a few hours today ( bathroom nearly done  )

Got the pier in and the mesu mounted on it also started wiring up

Long way to go but things are looking up

Harry

[swag72]

An interesting shape pier Harry... Can I ask why it's not straight as we normally see?

[harry page]

Hi

well it 3 things really

1) I wanted to make use of my existing conc base  ( There is over a ton in there !)

2) I want to flip as little as possible and this give me more options

3) I like to make things difficult for myself

Regards

Harry

[swag72]

 

[tomato]

Hello Harry,

Good luck with the Mesu, I class it as a portable mount (just), definitely can't say that about your old one!

Steve

[harry page]

Hi

well This is probaley the worst image I have posted for a long time , tilted focal plane . tak not collimated well , spacing from reducer wrong

only 3 10min Ha subs next to 3/4 moon before the clouds rolled in

 BUT I got the mesu going    SGP talked to the mount and PHD did the guiding ok

A few little niggles left , mainley being using the mesu with the encoders connected did not work well -- seemed to be slewing forever and seemed to be bouncing back and forth around the target

even in polite mode , so I switched them off all went well ( sgp sent the mesu to 1 pix precision )

More practice required

Regards

Harry

[nigelg]

Congratulations Harry. I found that setting the encoders to ignore worked best for me.

 

Nigel

 

[harry page]

6 hours ago, nigelg said:

Congratulations Harry. I found that setting the encoders to ignore worked best for me.

 

Nigel

 

Hi

Yes I seem to get on better with ignor !

seemed a shame not to use them though

Harry

[tony210]

Hi Harry - love your pier!- not sure it would fit in my observatory though as too small but a great idea - how did you source it? - best wishes Tony

[harry page]

On ‎08‎/‎03‎/‎2017 at 14:07, tony210 said:

Hi Harry - love your pier!- not sure it would fit in my observatory though as too small but a great idea - how did you source it? - best wishes Tony

Hi

Sorry for slow reply

The pier is a bit of DIY , made it up as I went along -- what I do most of the time as I am not bright enough

to work it out before

Harry

 

[tony210]

Well I 'm very impressed - great innovation !- some  serious  DIY!-I would go for this but no room in a pulsar observatory - best wishes Tony

[harry page]

Hi

So rebuilt the old newt and mounted here up , Having a few balance problems and a bit more slippage in dec than I like ( ra seems fine )

all we need is clear skies

Harry

[tomato]

That's some set up. Good to see a Mesu moving something like a proper payload around?

Steve

[Mcrogers1]

On 2/2/2017 at 07:06, Zakalwe said:

Use a Geoptik saddle but take the knobs off and replace with Allen bolts

 

http://www.rothervalleyoptics.co.uk/geoptik-universal-dual-load-mounting-saddle-plate.html

I just ordered the same plate and would like to know what size allen bolts you use and how long they are. Thank you.

[sloz1664]

8 hours ago, Mcrogers1 said:

I just ordered the same plate and would like to know what size allen bolts you use and how long they are. Thank you.

I looked at one of my bolts from the same Geoptik mounting plate. They are M8 x 30mm long.

Steve

 

[Waynescave]

On 26/04/2017 at 19:56, harry page said:

Hi

So rebuilt the old newt and mounted here up , Having a few balance problems and a bit more slippage in dec than I like ( ra seems fine )

all we need is clear skies

Harry

Wow good luck with the little newt! How have you been getting on with the mount? 

Curious to see what your long clamp screws look like and how your ROR works. Im thinking about adapting a standard pent roof shed to roll off (and hopefully roll back again) 

Wayne