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It’s just their 4” focuser version of the 130. Heavier than yours but not by a whole lot. It’s definitely front heavy, but I’m anal about the balancing. Size wise it’s on par with your 130GTX. Also, i

Fair enough. I'll get back to you later tonight.

And for completeness, the load on the Mach2 is a Tak 130NFB, stock focuser, CFW3-L, QHY268M with a UPBv2, Baader Vario guide scope in an A-P mount and bracket with the A-P Tak adapter. Also a FlipFlat

Based on the position the OTA was in at that time I think Dec. I'm not at all a master at looking at trails and determining which axis it is occurring in. Attached is the image from the dec -15 failur

When the model is complete I'll slew back to that region just to see if the mount is tracking correctly there. I can't find much information regarding what exactly a slew warning entails other than th

Started at 2x2 4sec. Also tried 2x2 3s, then 1x1 3 and 5s just to get some troubleshooting data. All full frame. It’s only showing trailing at the 3 points that fail, repeatedly regardless of settings

I see others have had similar issues in the past. I'm doing a full sky model for the first time. I usually just do dec arc models before a run since I have a semi-permanent setup. I'm seeing odd behav

It didn’t for me. Everything works fine.

Same here. Down to -15°F without issues. All L-com USB3 cables other than one USB2 to a FlipFlat. Remote from yard to house with an ICRON 3104. Front Range in Colorado so very low RH. Eric

Similar to Jeff, a ADM D-series to Arca-Swiss for lenses which have feet (I actually use the V-series on my 135E), and a Arca-Swiss to Arca-Swiss bi-directional clamp for attaching the camera body (as

This is most definitely true. Even a relatively tight 130 point dec-arc model only takes my Mach2 ~45minutes to complete, which can easily be done shortly after the start of early evening nautical twi

I have been unsuccessful getting a standard NMEA gps dongle to work through my UPBv2. Sounds like an email to Evans at Pegasus is in order.

I’ve had good experiences with Thousand Oaks filters. They stay in place well.

Also a fair comment. Yes, I keep my pc's clock synchronized with NIST in Boulder. Thanks for the heads-up on the updates. I'll grab them today.

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Excellent. Thanks for the detailed info Jeff. 40-50% usage is respectable at your loading. You bring up a good point regarding multi-night usage without the need to charge. I'm on the front range in C

Roland, Thank you for those details. I find all of the mount discussions both interesting and educational. Regards, Eric

Jeff, Out of curiosity, do you find the 1500x to be a bit overkill at dark sky sites for a night of imaging, or are you exhausting it down quite a bit? I do well with a pair of AGM 12V batteries in pa

As the originator, what I was interested in was the info Roland gave us a few months ago regarding the limitations of strain wave gear mounts, and the reason its difficult to correct the for inherent