Tweedledee Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 (edited) I have come into possession of the following, alien (to me), item. No doubt someone will tell me that it was state-of-the-art soon after Galileo's observations of Jupiters moons. If it is of any use, it is FOC to a good home. Otherwise please tell me to chuck it in the bin. Edited May 28, 2016 by Daz Type-R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 (edited) They are a bit of a pain to set up and get going but do a reasonable job when working right. Be good for someone just getting into astro photography and wants to try guiding. Edited March 24, 2016 by Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post +Ibbo Posted March 24, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted March 24, 2016 this is very like how mine met its maker Brantuk, Tweedledee, BAZ and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glider Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Hi Pete. Looks interesting. I'm willing to give it a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 You weren't happy with that were you Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ibbo Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 nope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ibbo Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 I must add that is not my photo after many hours of frustration mine eventually got volleyed into a brick wall, stomped on and attacked with a larger hammer than that. I assure you the bits where much smaller than that. I went out the next day bought a 10 quid webcam from Staples which was taken to bits and modded within 30 mins of coming out of the packet to become the guide cam, very succesfully at the time. it was a proper Basil moment catman161 and BAZ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 I would have paid money to have seen that Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 God only knows what his neighbours think when he has an equipment meltdown at three in the morning. +Ibbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 7 hours ago, Ibbo said: this is very like how mine met its maker That is close to what I was going to do to the Synguider I misguidedly (get it :-) ) bought not long after they came out. What a faff and pain to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted March 24, 2016 Author Share Posted March 24, 2016 5 hours ago, glider said: Hi Pete. Looks interesting. I'm willing to give it a go. PM'd you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithysteve Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 I thought Steve might have been tempted to give it another try! i did have a look at the instructions for setting this up.... And decided to stay away from the dark side... ? +Ibbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted May 28, 2016 Author Share Posted May 28, 2016 You can close this thread down now thanks. Noel is tinkering with the autoguider now. I'm sure he will let us know if he has any success, or otherwise put up a photo of some novel way to destroy it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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