I missed my guess about the significance of the numbers in your screen name! Are you anywhere near Oxford, where I grew up? I’m in the Toledo area now. —howard

Thanks, all! This was my first attempt at an HDR composite. Hopefully I can improve my techniques over time. Howard, I live in southwest Ohio. I don't know how VA fared. Tony, I can relate. I recall

Beautiful image Eric! All I had was big, huge clouds :( Wouldn't you know the skies cleared after sunrise. tony

Very nice capture, Eric. I’ve been hoping that someone in one of the groups I belong to would post a decent HDR image. This is the first I’ve seen. Thanks for posting. Do you live in western VA? I

Eric , what a nice blend of colors, The silver gray of the moon really stands out on the left-hand side and blend so nicely with the blood red moon TJF Mobile

November 18 was started off mostly cloudy, but the forecasts (TV meteorologists included) all pointed to clear skies for the eclipse. With that in mind, I got up at 1AM to start preparing for a go at

Thanks for the replies! I don't recognize the TMB's rings; they might be APM/TMB rings of the era (the scope is an actual TMB-152 from the early-mid 2000's). The FSQ is using Socal Astro rings (no

Hi Mauricio, Thanks for the file. It looks like the field names can change slightly depending on the selected options. I'm going to look into how to make this work better in Horizons, but for now

Ray, thanks. The text file that fails to load is attached. Thanks, Mauricio Guerra San Diego, CA. Sent from Mail for Windows

I have tried the new beta with the settings as described but the downloaded file still gives the error message (twice).

With spring loaded gearboxes you need to balance the axes. Do not unbalance the Mach2 axes. Rolando

>>>I should add that I've always considered the east-heavy mantra flawed. The idea was that the worm would be "pushing" against the worm wheel teeth. But what happens after a meridian flip? Now the

Aaron, et al., Absolute Encoder mounts should be accurately balanced for best performance. Do not offset the weight. Regards, George George Whitney Astro-Physics, Inc. Phone:  815-222-6538

I should add that I've always considered the east-heavy mantra flawed. The idea was that the worm would be "pushing" against the worm wheel teeth. But what happens after a meridian flip? Now the

Ok great thank you!

Probably not. Roland has posted here several times that A-P mounts don't need the east-heavy balance. My AP1200 is balanced neutrally, and it tracks and guides fine. --- Mike

New Mach2 owner here. I have read that it is typically advisable to balance one's mount slightly east heavy (counterweight shaft side) so that the gears are always engaged as they track. Is this

Mauricio, Sorry, I thought I sent the explanation of how to do this earlier, but I see I didn't actually click send. :-) You can increase the time resolution by specifying a one-hour time interval

Ray: I narrowed down to 1-hour duration and 1-minute interval (there is no option for 1-sec intervals in the dropdown box). https://youtu.be/QhnU1o9lDM8 I also tried this setting: meaning

I need the weather to clear up a bit in S. Florida. I have been collecting data with two or three cameras and scopes for a long time and coordinated dithering was a missing link. Right now, I just