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Old 19-02-2018, 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Amaranthus View Post
Peter, not to be a spoilsport, but 20kg is going to be too heavy for the EQ6-R for imaging, especially at that focal length. A good rule of thumb is to try not to go much beyond half of the mount’s rated capacity for astrophotography. .....)
Barry (& Rick), I think you were right.

After 8 hours of testing it sort of worked.
I had to re balance & collimate at the same attitude as the target.
And then re calibrate PHD as well.

Soon as I moved the scope it was all over.

Too much hassle.

I did get a result however:
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/a...e.php?a=223972
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