I thought we were supposed to hear about it here? Well now we know. It does seem though that a 21% price increase is a bit excessive no? Yikes...

Again, Harborfreight tools has a cheap and easy solution, 1 ton engine hoist...$180.00.

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I have standard encoders on my observatory mount. Rolando

Well, my night started off with .6 RMS error as the temperature plunged after sunset. But after a few hours, and especially close to midnight, the seeing steadied up and the stars went from 4 arc sec

Just an idea.

Standard.

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Hi Roland, I was running my mach2 down to -6 on Friday night without issue. And still getting 0.59", 0.24 pixel error. which is fine for my imaging scale. I use PHD2 and this is typical for me. I

So it's now -11F outside and still dropping. Mount's tracking well, no issues with anything mechanical or electronics. Mach 2 is running smooth as butter. Guider scale is 1.16 arc sec per pixel with

The Mach2 balances easily regardless of temperature. It has clutches, so the one thing that is different from the Mach1 is that the clutch end is on needle bearings versus the Mach1 bushing. The Mach1

Since i am testing stuff, I need to be at the mount. things like belt tension, motor current, etc. If I were just imaging, i would run everything thru the Ethernet connection from the observatory to

Roland, how well do your mounts balance in such cold temps? My current mount's(CGE-Pro) grease gets "sticky/gummy" below freezing and it is impossible to balance. I really look forward to a new

Its fairly easy to set up chrome remote on your notebook at the telescope so you can operate all pc functions from the 2nd pc in the warm and comfortable home. -jg Sent via the Samsung Galaxy Note9,

Yes, last summer I would not have imagined being out here at sub zero temps, imaging. However, things are going well. Tracking is proceeding at 0.25 arc sec RMS, even though the stars are a bit wooly

My joints don't work so good either. And sometimes my brain too. I set the exposures at 3 x 10 minutes and came inside. Guider was doing its job. After 30 minutes I went outside and no images! rats! I

Roland, You are ALL better and tougher men than am I. Roland, you are perpetually a 25 year old lad. I’m 71 now, and feeling it in my joints. Bob PS: Clear skies, it is cloudy here.

Well deserved sir!

Thank you, Dale! Best, Glenn Diekmann

And what a great job it is and a what a great job you do. Terry