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I recently bought a Sky Watcher AZ-Gti. It has worked fine in the Alt-Az mode but I was keen to get back into astro-photography so fitted a wedge and...
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Since you're an experienced astronomer there's not much point suggesting the obvious things to check.
I got my new EQ6-R Pro the one with the USB Port on the Head and on the Hand Controller.
I connect the SynScan GPS Module to the Hand Controller and...
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I gave Day Light Saving set to No and the Offset set to 7 hours for Colorado.
Just a stab in the dark here, do you/did you need to set the offset...
ISkyWatcher AzGti GoTo AltAz mount has some nice features. I like compact size, light weight, 11 lb load capacity, side saddle design and ability to...
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That's classy! I was concerned that 3000mA will not provide enough juice so I got 6000mA.
Hi all, relative newbie here. Have a Nexstar 8se and realize that if I want to pursue astroimaging I will need to add hardware, software and...
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Visually and solar system photography the C9.25. No issue at 10 kg weight versus the rated 15-18 kg payload. The Evolution is rated at 11 kg... Then...
Can someone point me in the direction of a video or set of instruction for setting my park position on my EQ6-R pro?
I saw one for an...
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Thanks!
Yes! Home position is what I was getting at. I guess close is good enough?
I fumbled around a bit and once I solved and synced I have spot on...
Sorry for the barrage of questions but I've been reading and watching videos so I will be ready when all of my gear arrives and I have another...
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Just saw this so sorry for the late addition. My EQ6-R has a bit of backlash which changes with weather a bit - hot and the gears expand a fraction,...
I just got a new laptop to run my setup that uses the new USB C style ports. Went out the other night to try and hook it up to my EQ6R Pro...
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So finally solved this. I needed to go into ASCOM diagnostics to enter mount/telescope info. Driver wouldn’t work until this step was completed even...
I have having trouble getting my Orion StarShoot Autoguider (running PHD2) to talk to my EQR-6 Pro mount. One of the points of confusion is the cable...
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put the st4 cable in the bin ! it's old technology .
I got an email from bintel my fav online retailer I couldn't see anything official so it might be just a prototype that may not even be released , I...
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It was released this past Friday. It's the EQ-8R and EQ-8Rh...
New to astrophotography. I have a new (2 months old) EQ6-R PRO and I cannot get APT to connect. Well, maybe and maybe not. When I connect, the RA and...
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Thanks to both for your response. I got it working tonight. I access the mount with EQMOD and then APT connects and controls. Yes, I already had...
I have just bought myself a Skywatcher EQM35 pro mount.
This is my first serious eq mount and my first goto mount.
Could anybody advise me as to how...
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Thanks for the advice.
I have set up my mount indoors this afternoon and used a spirit level on the ra and dec axis, then flipped each 90 degrees and...
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