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?
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.
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.
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.
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?
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?
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...
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.
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
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.