Thanks everyone,
It's been a bit of a hassle getting to the observatory so I haven't had much of a chance to try anything else out.
Had a go last weekend but clouds moved in...
I realized that the trailing i was getting past 5 min was probably my alignment and sure enough it was all out of whack so i spent the entire night fixing that (i'm a bit rusty...)
will test it out this weekend.
Thanks for the info Stephen,
i have still much to learn!
At this point all tests suggest it works fine on the G11. I tested a preferred mode of setting up the guidescope using the base plate for C14 and putting the guidescope underside it but I could only image to the East because it didnt have quite enough clearance to move around ...the best would be if the Losmandy base plate could be extended say 6 inches or so
having the guidescope allows it to be right close to the center of gravity and requires fewer counterweights.
Of course, ultimately, i'll be getting a self guided SBIG (anyone got a good one they want to donate? hahahaha)
hope to have a few shots from this weekend but may not get much of a chance to process for a few weeks and duty calls and I'll be on the road a bit.
I cant wait to start really using this beast. It does show coma (way more than i ever saw with the C9.25 but the center is very nice and that's what I want it for, I'll be cropping images without a doubt
Thanks for all the replies
look forward to posting some pics soon!
frank
Thanks Peter,
Yes I did see your advice, so while I proceeded, I did so with caution if it's any consolation...
It seems to work ok but as I said i ned to get my polar align etc just right and haven't had a chance to test things out (i soooo long for more time at the scope)
I really think that the very best soluton would be an extended base plate so the amount of counterveights can be kept to a minimum.
Anyways, I did think of moving into planetary imaging at some time but I want to aim it at some very small faint and fuzzies first.
Planetary will come though!
by the way, grounding Gemini and a cold start seems to have resolved the issues we discussed but havent had time to give it a full night test yet.
will do this weekend!
frank
