[peter_4059 (Peter)]

I picked up my new EQ8 on Wednesday night. Luckily the weather has cooperated and I've managed to install it in the obs and get polar alignment sorted. I've also made myself an EQ direct cable and now have EQMOD playing with it. Last night I tried the latest development EQMOD version V129a, this one seems to be compatible with Autopec for the EQ8.

After all that I couldn't resist capturing an image - 10 x 5min Lum subs on M83.

I've definitely noticed an improvement in both RMS and peak guide errors in RA compared to my EQ6 with these optics. I think there is a bit of Dec backlash still that I need to look in to.

I haven't bothered updating flats, bias and darks since updating my QSI firmware so the calibration is not famous but it's a start.

Thanks for looking.