Dear Bill and Don , Thank you for your replies , I will read it in detail . Thanks Suresh

i run a 65 ah battery for my mount.,ccd ,and dew heater (occasionally)).My ccd uses 13 watts of power at 50% cooling. Does this mean if i used the battery for ccd alone, i would only get 5 hrs of ccd

That s true, since I was just starting my session I switched it off Suresh

Well it happened on last Saturday to me , I just applied a little pressure on the hc where the coiled cable plugs in after switching off the mount and re started and it s fine afterwards Suresh

From this thread I learnt two things . Connector grease to prevent corrosion and ink eraser ! Thanks Suresh

Ps the hand controller is virtually indestructible , don't worry Suresh

Yes I can try , first there is a method described in the website ie connecting to the sky etc , if that fails try re installing again , if that fails open the hand controller and clean the pins where

Dean , Let me explain the exact scenario , I would see Polaris in RAPAS faintly but not on the EQ 6 scope as clarity was lacking . Each time we would fix the Polemaster , see a bright star , so far so

Ok guys I own a Mach 1, my friend an EQ 6 , I live close to the sea@ 13 N and summer has set in causing haze . RAPAS picked up Polaris in 10 seconds and I was polar aligned within 1 arc minute ( check

Don and Christopher Erickson are like angels to our group answering to everybody s nuts and bolt questions . You will love this forum Suresh

I think the person working on it is Robin in Hong Kong ( cyclops optics ) Suresh

Steve send me a pic of how you taped pls , I want to do a comparison between RAPAS and my friend s pole master ! Suresh

Hi Hemanth welcome to the friendliest and most helpful( intelligent) astro group ever . Watch out for Roland s informative replies Suresh

I even re installed 4.193 yet all the stars are getting below horizon . I've the same setting from Day 1. My latitude and longitude are correct . Time zone and time are as per GMT . What is the the ne

All these years I've set the time zone as 00 only and never touched the time ( always used London time last 5 + years) but used my local longitude eg 80 14 E and 13 05 N . The reason I use this time z

I'm at a dark site , last evening it was showing as below horizon . Just now Antares is above my head but says altitude = -64 . Funny. Suresh

Steve I wrote to them , they said they are working on it Suresh

After you calibrate your mount ( don't touch the settings yet , let it be the way it came ) run guiding assistant for full 10 minutes . Accept those settings . Check your RA oscillation , if it is bet

Just curious cannot Ray s pulse guiding do the same ? Suresh

Hi guys , There is a new product from SBIG which may interest you , it's called the seeing monitor it's a st 1 camera attached to f2.8 100 mm lens plus software with instant live output of seeing . Co