We welcome you to the first OpenGOTO Community User Conference at Explore Scientific! ​To be held on Friday and Saturday, July 20-21, 2018 Whether you are a programmer developing on the open-source PM

Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the ESPMC-Eight group. File : /Mount Related Files/Jeremy_PHD2_GuideLog_2018-04-20_212238

Here is my first pass at processing some data: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AtOwX6zN-JCxi9Mjq7Q-KZPSqpGXbg G-11 PMC-8 AT 115 w/ fffr ASI 1600 cooled ZWO FIlter wheel ZWO ASI 120 (??) guide camera and OAG Aprro

Jerry, Welcome back! How was the show? - Bob

I have just posted the release version of the PMC-Eight ASCOM driver in the files section at: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/ESPMC-Eight/files/Mount%20Related%20Files/ES_PMC8%20ASCOM%20Driver%20S

Congrats new PMC8 G11 owner :) . If you are trying to save money , you can try one of the following guidescopes : https://www.amazon.com/Celestron-93781-CGL-RACI-Illuminated-Finderscope/dp/B00DEOM534

Thanks Chris! We purchased PoleMaster with the ES Losmandy G-11 mount for PA Since I have a Nikon, to start with I am going to try Backyard Nikon to control it. I plan to start without a guide camera

Lynn, Fair warning on Nikons and cables... :-) I'm using Backyard Nikon as well, with a D5300. BYN supports that camera via USB, and only one cable is required. BUT, while BYN and my laptop sees a USB

Greetings- New ES Losmandy G-11 and scope are on their way! Had a great time at NEAF. I'm wondering what software is recommended to connect the PMC-8, camera and guidescope for taking astrophotos? Wha

Hi, Somebody on CN is asking about how many star aligns you need to do and how good the gotos are. I use TheSkyX and have it automatically center the object via a plate-solve, so I have no idea. How m

They are instead of steering the mount by hand; as long as the clutches are engaged, PMC will continue to know where the mount is pointed. (0.33/53.33) x 100 = 0.62% Since the stars move 15°/hour, or

Hi, Does anyone know if the driver supports MoveAxis? The reason I ask is that neither Sharpcap nor TheSkyX will nudge/jog the scope. TheSkyX will slew just fine, but the "Move/Jog" options vanish aft

If you're going to be in the general vicinity of the Atlanta area next weekend, check out this astronomy club meeting. https://mailchi.mp/4bae8439b39a/astronomy-club-meeting-saturday-april-14-2018-600

All - I managed to lose one of the set screws from the DEC worm cover. I found a suitable replacement at Harbor Freight in their Storehouse Set Screw Assortment (1/8" - 40 x 3/16"). https://www.harbor

To make a long story short even with a perfect (literally a 0.0" on my guide log) PA I couldn't get my RMS under .9" on my new G11. Peak to peak PE was >30". Most nights RMS was about 1.1", still bett

Hi Jerry - I'm working on putting together an application to generate files of celestial objects on demand for the Explore Stars app. The layout of the file being parsed is generally intuitive, but I

Thanks, David. Through a good bit of experimenting, I introduced too many variables to be able to determine the cause of the tracking issues. As Jerry stated, the RA Direction and DEC Direction switch

Hi All - I saw one post with this error, but it was centered around WiFi problems. I have a known good FTDI USB to Serial adapter that successfully controls my Celestron mounts, although I don't think

The following ESPMC-Eight poll is now closed. Here are the final results How interested are you in the ASCOMPAD Gamepad interface. Have you tried to install and use it? Created by: hubbell_jerry Yes,

The following ESPMC-Eight poll is now closed. Here are the final results How interested are you in the ExploreStars Android application. Have you tried to install and use it? Created by: hubbell_jerry