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Old 28-06-2013, 08:41 PM
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OK i have sourced a hard case for the mount. just ordered

http://www.gtcases.com.au/p/explorer...ith-foam/10840

delivery was free.

They have another 6 in stock with 10 more coming in a couple of weeks.
Blimey - is it a triplet?
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Old 28-06-2013, 09:14 PM
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Blimey - is it a triplet?
wouldn't it be nice to have a toa150 to put on it
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Old 28-06-2013, 10:02 PM
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Hi Maurice,

have you a shot of the setup? Glad you are getting to use it
Hi David

I've attached a couple of pics...

I have used it, but I'm a little desperate for some good seeing though.
Tonight its about 3.7" ....not good....
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Old 28-06-2013, 10:50 PM
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Hi David

I've attached a couple of pics...

I have used it, but I'm a little desperate for some good seeing though.
Tonight its about 3.7" ....not good....
thanks Maurice - awesome setup, is that your preferred park position because of the roof? so having fired the angry shot off how do you like the mount?

also for the record its raining tonight
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Old 29-06-2013, 09:10 AM
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thanks Maurice - awesome setup, is that your preferred park position because of the roof? so having fired the angry shot off how do you like the mount?

also for the record its raining tonight

I usually have the counterweight bar set horizontally in the park position - yes, its because of the roof, but it also gives easy access to all the bits on the mount. My pier is quite high & I wouldn't be able to reach everything in the CWD position.

So far I love the mount. I have had the good fortune to play with a few mounts in the past & the EQ8's PE is as smooth as I've seen in anything..
(EQ6, G11, Titan, EM200)

For now, the only criticism I have is that the locks on the axes aren't as positive as I would like. When I move anything (guider or camera orientation) I get some slipping in RA &/or DEC; even with the locks tight. This isn't an issue if everything is as I want it, but a PITA when I need to change something.

Its early days yet, but overall its a 'thumbs up' from me.
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Old 29-06-2013, 10:31 AM
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I usually have the counterweight bar set horizontally in the park position - yes, its because of the roof, but it also gives easy access to all the bits on the mount. My pier is quite high & I wouldn't be able to reach everything in the CWD position.

So far I love the mount. I have had the good fortune to play with a few mounts in the past & the EQ8's PE is as smooth as I've seen in anything..
(EQ6, G11, Titan, EM200)

For now, the only criticism I have is that the locks on the axes aren't as positive as I would like. When I move anything (guider or camera orientation) I get some slipping in RA &/or DEC; even with the locks tight. This isn't an issue if everything is as I want it, but a PITA when I need to change something.

Its early days yet, but overall its a 'thumbs up' from me.
the only mount not on my list is the EM200.
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Old 29-06-2013, 11:30 AM
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Attached is an uncorrected PE trace of data acquired on the 23rd June.

Maurice
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Old 29-06-2013, 11:38 AM
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Maurice, very interesting!
Which program/ software did you use?
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Old 29-06-2013, 11:46 AM
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Hi Ken

I used the trial version of PemPro to collect the data. Saved the raw data & PEC curve, but couldn't reload the raw data again; only the PEC curve....?

I do have the original data in a text file though.. happy to send it in a PM if you want to have a look.

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Old 29-06-2013, 08:02 PM
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I will have to give pempro a go and see how my mount fairs. might have to phone an expert at Duckadang this year?

to get me there, i got the case for the mount tripod and extras such as the polar scope.

as you can see its a little larger than the bunnings craftright cases
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Old 29-06-2013, 08:19 PM
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Attached is an uncorrected PE trace of data acquired on the 23rd June.

Maurice
I got 4.4 on this one about 10 pages ago so they look to be reasonably consistent.
Although I'd prefer to see more than one worm period in a sample.
And your example says zero RA samples?

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...&postcount=191
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Old 29-06-2013, 09:59 PM
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I got 4.4 on this one about 10 pages ago so they look to be reasonably consistent.
Although I'd prefer to see more than one worm period in a sample.
And your example says zero RA samples?

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...&postcount=191

Hi Robin

The curve that I posted was loaded back into PemPro, hence no 'RA samples'. I tried to load back all of the original data (4+ cycles) as well, but it wouldn't load. Happy to send it via PM if you like...

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Old 29-06-2013, 10:14 PM
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No thanks, but I do believe you want a lot more that 15 minutes of data to create a true pec correction file.
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Old 29-06-2013, 10:34 PM
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Her Royal Highness's matched luggage!

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Old 01-07-2013, 08:32 PM
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Old 02-07-2013, 03:36 AM
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Hi All,

I would be very interested to know if anybody has done any auto guiding using the guide port. I have seen a comment on another web site about "spikes" on the guiding graph.

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I would be very interested to know if anybody has done any auto guiding using the guide port. I have seen a comment on another web site about "spikes" on the guiding graph.

John
I did, with an orion star-shoot, but isn't soplisticated enough to show spikes. All it did was keep the star exactly where it was supposed to be without wavering...

I have noticed, that so far, in every case where I have had issues, its been my fault
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I did, with an orion star-shoot, but isn't soplisticated enough to show spikes. All it did was keep the star exactly where it was supposed to be without wavering...

I have noticed, that so far, in every case where I have had issues, its been my fault
Thanks for the info.
Just about to order an EQ8 and so far most comments about this mount have been positive.

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