So I have been tweaking my setup, and trying to ease my setting up/wire control.
I invested in an inexpensive trolley, metal and fold flat. To house the power supplies and weather proofed power distribution. I have been using this for a while, but adding 3 independent power supplies for the mount, camera and ASIAIR meant a spaghetti reduction was needed. I also found my earlier attempts to do this caused some issues with drag on the
RA in particular.
Did some other tweaks, shifting the vixen bar to make balancing easier, as the added items had made the scope eyepiece end heavy.
Sweet result, now balances well, full balance to the extremities of
RA and
DEC and no wiring catch ups. Part of the reason for doing this was also the promise of clear skies tomorrow night - the only one predicted this week. Mind you as this is England; I’m not holding my breath on the promise of clarity.
Trolley, no dolly by
Tony Boutle, on Flickr
Anyway, it looks as if the cheapest item on my setup, said trolley, will in fact add a lot.
Cheers,
Tony.
Smart Scope: Dwarf II - Club and outreach work.
AP Refractor: Altair 72EDF Deluxe F6;1x & 0.8 Flatteners; Antares Versascope 60mm finder. ASIAir Pro.Li battery pack for grab & go.
Celestron AVX Mount; X-cel LX eyepieces & Barlows 2x 3x, ZWO 2” Filter holder,
Cameras: main DSO ASI533MC; DSO guide ASI120MM; Planetary ASI224MC; DSLR Canon EOS100 stock.
Filters: Astronomik IR cut; Optolong L-Pro; Optolong L-Enhance.
Binoculars: Celestron 15 x 70.
Latitude: 52.219853
Longitude: -1.034471
Accuracy: 5 m
Bortle 4 site.
https://maps.google.com/?q=52.21985,-1.03447