There was a question during the stream today about a clamp-style dovetail for the Explore Scientific mounts, and I thought it would be a cool idea if we had a place on the forum to talk about accessor

Last night, the DEC axis motor system on my new Exos 2 PMC-8 mount seemed to develop a problem and stopped moving that axis at all. I tested it again this morning and it's the same. The clutches were

Hi all, I'm having Alignment issues, I just bought an EOS-2 PMC-8 mount a week or so ago and am still struggling to get it to basically work. ( I always preface with the fact that I'm a complete begin

Hello All, I have been getting started in AP with my DSLR. So far I have been doing landscape (Milky Way) on a tripod without tracking by using image stacking approach. I would now like to start imagi

Hi All, Thought people may be interested in this. My wife purchased an iexos-100 as an upgrade to her little star adventurer mini (and largely out of complete laziness since she just wanted the goto t

Myself, Jerry Hubbell, and David Campbell have come up with a step by step procedure for you to use the PMC-EIGHT and Stellarium with ASCOM. I hope everyone enjoys and have clear skies and keep lookin

I am relatively new with this mount and am realizing more and more that I need to really learn to polar align lol. I came from a Celestron Advanced VX where it was more forgiving on that. I can’t pola

Flaming Star and Iris Nebula from last night. Iris didn't turn out that well but my first attempt. Can't tell if it's my processing or not enough light. Critiques welcome. Both shot at... Exp: 3200 IS

Hi there, is there a user manual available that is specific to the Android version of ExploreStars? I'm a beginner to astronomy equipment so I need exact instructions as to how these things work, and

Hello Everyone. I recently purchased the EXOS 2GT with Pmc-8 and have been experimenting with it for around a week. I'm using Windows 10 on a MacBook with Parallels. I'm connected to the PMC-8 via wif

The following photos have been uploaded to the Explore Scientific album of the MAIN@ESPMC-Eight.groups.io group. Moon_08_09_combined1_labeled1.png By: Jerry Hubbell - Explore Scientific VP Engineering

Hi All. I am having issues uploading the latest firmware. I have full control of the mount via serial but the response from the PMC manager keeps coming back 'Checksum Error on Com5' Is this a laptop

Hello everyone, I'm wondering if I could get some help, sort of ripping my hair out a little. I have the EXOS2 PMC-8 and last night I used Sharpcap to Polar align, I set the mount up as usual and adju

Dear I request your help with a forum thread (I did not find) or answer. It happens that I am using N.I.N.A with the PMC-Eight system connected via Serial Cable. At the moment of connecting the PMC-Ei

hi all, i have an iexos-100 and i noticed that taking pictures half come with elongated stars and half not, more or less at regular intervals. I tried to figure out what the problem was and I realized

Quick note, some others seem to be observing this same behaviour: Appears here with lunar observation...link This view of the iExos internals that seem to oscillate in time to what is being observed t

HI folks, I just received my EOS2 mount and am trying to test it indoors due to adverse weather. I'm a complete beginner but learning fast. My issue is that the DEC axis only seems able to slew a few

Hi all, Newbie question as I’ve trawled the forum and can’t see an answer. Does Explore Stars only work with WiFi? I have installed it on my laptop and everything works fine over WiFi. I then follow t

Hi all, I acquired my mount last week largely for use as an astrophotography tracking mount for use with long lenses or small telescopes. There have been two clear periods, one 9 pm (Deneb) and one at

Someone is asking about mounts again on CN, see this link https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/731681-so-who-is-happy-with-their-mounts/?p=10541861 -- Tim Myers *Telescopes:* Celestron 4SE, Celestron 8S