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Hi all, i was just wondering if this is available in the shops yet as im struggling to find it. Also if it is, does anybody know if it will fit on a skywatcher EQ5 GOTO mount? 

 

Thanks 

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If anyone would have one it will be Bern at Modern Astronomy he is a QHY dealer.

As to if it would fit yours cannot see a problem but Bern will tell you for definite.

I have just checked and he is taking orders now for delivery in early March.

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I've ordered one from Bern for my azeq6 and they do an adapter for the eq5 series mounts. I emailed Bern and he said all looks good for first week of March delivery.

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22 hours ago, catman161 said:

I've ordered one from Bern for my azeq6 and they do an adapter for the eq5 series mounts. I emailed Bern and he said all looks good for first week of March delivery.

i've seen that they do one for a heq5 but cannot actually see one that specifically says, eq5. are they the same mount adapter?

 

also i was expecting them to be a little cheaper than £280. i've seen them over seas for $300 and can get them shipped to the uk with free shipping.. equivalent of about £220...

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22 hours ago, catman161 said: I've ordered one from Bern for my azeq6 and they do an adapter for the eq5 series mounts. I emailed Bern and he said all looks good for first week of March delivery.

i've seen that they do one for a heq5 but cannot actually see one that specifically says, eq5. are they the same mount adapter?

 

also i was expecting them to be a little cheaper than £280. i've seen them over seas for $300 and can get them shipped to the uk with free shipping.. equivalent of about £220...

Just drop Bern an email and ask him directly. He is very helpful and will get back to you quickly. As for the price, I guess he has to make a living [emoji6]

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On 25 February 2016 at 21:09, catman161 said:

Just drop Bern an email and ask him directly. He is very helpful and will get back to you quickly. As for the price, I guess he has to make a living emoji6.png

Hi just bought one for AZEQ5GT  fro Rother Valley Optics (came very quick) for £280 with adapter, it fits on the level bracket that the polar scope fits to, don't forget to order the Adapter plate for a AZEQ5, dead simple.

Tried out Pole master last night, had a job to find Polaris but once I found it, it was really quick. 

Now I've just got to set the ccd camera up now on the scope (just a cheap one). I didn't have much luck with that though.

New to Astronomy and still learning.

 

Thanks Tez

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they are quite good but the accuracy may not be enough for longer exposures.  Best I could get it to do was just into the arc second range

which would do 5 min exposures but not much more.  I use it for quick PA then do proper one after. :) 

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Mine arrived yesterday and I had a quick try last night. No bending down to peer up a polarscope and much quicker than other methods, EQMod etc. Had the best PHD graph I've seen from my mount.

 

Sheila - is that 5 mins unguided?

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Yes it is forgot to say that. I don't guide much. But also hate to see rotation on images :(

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Definitely having the best subs possible. What's your routine for getting PA?

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Mine has to be sub 30 arcseconds really. So normally i would 3 star align, then PA, then rinse and repeat until it is as

close to 0 as I can.

 

I can also run a model on the GM to refine it even more

 

I used the polemaster for the first rough PA and as i said it was close but no cigar :lol:  just over an arcminute i think

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When there is enough dark for me to do so, I'll try the drift align polar error measure on PHD after using the Polemaster and report back.

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yes Ibbo once showed me that, but i can never remember how to do it :(  

 

I assume with guiding you can accept a much wider error on PA?

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1 hour ago, Sheila said:

yes Ibbo once showed me that, but i can never remember how to do it :(  

 

I assume with guiding you can accept a much wider error on PA?

yes to a certain extent

also depens on focal length

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I setup my NEQ6 Pro with C11 using PoleMaster. I was getting 10 minute subs with my ATIK4120EX camera. I could never get more than 2 minutes before.

I also go through the alignment sequence twice. The second time aligning only takes a minute or two but well worth it to check its done correctly.

This 12MP image is a single 10 minute sub of M51. Debayered, stretched in PI, Brightness/Contrast and reduced in GIMP to enable uploading, keeping under 512Kb limit.

M51 10 min sub stretched.jpg

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