Hi all. I just joined recently. I have done some astrophotography with DSLR and the star adventurer with autoguiding but I'm new to telescopes and complete mounts. I've been reading a bit about the PM

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Hi all: I have been learning and setting up my ED102 on the PMC8 Exos2 mount, and gradually getting things in order and working correctly. I use the setup for both visual and imaging. Here's how I hav

Hi Jerry, Thanks so much for your reply. That's good to know. I'll work on learning that procedure. I found it in the manual, so now it's a matter of trying. It also occurred to me that I could leave

Hi Harry, For the ASIAIR, it does need to be connected to the PMC via serial. You have to use a serial cable with an FTDI chipset, and reverse the DTR signal-it takes 30 seconds and there's an easy ut

Hi Pavel, makes sense. Thanks for the correction!

Hi Jerry, I did try some autoguiding via ST4 and there certainly were issues. During calibration, when it was doing backlash clearance it failed to calibrate (star did not move enough). And the RMS nu

Hi Jerry, I used the Zwo mini guide scope (30mm f4) and the ASI 120mini camera. I have not got around really pulse guiding other than a test evening. Once I get back from vacation I will really test i

Hi Jerry and others, I did get a chance to mess about this weekend a bit. Here are some things that work and don't work: Wireless mode: -ExploreStars works well for slewing and visual. As Jerry said,

Thanks for the response Jerry! I will work on it this week and see how things go. Omar

Hi Jerry, another quick question. As far as you've heard, does the Exos2 PMC8 work well with Stellarmate? Thanks! Omar

Hi everyone. I thought I'd give an update. I got the ASIAIR to work with the mount and everything really worked well: polar alignment, slewing accurately, plate solving and automatic centering, captur

One more thing...Jerry, thanks for suggesting the procedure for switching wifi/serial in the field without a computer. I used Connectbot on android to telnet and switch from wifi to serial with the ES

I am still having the declination drop-off intermittently, but it is better after tuning. I still haven't given up on solving it. In the meantime, I can still get enough good frames to stack some imag

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Thanks Robert! I appreciate all your (and others) help and advise on getting this mount up to speed! It's a steep learning curve and a lot to figure out and I need all the help I can get :).

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What has worked for me is this: Visual: I don't bother with 3 star alignment. I polar align accurately and sync in Sky Safari as I go. Plate solve polar alignment (using guide scope for visual) is of

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Thanks for explaining that, Wes. That’s very helpful! I’ll look at your document that you’re referring to.

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Fewer dropped frames. Mount is slowly getting there... M81 and M82 from St Petersburg, Florida, USA -ES ED102mm with 0.8 reducer/flattener -Exos2-Pmc8, auto guided -ASI1600mm Pro L 60sx31 R 60sx8 G 60

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Thanks Wes! After I had captured and edited the image, someone suggested to add some H-alpha to it. Just 18 minutes of Ha made all the difference. I'm new to monochrome imaging and it's already made a

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That's great to hear. I second what Jeff said. Jerry, Kent, and the regular forum helpers (we all know who they are) have been great and patient in answering questions and giving suggestions, from bas

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Very nice. Thanks for sharing!

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