Trevor If you are having issues with a full moon, stray light and loss of contrast in guide scope can be the cause. Also calibration should not be near meridian, and with at Dec about at 0. What else?

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Jim, Very nice, and so much texture in that Flame shot... :-) The Veil is tough. I was fortunate to have no moon when I shot mine - you'll get more when the Moon goes down. - Bob

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Hey Jerry: Thank you as always for responding. Its like being able to get an answer from Gates about a Windows OS error. Clear skies - Robert

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Yes, exactly! That's what really made a difference for me.

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Bob, No filters. Astro modified Canon 60D. I just ordered a 48mm screw-in Astronomix CLS-CCD filter. We will see how this works out.

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Wes, The attachment of the extension to the mount takes a different approach. The top plate is attached to the extension tube with 3 threaded hex bolts. To attach the pier to the mount you remove the

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I did shoot some test shots of andromeda. The back ground was completely saturated at 210 seconds. Shot an hours worth at 60 seconds. Darks and bias. I did not shoot flats. I only shot the darks and t

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Gents, A longer scope is more likely (not certain) to have oscillation problems, not a dampening effect. Plus it is more likely (not certain) to act as a sail in breezes. The cross section (diameter X

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Up here at AHSP. Well the weather has been poor sadly. So I cannot report progress on the alignment idea. Blah. Probably running for home tomorrow to prep for Dorian. Testing to follow after that mess

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I don’t have the PMC8 system – they came out with it after I was already equipped (some gear going back to 1960s). In most scopes hand controls it is under Utilities or Settings. In the old EXOS-2GT (

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Hi JR, Thank you for your questions. I will try and answer them in order 1) New button to display objects near where the telescope is pointed (OBS button) Question: Does this mean, when you are doing

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Hi Tim, With the latest version of the Configuration Manager, it has never been easier to update the firmware on your PMC-Eight System. Its literally 3 steps 1) Start the version 1.0.3 version of the

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Fellas Chris and I did some extensive troubleshooting and we were both stumped. I happen to own an EXOS-2 and as a last resort and I was able to successfully update the FW on that box with the DTech c

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Hi Bob, Yes, you are correct, in fact I did this with the Firmware files on the download page. I will put the previous version link on there also clearly labeled. Thanks

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Yes I’m using iOS, thanks.

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I bought this SCT, good price. So going through the scope manual controls and viewing is two thumbs up👍👍. The motor and timer motor no so good. So, 1.my nostalgic side says fix the electrical. 2. My a

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Great, glad to hear!

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Responding to astof's comments: Allow me to inform you, that I find it low standards from the company Explore Scientific to distribute programs with Trojan virus. Søren Toft Denmark A few comments 1.

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Hi Bob, I really don't expect much difference as far as the motor current increase from 600 mA to 700 mA as far as any smoothing action is concerned. It is about a 15% increase in torque which is alwa

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Hi Bob, thank you very much for your response. The sound I am referring to comes from both motors. I will try to describe it in detail (sry for bad English) 1) When I plug in the power supply the PMC-

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