Pretty good for a beginner 😂🍺 -- Wes, Southport NC EXos2-GT PMC-8, iExos 100 ES ED 127, 10" LX200GPS+wedge, Astro-Tech 8" Newt, ETX-90, 60mm no-name guide scope ~ 260mm FL Polemaster, Orion

Early on Thursday and Friday morning I captured the 20 and 21 day old moon (full disk) with the MSRO configured as it always is as a deep-sky system. The FOV of the camera is 1.3-deg x 0.9-deg with an

+1 on 'heavy'. Just as a science project, I bought my scope a 2", 2x ED barlow a while ago. I mostly wanted to check out how well my guiding held up at longer focal lengths (perhaps with a future

Mirko When I put a 3x Barlow on my 127x940 I couldn’t see beans for stars. Planetary would be another matter I suppose. Of course you are going to have some darned small fields of view which will

Hi, last week I had the chance to made some pictures (videos) of Mars. It was my first attempt with Mars and it was also the first time were I could test new hardware and settings together. So the

Excellent. -- Michael Whitaker Wakefield, UK. MOUNTS. Exos-2 PMC Eight.. SCOPE: RVO Horizon 72ed. CAMERA: Canon 650d SOFTWARE: Just iPad at moment.

There you go stade! Wes -- Wes, Southport NC EXos2-GT PMC-8, iExos 100 ES ED 127, 10" LX200GPS+wedge, Astro-Tech 8" Newt, ETX-90, 60mm no-name guide scope ~ 260mm FL Polemaster, Orion ST-80 and SAG,

Lots to learn but first night all my equipment played nice together😂

There is no platform specific user manual for ExploreStars. We have created videos that are on your YouTube channel and linked a couple of other videos on our website. We dedicated one of our

my M27 -- Tim Myers Telescopes: Celestron 4SE, Celestron 8SE, SkyWatcher 100ED Pro Mounts: 4-5 SE, 6-8SE, EXOS-2GT with PMC-Eight Cameras: ASI1600MC Imaging

Hi there, is there a user manual available that is specific to the Android version of ExploreStars? I'm a beginner to astronomy equipment so I need exact instructions as to how these things work, and

Thanks Wes, I have the FTDI chipset and everything else works fine. I’m sure I will find a workaround I just thought I may have a fault. However it’s a computer isn’t it🤔

Thanks Jennifer I will give that a try.😊

Roy: I assume you attempted to update the FW using the Configuration Manager Tool. Another way to update is manually via Command Prompt. There are instructions located in the PMC-8 Application Note

Roy I had the same problem. Unfortunately I do not believe there is a cure, just a work around. 1. There was a suspicion that it had to do with the ftdi or lack of an ftdi chip set. I had the

Hi All. I am having issues uploading the latest firmware. I have full control of the mount via serial but the response from the PMC manager keeps coming back 'Checksum Error on Com5' Is this a laptop

Thank you Wes this is the information I needed it will help a lot. Thanks again Bill. -- Bill Kinnair West Midlands UK Mounts: EXOS-2 PMC-8 GOTO Scopes: Skywatcher 200PDS + Skywatcher Skyliner

Bill: 1. If you are polar aligned by sharpcap, you have gotten your RA axis parallel with the axis of the earth. That is step one. 2. If you are polar aligned, there is in principle no reason to do

Hi Bill, same happend by me with the Polfinder. After thinking about this i am now shure i take a wrong star for the PA. Greetings from Germany, Wolfgang.

Yes both are aligned. -- Bill Kinnair West Midlands UK Mounts: EXOS-2 PMC-8 GOTO Scopes: Skywatcher 200PDS + Skywatcher Skyliner 200p Cameras: ZWO ASI120MC + Canon EOS 1300D Software: ExplorerStars,