Re: Installing tucked in motors
Hello, I attached the motors on my G11G 180¡ã to yours I tried attaching the motors like you did it seemed to be good idea to protect them better but on the RA I found that it put stress on the short
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Deric Caselli
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Re: Installing tucked in motors
Looks wrong to me, Glen. The motor must not bump against the body cylinder. The motor can be rotated 180 degrees, by then as you show it will be in the way of the RA polar scope viewport. That is
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Michael Herman
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Installing tucked in motors
I attached the motors to my new G811G mount and noticed how the dec motor is slanted inward. This was the only way the 2 attachment screws would align. See images attached. This is unlike the ?RA
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Glenn
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Re: G11 Spur Gear Removal to Access Gearbox
Hi Brett, Clearly you have a modern Tucked Motor G11. Earlier direct drive version G11 (I call them "Straight out motor" versions) don't have these big aluminum transfer gears. Like you said, it's not
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Michael Herman
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Re: Mounting a Guide Scope to a G11 Mount
Hi Chip, My experiences appear to be quite different from my highly light polluted suburban backyard. I have the 80x400mm CT-80 and also a William Optics 50x200mm guidescope. Also I have the
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John Kmetz
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G11 Spur Gear Removal to Access Gearbox
I've been chasing down some periodic resistance in my 2017 G11 drivetrain. I think I may have isolated it to the gearbox, so I'd like to remove it and pop it open to see if I can tell if there are
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Gottula, Brett
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Re: Mounting a Guide Scope to a G11 Mount
Lots of things to play with for sure Chip! Other than the sct, I have a williams optics gt81 that is awesome. I've used both a guide scope and an OAG and at that focal length either works great. The
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Jamie Amendolagine
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Re: What to ask/check when buying a used G11?
Hi Stephen, I'm a Losmandy mount enthusiast, I've completely disassembled them and rebuilt them for friends and club members, even total strangers who I talked into buying used Losmandy mounts and IMO
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Chip Louie
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Re: Mounting a Guide Scope to a G11 Mount
Jamie, I am imaging with the bespoke Parallax/AT130mm f/6 apo primarily but also have a Stellarvue SV80ST25-SV I use for the wide stuff. For these scopes the piggybacked 50mm guidescope setup works
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Chip Louie
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Re: Mounting a Guide Scope to a G11 Mount
Hey Chip, From my own experience for the OAG results vs Guide scope. I have found that I may get great guiding in PHD using a guide scope, but something may shift between the guide scope and the main
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Jamie Amendolagine
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Re: Mounting a Guide Scope to a G11 Mount
Hi John, I had been using a SV50mm guidescope with QHY5L-II mono autoguider very rigidity mounted using the Stellarvue non-adjustable clamshell fasted to the top dovetail of the imaging optic.? I
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Chip Louie
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Re: Mounting a Guide Scope to a G11 Mount
I have a GM811G along with an EdgeHD8 which is smaller, but similar to your setup. I always prefer an OAG as it performs much better, but I sometimes have to use a guide scope. I have a Hyperstar
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Jamie Amendolagine
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Re: PEC training
Thanks, that is the validation I have been asking for. This morning before I got your Email, I went through a similar analysis looking at the PEC and non-PEC portions of that log in the PHD2 log
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Paul Goelz
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Re: Mounting a Guide Scope to a G11 Mount
On 12/15/2020 11:38 AM, Mark Christensen wrote: > Regarding your experience, Paul of Rochester Hills (Livonia was my old stomping grounds) , I received one of these 60mm guiders (direct from China on
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Paul Goelz
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Re: Mounting a Guide Scope to a G11 Mount
Regarding your experience, Paul of Rochester Hills (Livonia was my old stomping grounds) , I received one of these 60mm guiders (direct from China on Ebay) when they first came out a few years ago.
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Mark Christensen
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Re: PEC training
Paul if you can't see the images, you can click on the link at the bottom and view the messages in the forums which should give you easy access to the pictures GUIDED LOGS with PEC OFF so it needs to
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Brian Valente
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Re: Manual Slew Gemini 1
Thanks all. David, that¡¯s it! Michael, I¡¯ll investigate the button presses further. I¡¯ll try it out tonight
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Bryn Evans
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Re: PEC training
For some reason, your embedded png's did not survive. All I get are the filename, but no image. You unfortunately have it backwards. The front and back portions had PEC OFF. In the middle section I
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Paul Goelz
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Re: Manual Slew Gemini 1
Thanks David....I knew what to write but my brain didn't do it....haha, happening more often these days..... I corrected it above... -- Brendan
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Brendan
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Re: Mounting a Guide Scope to a G11 Mount
Hi Terry, A C925 Edge HD is what I have and usually I mount an Orion CT-80 on top as the guide scope. Please see pics. The CT-80 (FL-400mm) is not great for photography but is more than adequate for
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John Kmetz
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