Hi guys, I am a new owner of an EXOS IIGT PMC-8 and though I would share my observations and also ask a question concerning the polar scope. I have managed, without that much effort, to get POTH conne

Newbie here. All connected, using ExploreStars. Danged if I can see how to have it goto a star by name. Probably too obvious for me to notice...did load the extra stars database. Help! Wes.

Jerry: The only search I can access is from the drop down bar, top left. This search opens a blue search window in Windows I believe. It tries, and can find some stuff, but the results returned tend t

Jerry, that is the key, very specific search terms. A small factoid I found was the Take a Tour. It finds lots of objects, all you need is the constellation -- this is a nice feature for sure. It seem

So after much fooling around with polar alignment using polar scopes I concluded I am a clod and likely to remain so when it comes to this. In the end, I bought a PoleMaster from QHY. This thing is th

Hi: I have no experience using the PMC-8 and EXos II for astrophotography yet, as I am still messing around with my mount/new telescope. But I have some with other scopes and thus have a few thoughts.

Hi R I had to take my belts off etc to make the adjustments I made. The belts connect the stepper motor to the worm. The backlash exists between the worm and the wheel (this is the big gear actually o

Hi Bob: It is true, stacking lots of 30-40 second exposures can do wonderful things. You won't match the deep exposures of the big rigs, but good results can be had -- I know because I got a pretty go

Totally biased against Microsoft Windows myself. I gave it up when I discovered I spent all my spare time working on the three Windows PC/Laptops in my family. Bagged it all and flipped to Mac. But, I

HI Bob: 1. Focus can be made near perfect with a Bahtinov mask and live view, or at least a real time download and display of an image from your camera. You can make such a thing, just search for focu

This is something Jerry might know about. But, I had strange things happen with POTH on Windows 7, finally gave in and bought a tablet to run ExploreStars app. I must say that running the mount with a

Jerry and Brent: I know you guys know this but I just wanted to chime in about wifi interference. Channels are 20 mhz wide, thus moving from 6 to 7 helps but those on 6 still can interfere. One should

Bob: Good News! One thing of note: when I received my mount it all seemed well, but after running it around for fun it bound up and the motor stalled (eventually both RA and DEC displayed this even wi

Hi guys. Anyone put a good clamping saddle on their EXOS2? Can you recommend one? The thing that comes with the mount is a pain to use and it is tearing up by dovetail plate. Maybe something along the

So I found in Cloudy Nights a fellow who put this on his Exos-2 DUAL-GPDX- DUAL Series Saddle. Fits Vixen GPDX Mounts. It looks like it replaces the saddle that came on the Exos-2. Interested in knowi

Jerry; Sorry I don't follow you. As I have been getting email via group.io I figured you enrolled us there. Also I need my yahoo account for other groups. What do you need changed? Wes

Steve Since I switched from Windows to an Android 7 inch tablet I like things better. Not sure a button oriented thing with a display that worked like explorestars would be helpful. If you could emula

Ah thanks Bob. Wes.

I can't help you with the Chromebook but just wanted to encourage you to bag it and get a tablet. You can buy a used Samsung Tab A in 7 inches for 70$ or less. It works great. No issues at all. 7 inch

Hi Robert. Yes there are. I haven't figured out how to use the knowledge base but Google something like Android explorers install and you will find it. But here are a few tips as I recall. 1. Load the