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I spent an hour centering my reticle on a TV transmission tower 3 miles away.? It was an irritating 60 minutes...? After I got my PoleMaster I haven't used the PS.? The only thing that's keeping me

Hi Nick, Here are some notes on setting up the polar scope. The optical system of all polar (tele)scopes have a "moveable" reticle, adjustable front eyepiece, and an adjustable long tube to focus on

Hey Brian, It would be great if you could touch on an older format. I have the G11-G1. I’m not 100% sure if I’ve been performing the alignment correctly. This is a picture of my scope. The hang up

Mostly astrophotography. ?Study is exactly what I’ve been doing. ?I did a lot of study and learning as part of my research into which mount I wanted so I feel I have a good handle on things for

Hi Bill! ?Welcome to the family:-). ? How do you intend to use your mount? ? Visual or Astro photography or a little of both? ? Do you plan to run from a hand controller or through a computer?

I use phd2 drift align, and am able to get really good PA. I take my time, and get it really well dialed in. I can keep the alignment for months even though I take the mount in every night. I use this

Brian - One further clarification. The "Movement" or flexure I'm talking about is only during Visual Inspection of the mount. When I'm manually moving the mount around, or just pushing and pulling the

Brian - I think the movement I saw was due to the EQ Head to Tripod Bolts being loose. Now that they are tight, I do not get any movement there. The other place I see some "movement" or maybe just

Hi Andrew thanks for your input, much appreciated can you clarify what you mean by "extra movement"? is this during visual inspection, slewing, tracking, guiding, etc.?

Brian, I recently switched from a 35 pound payload to a 60 pound payload. I have the G11, so that is maxing out the weight capacity and it is the first time I can see some extra movement in the mount.

Thanks Michael - Those were peak to peak numbers, though the RMA number was still above 5 if I recall.? I agree that something is not quite right and requires some fiddling. While the unguided error

Nice report Tony. If you were interested in trying further improvements (vs just autoguide and shoot the stars!)...some thoughts. I was not sure if your value of 12-15 arcsec RA PE was RMS or Peak to

Got some initial guide results with the spring loaded worms last night.? My initial reaction is that it may have helped, but certainly didn't hurt anything. Conditions last night were mediocre at

Hello Bill! You will probably find operating the mount fairly intuitive if you have used a telescope before. You'll probably want to do an indoor assembly first to go over the basic features. My first

Congrats and Welcome Bill! make sure I do before I race to assemble and use the new mount when it arrives, I’m all ears All the advice i have is pretty much in those videos :) :) Take your time,

I can vouch for Michael’s Belleville washer solution. ?Since I installed it on my GM8 I now have almost no shift as I tighten down the bolts after alignment.

Alan, Even though I start with PoleMaster, I try to finish off PA with PHD2 drift align, unless I am pressed for time. They seem to be close but are never the same. I do drift at the south

Hi, just wanted to make my first post. ?New around here, so new that I don’t even own a Losmandy mount - yet. ?I have a G11 on order and I’m told it’s about 3-4 weeks out. Thank you all for

Hi Ed I agree, but as you pointed out, there's no harm in doing that. I'd rather just stick with the recommendations of the guiding assistant and let it set the min move. If you ever move to G11 DEC