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Will you be publishing a video of this? I'm interested in learning about it, but it is impractical for me to run a bunch of CAT 5-6 around. Although I am very happy with my currant WiFi connected

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As the video shows, the scope needs to be balanced vertical and horizontal. The gentleman in the video was turning the focuser into a position that makes it impossible to use visually, toward the

My own gotcha the other night was: My USB and dew heater cables somehow snagged and held back the mount tracking ... erratically. So I took advice I'd ignored for years, and tied them all to the

Sonny, loved your post!!!? Your final statement is so true - "no rhyme nor reason."? My wife likes to join me outside and has seen my struggles first hand, and now understands that statement

Sonny up, it chose Arcturus as the first Star. When it slew to the next Star, it was off by a mile was the next star on the opposite side of pier? because that's essentially starting from scratch as

Hi AstroItalian! I hear Ya. It can get to be frustrating. And downright piss you off. I struggled like a worm in a birds beak for my first year or more. Probably because I just dove in with my best

Folks, we've used up 100% of the available space in this group for files, photos, and attachments. This will cause any new messages with attachments, photo or file uploads to fail. To remedy the

... a recommendation: Don't forget the internal mechanical parts: the needle bearings that these 1.25 inch steel axle shafts ride on. Over time, those needle bearings can also develop high turning

If what you are describing is accurate (i'm not saying it isn't, but assuming no errors in how you are building your model, etc.) this is literally the only way your gotos can consistently be

Thanks, Brian, but no, that is not it.? I even did a factory reset just to be sure nothing was stored that was interfering in some way.? I have checked and re-checked location data -online, with my

Hi Kenn, Both my Losmandy GM8 and G11 do this even with a leveled tripod and a scope with no finders, guiders, cameras etc. just the OTA in the rings. The mounts always behave the same way and favor

I can see this has been discussed a lot here, and am going to take some time to read some of the threads on it later, but just wanted to add my voice, and could not find any discussion later than 2017

Assuming you are building a pointing model correctly, and your gotos on the same side of pier are still off, 99% of the time it's bad date/time and/or location information also the majority of the

Just a follow-up.? Two nights ago was a night from hell, like all of us have now and then.? Just could not get good pointing and tracking, despite very good seeing, and finally gave up after about 2

While I can see Astroshed's Newtonian does achieve balance in the vertical position, am I the only one who notices his focuser/eyepiece winds up in a potentially unusable position? (Basically CWD the

Dear MB, Losmandy has replacement knobs that go in place of the Allen head screws and are much easier to work with than the original altitude locks. http://store.losmandy.com/aks I have found these

Hi Kenn usually one side of the axis is "looser" than the other when balancing. for DEC you can also rotate the RA axis past parallel to the ground to loosen up the axis even more regarding improved

Hi England you have some good advice here, i'd like to offer a few more tips 1. yes you should loosen both, but just enough to move the alt adjustment. you don't want to loosen them completely 2. If

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