TenChain is Up!

[pmrid (Peter)]

Hey guys, does anyone have a smallish mount I could borrow for a few days for Astrofest. A HEQ5 etc would be ideal. I have one but it's so thoroughly screwed in and bolted down to a pier up here that I would like to avoid having to undo it all and then rebuild it, if I can.
I've got a little FS60CB and a QSI683wsg I plan using for a few nights of widefield if I can. I'll be up there for the first 3 nights.

Peter

[pmrid (Peter)]

Blow!!
I didn't get any responses to the request below (asking to borrow a light mount for a few days at Astrofest.

So, it looks like I'll have to unplug all the bleedin' wires and doodads I have on my HEQ5Pro after all if I'm going to do anything at Astrofest other than complaining about the cold.

So with that in mind I set about deciding what to take with it. And of course I'm now in another bind - the weight shaft on my HEQ5 is quite short - shorter than I remembered them from earlier ones I owned. I'm going to have to add another weight if I'm going to have a workable imaging rig.

Does anyone have a spare HEQ5 weight I can borrow for those few days?

I promise to treat it gently, wrap it in cotton wool when not in use and polish it every morning!!!!

Peter

[AlexN]

Bugger mate. I've got two but just started my imaging project for new moon with the 8" so I need them both. If I had of stuck with the 5" last night I would have been able to spare one for ya.

[troypiggo (Troy)]

G'day Peter. I have a spare EQ6 weight I won't be using. I'll bring it with me, but I'm only there Tue/Wed/Thu nights.