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Hello, I told a while back, that I will post a image of the counter weight adapter, that I have made. With this part I have no more trouble to mount the shaft. The diameter is 25.54mm. On my AP1600 I

Shailesh, That’s quite interesting. With the PMX you can use direct guide in skyx. As you probably know the setting are very different from normal guiding but when done usually works very well. I

Hi Andrea, My experience is positive for camera addon and Tpoint addon, but autoguiding is a bit hit or miss at higher focal lengths; for example when I use it with Astrodon MMOAG on my TEC 180FL at

ap, Thank you for that explanation. Using a focuser to correct or compensate for these changes makes sense in a standard SCT without any correcting elements in the light path. Moving the Primary

Roland, I don’t know if you can charge gain in Maxim DL but you can certainly change the gain of the ASI6200MC in the ASCOM driver. Modern image acquisition software (NINA, Voyager, SGP) will also

My experience with skyx and camera addon it is very positive. I use it with ccdautopilot for automation. It worked well with the paramount and it works perfectly with the mach2. Skyx has also one of

Thanks Linwood, good thoughts. I currently have TSX with camera add on and Tpoint add on, and I agree with your thought that PHD2 is a better autoguider.

>Hi Dale, >Thanks for reading my post. My goal is to use a planetarium app primarily for astrophotography with a path to automation and occasional light viewing. I’m not Dale, but will offer 2

Update: I mentioned in my original post that I hand contacted a Telescope and Eyepiece manufacture and got two different answers to the following scenario. Assume there was correcting element

Hi Dale, Thanks for reading my post. My goal is to use a planetarium app primarily for astrophotography with a path to automation and occasional light viewing. Shailesh

I am using the mount controlled by the ASI air pro. On the left side the RA goes all the way on the right R A goes to a point and then reverses. Any idea why? I do not use the hand controller sp

I am using the mount controlled by the ASI air pro. On the left side the RA goes all the way on the right R A goes to a point and then reverses. Any idea why? I do not use the hand controller sp

No model in APCC. Roland

Hi Roland, Prior to this guiding run do you have a model built in APCC? Khushrow

Hi Shailesh, It's note really clear as to what your goals are. Is it to use a planetarium app to drive the mount around the sky for visual and occasional light astrophotography use, or are you

The ASI 6200 camera is also looking through colored filters. Regards, George George Whitney Astro-Physics, Inc. Phone: 815-222-6538 (direct line) Phone: 815-282-1513 (office) Email:

Thanks for your reply, I did not adjust the gain in the 6200M. I could not find any way to do that in MaximDL. Perhaps I need to read the manual more closely. The 160 EDF has 51% more light grasp, so

Andrew: > In this case the last correcting element does not move with the focuser and distance between the last correcting element and the sensor will change as the focuser is repositioned. In

Hi Mike. This is really good example of the two "types" of back focus, fixed vs. variable. The X back focus distance is fixed will not change when the focuser is repositioned. In this case I could