Ray, I did these steps and for some reason I'm getting the following error and cannot connect system. I followed the steps you provided, with my inputs below. When I selected the text, I'm

so this is a development. Darn. I am taking things down and just discovered that after balancing I did not tighten up the RA clutches tonight at all. arggh. not sure how i missed that one. I feel it

a 2 min guided exposure, 152mm F8 w . 7 reducer.

in case you are wondering the GA was from the main imaging scope but now guiding is being performed w the small guidescope.

I posted the GA ss above if that is what you mean. there is this which Andrew generated of the test run n I have not gotten to PEC yet. the attached Phd2 ss is from current guide about 25 minutes

The refractor is fine. What does GA say? Guided results? PEMPro analysis?

Here are some screenshots I handed the log from tonight to Andrew. I followed the instructions but the guide star was low magnitude. Somehow I had issues with the main imaging camera locking on stars

Chip the ultimate method to get rid of flexure from your C14, beyond removing the cheap Celestron orange dovetail, is to mount the scope to a Andy Homeyer scope cradle- they are expensive but built

My 900 carries a C14 and 6” f9 side by side and generally gets within 10’ of the target (closer to 7’ when not into refraction near the horizon). And it can slew from one side of the meridian

I don’t know how well the riccardi-honders performance compares to the Canon ultra low reflection lenses, the key is having minimal reflection, which coupled with matched (or compensated to match )

Lookie, their first setup used our old 600 mount:

Windscreen is most effective. Rolando

Maybe four 8 incher R-H, or four 6 inch short focus refractors. Light grasp would be comparable. Rolando

Don't know yest. Most probably a full frame 35mm CMOS at some point. Rolando

Thanks Brent. I'll try that next clear sky. BC

Better results if same sky conditions. https://www.dragonflytelescope.org/ Cheers

Been a lot of PHD2 discussion recently, so what's one more... Dry season is starting soon here with more clear skies, but it usually comes with some wind. I realize the real fix for wind is a wind

What if you got 4 "Honders" owners to image the same target night after night with the same cameras and filters? That would be easier than running 4 Honders in an array on the same mount. Then make

Funny enough, every Thanksgiving and Christmas here in Hawaii, before COVID, my wife and I would host a "Thanksgiving in the Land of Misfit Toys" for all of the elderly, widowed, single or just lonely

I’m so thinking mini-dragonfly project. Can’t that mount handle 3 or 4 Riccardi-Honders scopes? My dream project!