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Gary, Thank you for the reply. Will the 12v socket supply enough current for 2-3 dew heaters on low (eyepiece, secondary and maybe telrad? Other than that I might keep the 12v female socket on the

Hello Daniel, There are two different types of connections at the foot of the ground board. The earliest version was a male cigarette lighter plug embedded in a hole in the foot at a right angle to

I have a 12.5 obsession classic from 2004(serial number 1) I am wondering what power connection it has at the time of production. I was told its just a female 12v socket. I am unsure if that is

I am asking on behalf of my clubs SC install. It is a 40" with a Nexus (not Pro). All GOTO's are via the Nexus. A couple of years ago just after a GOTO finished the SC would motor about 10 arcminutes

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So the buttons on my hand pad have started to stick. I have removed the back to clear any dust (there does not appear to be any). Looking at the yellow buttons, they seem to be "clip-on" buttons, but

Mickey, According to SharpCaps Robin Glover you should raise the gain untill the steep drop in read noise ends since raising the gain beyond that gives very little benefit pherhaps a loss in dynamic

Thank you Gary, I have always heard of atmospheric refraction and I have roughly understood the concept but this is the first time someone explains everything the way you just did, very interesting.

Hi Gabriel, Hopefully, if your equatorial mount is doing the ideal thing, its tracking rates aren't constant either. This is because of atmospheric refraction. The problem is that for any given

Thanks Gabriel and give Deep Sky Lucky Imaging a try. 1-3 sec exposure, I use max gain with my IMX 294c Astro camera, I am not sure how to set a dslr. Take at least 1000 frames minimum, the more the

Hello Mickey, Yes I agree as well, makes sense! Fingers crossed you get some clear weather soon. Aside from the new firmware I tried the latest Meade Generic driver and it works just like the one

Hello Gary, Thank you for clarifying, much appreciated! Makes sense that it is actual mount and alignment errors, which sounds good because I would rather focus on getting better at alignment than

Hello! So the Richmond Astronomical Society of Richmond VA is in need of a replacement Argo Navis for an "outreach" telescope that was donated to the club. The Argo on the scope currently is older

Gabriel I will agree with everything Gary wrote about tracking. I have other tracking issues ( most caused by my own alignment) I have never had a tracking issue due to cold weather, at least to my

Gabriel, Good morning sir. Please keep in mind tracking is indeed updated continuously and very accurately. However the actual alignment accuracy is the overall determining factor of how well that

Hi all, In the first calculator (from Mel Bartels who pherhaps many of you already are familiar with) this question is asked: "How long can an altazimuth telescope track with constant rates of speed

Huge thanks Bob! The scope is all metal. Just posted the image i aquired for the first time remote with the new driver on Astrobin. M81 again but my first M81 image was only 10 minutes total

One that doesn’t break the bank. Qnkaa Dial Indicator with Magnetic Base Holder Fine Adjustable Long Arm 0-1" Magnetic Dial Indicator Professional Dial Gauge 0.001": Amazon.com: Industrial &

This sounds interesting, what type of dial indicator and where could i find one? Yes, a lot of snow.. anyway really appreciate the willingness to help! I think just few pointers more and pherhaps i

If you are really serious about it, you could set up a dial indicator tangent to the AZ drive roller. Drive the scope and see if the changes are related to the ground board or maybe even the drive