+Graham Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 As some of you will know I purchased one of these for my solar set up. Well I got to test it out today and I must say I am well impressed. This afternoon I set up the PST with the webcam. I did a rough PA by pointing the weight bar roughly North and started the webcam rolling. After a short while the sun was drifting off the screen but only in declination. I nudged the tripod round to the west a bit realigned the PST and started again. A couple more nudges and realigns and the PA was sorted. A short while later as per normal the clouds rolled in and it started raining. As I was set up indoors ( looking out through the open French doors ) I decided to leave the mount running. Two hours later the rain clouds cleared and to my amazement the sun was still in frame. Although these mounts only track in the RA axis the tracking rate is spot on. I have nothing but praise for this little mount and I can see me getting a lot of use and a great deal of pleasure out of it. So in conclusion all I can say is anyone looking for a cheapish grab and go or an entry into astro imaging you wont go far wrong by getting one of these. Brantuk, BAZ and Smithysteve 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 (edited) This is great news Graham - not tried mine out yet but you confirm exactly what all the reports/reviews say. I'm looking forward to getting it set up and running - so thanks for the great report. Incidentally - how are you powering it? Batteries or usb? Edited April 30, 2016 by Brantuk +Graham 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share Posted April 30, 2016 7 minutes ago, Brantuk said: This is great news Graham - not tried mine out yet but you confirm exactly what all the reports/reviews say. I'm looking forward to getting it set up and running - so thanks for the great report. Incidentally - how are you powering it? Batteries or usb? Just with the batteries Kim. Brantuk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Phil had one running at Kelling last year and the wide field images were bang on. They are great value by the looks of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 They are handy little mount, great for doing widefields with just a camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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