Michael, I'm totally new to both the mount (iExos-100 in my case) and to astrophotography but a Mac user. I've been playing with Kstars/Ekos (at https://edu.kde.org/kstars/#features) as a method of

I bet you will and thanks, yeah two heads are better than one with both ideas I'm sure we can sort this. -- Bill Kinnair West Midlands UK Mounts: EXOS-2 PMC-8 GOTO Scopes: Skywatcher 200PDS +

Hi Bill. If you get stuck whilst trying just message me and I’ll try and help. Maybe between us we can crack the code. I’ll be pretty apprehensive when I get my mount back. Especially if I can

Thanks for the info I'm going to try your way and not use the crosshair, I hope your mount comes back with no problems. If I manage to figure anything out in the meantime I'll let you know. -- Bill

Hi Bill. What I do normally is get my level and point the mount north. I use a laser pointer to make sure I’m pointing the mount at Polaris, I do this by shining the laser through the polar

I'm going to try this it's the only option I have left before I decide to return the mount thanks, -- Bill Kinnair West Midlands UK Mounts: EXOS-2 PMC-8 GOTO Scopes: Skywatcher 200PDS + Skywatcher

Hi Michael. I tried again last night to see if I can Polar align and I seem to be getting closer but not as close as I like. I used the method as before by placing Polaris into the crosshair then

What platform are you using for explore stars app. Here is a how to install it for windows. I had this same issue and it was the fact I wasn’t putting the correct file in my photos

Deonb One other thing Stellarium is a great planetarium program and a not so hot telescope control program. As far as I can see it never had any ability to unpark an ASCOM mount. In fact it

Deonb “Is explore Scientific not supporting these mounts anymore?” Don’t be silly. The pmc8 based mounts are their main line. Of course they are supporting them. The ways they do are to

I actually think Explore Scientific supports their mounts a bit more than most other vendors. Their responsiveness in this forum is proof of that. -- Explore Scientific iEXOS-100 William Optics

Ok, yeah, that works. But wow, this really feels like an obsolete slapped-together thing. Is Explore Scientific not really supporting these mounts anymore?

No, you have to rotate the mount yourself in SharpCap. I like using the slew buttons because if you disengage the RA clutch you're likely to also knock the DEC axis a few degrees in the process -

Can sharpcap not control the mount to rotate it itself? I use the ASIAIR Pro polar alignment tool, which is extremely similar to sharpcap’s, and it rotates the RA dec itself during the polar

Deonb, I'm not sure what you are trying to accomplish. If you are rotating the ra axis to do a sharpcap polar alignment you have to disengage the clutches and rotate manually. It's best to do this

Ascom 6.5 did away with the POTH Hub and replaced it with the device hub. That lets you connect multiple devices to the mount. You can reinstall 6.5 and choose to install the POTH Hub, but you might

How do I "unpark" the mount to use it in Stellarium? NINA also gives me a message that the mount is parked, but it unparks it itself. However, Stellarium doesn't. I tried unparking it in SharpCap, but

I would try uninstalling ascom 6.5 and installing v6.4 instead. I had issues with 6.5 that were resolved when I went to 6.4. My issues were unrelated to yours, as they were device hub related, but ya

Hi everyone. I am using my Exos -2 with ExploreStars on my IPad which is great but I want to take it further especially for astrophotography. Can anybody help me with what I need to do to get started

Having problems with SharpCap - the maximum rate I can set it to is 50x. However, at 50x it moves at a rate of about 3 arcmins per second. So it will take 30 mins to rotate the head 90 degrees. How