I will second this. Please calibrate and guide at 1x. Mag. 7 skies! Howard Hedlund Astro-Physics, Inc. 815-282-1513 ________________________________ From: ap-gto@...

Since the backlash you describe is in RA, it is not as critical to remove it. The 600E mounts are a bit trickier to get a perfect gear mesh, but they are still very high precision mounts. If you

Hi Robert, It's 3/8" x 24 tpi. Mag. 7 skies! Howard Hedlund Astro-Physics, Inc. 815-282-1513 ________________________________ From: ap-gto@...

scancelli@... writes: Just one more thought about this oscillation. In almost all cases, oscillation is the result of improper calibration, which results in loop gain larger than 100%.

Dear group, I sat down over the weekend to perform a G2V calibration of my Baader LRGB filters when used with the ST-10XME. These filters are parfocal and equally weighted for "I" series chips such

scancelli@... writes: Yes, 1x is best because it minimizes the effects of Dec backlash. I have shot with 5500mm focal length and still use 1x for guiding. Rolando

swashya@... writes: Makes no difference either way. Rolando

Sounds great Ray, I have a clear shot of the eastern horizon, or just north of east. I'll pick a spot about 30 degrees above the horizon and expect great results. Still about a month until ASCOM

Thanks Ray and Rick, At present im keeping my (orion atlas)clutches quite loose, the las t 15 miles of my trip is dirt road(aka Paris Dakar Rally).

I got tired of wiring up the electronics (including DC power distribution) each time I set up the mount, so I mounted all the parts semi-permanently on a finished plywood board. The RigRunner

Roland has always said it is best to use 1x gor an ag rate.  I can't remember why but I had a similar issue as you and once i switched to 1X guiding is perfect in dec.   Chris

Howard and Rick, Thanks for the information. I'm pretty sure backlash really is set to 0, I'm using Ray's latest ascom driver. I'll keep working on it but for now, if I keep aggresiveness really

Hi Howard, Does the precision apply to mounts like the 600? I have a small amount of backlash and was wondering if it would be useful to adjust it out( 2 mm at the end of the counterweight

Hi Roy, You can always choose a declination other than 0 (up to +/-70 degrees Dec) which should open up a lot more choices in the sky. As long as you do the Azimuth adjustment first you can choose

Ray, PemPro uses a point 60 degrees off the meridian for the altitude adjustment: the choices are through the trees or house. I've been able to work through the trees but with Spring approaching I

Hi all, I want to use the third spare threaded hole on the Dovelm2 mounting plate(for the thumbscrew) for another purpose. Does anybody (Howard?) know what the thread type and dia is? From looking at

I loosen the clutches but do this so that I can rotate the mount into the smallest possible package for transporting in a Pelican case. Every so often, when I was taking the mount out, I forgot the

Hi Dr. Suresh, I'm not sure it matters but I have always unlocked the clutches when transporting my mount. -Ray

Hi Mike, Thanks for the kind feedback! I'm glad you like the new driver. -Ray

Hi, Im likely to receive the mount by this month end, I Image from a farm 50 miles from from my home in Chennai ,India. I was reading the manual and came to understand that the clutch