Welcome Mike Suresh from the other side of the globe

I’ve used both ( borrowed pole master ) and Rapas ( kindly note I live at 13 degree latitude )I found Rapas better because with pole master the star would dance around for the final adjustment Suresh

Mount no issue , here in india the hot summer day temp hovers over 100 and so I remove the scope only in park 3 position though I cover it Note : I remove the HC also Suresh

Yes of course Brian , I’ve no issues with RA , it’s just the DEC - I get a jammed feeling at start , the effort required is abnormal Suresh

After a nights session , after unlocking the clutches it takes much strength to initially move the dec axis , have no problem to slew or track only to initiate rotation it requires an effort and then

Thanks Brian ! In PPEC I’m getting + or minus 0.25 arc seconds Suresh

Hi , In PEMPRO my worm period for Mach 1 is 382.95 , in phd it shows as 383.05 in PPEC algorithm for guiding . Should I worry about it ? Thanks Suresh Sent from my iPh

It’s been happening since a week , somehow i first connect to phd and then all else connects . Try to re start ur laptop Suresh

Roland !!, Nice to know you use phd 2 for guiding , it’s a vastly improved one now . The only other I’ve used is maxim dl however the former is more user friendly

Dale , I do have APT and just downloaded sgp pro , both these cannot apparently connect to the sky Thanks Suresh

Thanks Stuart Suresh

Can the sky x be used as an image planner eg is it possible to command thro sky x to go to second object after the first is finished ? Thanks Suresh

Phd is my guiding program

Yesterday after having found that guiding worsens my stars . Scope at present is just a 135 mm Samyang lens And qhy 193 M / finder scope 175 mm And lodestar gibbing me 3.67 asp/9.14 asp( guidescope )

I found the culprit ; the 10 min unguided has no drift !! So I need to re look at the guiding parameters ! Suresh

This is the drift I noticed in the 10’min guided 03 exposure (after crossing meridian ) . There are no changes in guider graph . E W is top right to bottom left . I will test more tonight . Thanks Sur

Roland mine is the older mount , I don’t know if it’s spring loaded Suresh

Hi , I’m using a Mach 1 mount , my gear at present is just a qhy183 M with a Samyang 135 mm lens , I’m presently shooting sh2 308 . I’m wel polar aligned with no DEC drift . I’m noticing a tiny trail

In com 3 I get : no mount found , at the same time works with phd etc

Hello , I’m using version 5.20.09 . I tried a new software called Astrophotography tool ie APT . It connects to ascom camera and focusser but not mount . I’ve informed the vendor . Any idea what else