Bottletopburly Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 @Stu to send mount to celestial equator press shift and click on Goto in apt this will bring up an advanced box click on bottom box to go to equator. hope this helps . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stu Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 Cool, thanks. So go to the equator, plate solve where it lands (blind or plate solve?), if that's successful then use goto++? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottletopburly Posted December 14, 2022 Author Share Posted December 14, 2022 3 hours ago, Stu said: Cool, thanks. So go to the equator, plate solve where it lands (blind or plate solve?), if that's successful then use goto++? 3 hours ago, Stu said: Cool, thanks. So go to the equator, plate solve where it lands (blind or plate solve?), if that's successful then use goto++? Yes blind solveAlso calibrate phd2 from this point aswell if you need to calibrate +Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stu Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 That works a treat, that's me plate solving from now on. Thanks very much 😁 Bottletopburly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stu Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Now I'm confident with all this I've ditched my finderscope from the setup, 750g saved and i can lose the counterweight extension bar as well 😁 Thanks for the nudge on it 👍 Bottletopburly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottletopburly Posted December 31, 2022 Author Share Posted December 31, 2022 10 hours ago, Stu said: Now I'm confident with all this I've ditched my finderscope from the setup, 750g saved and i can lose the counterweight extension bar as well 😁 Thanks for the nudge on it 👍 I’ve never used a finder scope in years though I do need my counterweight bar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stu Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 I've been checking out the SW auto focuser so will probably need it back soon 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottletopburly Posted December 31, 2022 Author Share Posted December 31, 2022 1 hour ago, Stu said: I've been checking out the SW auto focuser so will probably need it back soon 😄 I’d recommend going for a stepper motor version not the skywatcher it’s not actually an autofocuser , zwo, deepskydad , Pegasus there’s a few Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stu Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 (edited) I've just got rid of my focus cube because it wouldn't fit my scope. I tried everything I could think of. I was also looking at the 4tronix RFU controller for it. So maybe not a proper autofocuser but it'll be remote controlled from my PC at least. I use the focus aid in APT so one more thing I can do from indoors. Edited December 31, 2022 by Stu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottletopburly Posted December 31, 2022 Author Share Posted December 31, 2022 Focus point alters with temperature, what scope we’re you trying to fit the focus cube on ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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