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Originally Posted by Atmos
Really nice start Suavi! How did you find working with the AP over the EQ6? It took me a few mights to get to really get to grips with the ASA but that was mostly learning how the damned software worked, the best way to do PA and all that. After a few outings it was like night and day in performance.
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Thanks Colin. Yes, I am at a stage of getting used to the mount and learning what it is really capable of. The biggest limitation for me in terms of setting up are very obstructed sky views, so need to be inventive when it comes to polar alignment and it is quite hard to get it right. Some of the practical differences that I have started to appreciate are:
-> the ability to very precisely and easily adjust alt and az position of the mount. AZEQ6 was much better than HEQ5, but Mach1 is at yet another level. I personally like not having that long bolt used for altitude adjustments in AZEQ6 - it gets in the way at some telescopes positions.
-> the moment-to-moment errors in tracking are much smaller; last night 4-5 second guiding exposures seem to be adequate to correct errors. It was simply impossible with my AZEQ6. I am curious to see how guiding will look like higher up in the sky (last night's session was quite low above the horizon and somehow I only had dim stars in the fov as well as one saturated one).
-> running cables through the mount is gold.
-> actually it has been a smooth transition from EQMod to AP ASCOM driver and APCC. Both integrate very nicely with the rest of my software that I have been using for a while: SGP, PHD2 and Cartes du Ciel. Have also tried PemProv2.99 and it certainly is a keeper too! It now works with SGP and PHD2 and has some nice features that I need to investigate further, such as PA Wizard.
Have not tried yet imaging past the meridian. Will report again after a few more astro sessions
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Originally Posted by RickS
Look forward to more., Suavi!
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Me too!