Alex: Bravo. You have fully embraced what the Open GoTo Community is all about. My hats off to you sir.

Daryl: There are many mini PCs out there. Some are in the form of a kit and others are user ready. Some have a Windows OS others have Raspberry Pi. I ultimately decided on a Dell Optiplex Micro PC wit

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Dan: The system in the picture is the EXOS-2 PMC-8 and ES N208CF Newtonian. I must admit I do not use this set up anymore because I have the G-11 PMC-8 and ES 127 FCD-100 refractor. I was thinking abo

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Edwin: Flats can be done the next day as long as you leave your focuser and lens untouched. If your focus changed throughout the night it does not matter as long as +/- change was minimal. You can use

The new FW has been loaded on my PMC-8. I have not been able to test as I use my G-11 as a portable mount and clouds/rain is expected for about a week in the Richmond Metro Area, VA. I will report bac

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Nico, One more thing...I noticed you have auto-track selected. I could be wrong, but I think when that is selected the mount is automatically unparked and tracks. That could be the reason why everythi

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Nico, If you use APT only use it to connect to the mount and only use the mount/telescope controls in the gear tab. In other words only use APT to Unpark, Park, Move the mount. If you go back and fort

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Thanks for sharing Bob

Have tried using an actual compass? I use a Suunto MC-2 compass that works well for me. I had adjust it for a the declination/offset for my location and I have zero view of Polaris.

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You want to pay special attention to he slider and values posted by Jerryon 03/22/18 (the last post).

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Sorry. I thought I pasted the link to the post the first time. Here it is. https://espmc-eight.groups.io/g/MAIN/topic/24822251#594

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Try using the settings stated in this post.

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Thanks for sharing. Very well done.

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Steve, Thank you. It appears your setup the measurement begins at the threads of the ES adapter to get you to 55mm. Canon camera 44mm T-ring 11mm Total back focus 55mm If that is correct have you dete

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Very nice Steve. Well done. Is the 0.7x reducer your using the 3” ES version? If so, what is the spacing between the camera sensor and reducer. Are you using a filter? Did that affect your spacing? I

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Chuck: I use APT with Stellarium and never looked back at Explore Stars via wired connection. You need to start PHD2 before you start APT, so it can sync to APT. Below is an example of the order in wh

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I had to send my scope back to ES for repair and collimation. This image is first light taken on 12/19/2019 of the Rosette Nebula. This image has the same spacing as the Horsehead image posted previou

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Just left a 5 star review. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad

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I will definitely take the time to do this. I have received nothing short of top notch service from ES. Jennifer Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad

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