Nihard As Jerry said this is cone error. I believe you could correct it by inserting a shim between the front ring and the dovetail plate. Perhaps a washer You do want to eliminate it as it affects

Hi, Welcome to the forum. The problem you ask about is called cone angle error. There is an adjustment for this on some telescopes but it is not on the mount itself. The adjustment is to make the

Hi Mike, Welcome to the PMC-Eight forum!! I appreciate you starting out with Explore Scientific equipment. Since you are a beginner you are no doubt wanting to learn as much as you can about the

Okay my first post here I use a very unusual method of polar alignment, I haven't come across or read about anybody else doing this, so I want to share it with the community. Here are my steps. >

Hello. Always wanted a telescope my whole life and recently jumped into it with an Explore First light 80mm and for now and future a PMC Eight mount. My question is will the telescope be able to

Peter, what tablet do you run explorestars on. Android and iOS definitely check the firmware version for you. Not sure about Windows. Assume you have iPad? Wes -- Wes, Southport NC PMC-8, ES ED

Thanks Kent !! I will check it out tonight. -- Derrell Oliver Meade Infinity ST80 with Lunt Solar dual speed crayford focuser. Meade Polaris 90 with GSO dual speed crayford focuser. Meade Polaris 130

I guess it is safe to assume that Mac users are out of luck? Why can't the ExploreStars app check the firmware version of the mount? Peter V Toronto, Canada

Yes. Easiest way is to download the Configuration Manager to a Windows machine. It’s on this page: https://explorescientific.com/pages/software-and-downloads-for-pmc-eight-system Connect the

Hi, Is there a way to check to see if i have the latest firmware on my IEXOS-100 mount ? Thanks. -- Derrell Oliver Meade Infinity ST80 with Lunt Solar dual speed crayford focuser. Meade Polaris 90

thanks Jerry. kevin

Hi Kevin, The guide camera does not have a focal length, the optic it is mounted on does. As Wes said, the focal length should be whatever optic your camera is attached to and guiding with. In this

having a little fun learning photoshop stuff... https://www.hamlogbook.com/orionphotoshop.html kevin rea

if you need the specs on the sensor size of the dslr i am using..here it is...

here are all the settings pages i have from phd2..

here are the specs on my guide camera... ZWO ASI290MC

HI WEs, I did not know if it wanted the focal length of the guide camera or the telescope in that slot in phd2...

here are the pictures on my website for a better view.. https://www.hamlogbook.com/orion03.03.2020.html

Kevin: You have something amiss in PHD. It thinks the guide camera focal length is 350mm. How can that be since you are using an OAG? Does the OAG change the FL? Your FL should be 2040*.63 or

here is a 45 seond at iso800 and a 30 second at iso800 single frame each processed in Sequator