Thank you for taking a chance on this new mount. I’m surprised the typical influencers haven’t been given mounts to throughly review yet. Low carbon, what nonsense. Looks like once you adjust the altitude you can’t put the mount back in the case. I have to set up and tear down every session and would need to put the mount back in the case. Guess you have to cut the foam. Looks like guiding worked out great. How did your orthogonal graph come out in PHD2, right angle? Did the Guiding Assistant show any backlash in the pyramid graph?
You are very welcome. Yes, you have to move the altitude back in order to place it back into the case. Another slight issue, if you use their pier extension, it requires tools (allen wrench) to remove three screws in order to remove. If you are going to be placing it back into the case each time, this is sort of a pain. I have posted a screen shot of the PHD graph in the community tab. There was almost zero backlash and the graph was a perfect right angle. I've had clouds since my first night, but hope to get it back our early next week for some more star time.
I've been looking at this mount to replace my Celestron CGX mount (which is showing its age) and host the big Celestron 11" Edge scope. I am impressed with its statistics, and seeing it functioning in the field shows that those stats are very real. One of the reasons I prefer investing in this mount vs. the AM5N is the issue of being able to balance in the declination axis. I understand your mount has a clutch for this axis; is that correct? BTW, I went to Murray State University many, many years ago and now live in Savannah, GA. Clear skies - Patrick -
Pat, Love your channel. I went to your rival school, also a long time ago, Western Ky Univ. The releases are not actually clutches, but rather locking pins. You remove them and the axis can move freely for a limited amount. It would certainly allow you to balance in either axis. Clear skies.
The 11" EdgeHD is not a scope I'd be comfortable strapping to a 150i or AM5N. Assuming your imaging camera is one of the modern 3.76 micron pixel sensors, even with a 0.7x reducer, you're at an image scale of 0.4"/px. No way these small strain wave gear mounts are going to track/guide well enough to support that scale.
I have posted a screen shot of the PHD graph in the community tab.
Weldone mate!
Thank you for taking a chance on this new mount. I’m surprised the typical influencers haven’t been given mounts to throughly review yet. Low carbon, what nonsense. Looks like once you adjust the altitude you can’t put the mount back in the case. I have to set up and tear down every session and would need to put the mount back in the case. Guess you have to cut the foam. Looks like guiding worked out great. How did your orthogonal graph come out in PHD2, right angle? Did the Guiding Assistant show any backlash in the pyramid graph?
You are very welcome. Yes, you have to move the altitude back in order to place it back into the case. Another slight issue, if you use their pier extension, it requires tools (allen wrench) to remove three screws in order to remove. If you are going to be placing it back into the case each time, this is sort of a pain. I have posted a screen shot of the PHD graph in the community tab. There was almost zero backlash and the graph was a perfect right angle. I've had clouds since my first night, but hope to get it back our early next week for some more star time.
I've been looking at this mount to replace my Celestron CGX mount (which is showing its age) and host the big Celestron 11" Edge scope. I am impressed with its statistics, and seeing it functioning in the field shows that those stats are very real. One of the reasons I prefer investing in this mount vs. the AM5N is the issue of being able to balance in the declination axis. I understand your mount has a clutch for this axis; is that correct?
BTW, I went to Murray State University many, many years ago and now live in Savannah, GA.
Clear skies
- Patrick -
Pat, Love your channel. I went to your rival school, also a long time ago, Western Ky Univ. The releases are not actually clutches, but rather locking pins. You remove them and the axis can move freely for a limited amount. It would certainly allow you to balance in either axis. Clear skies.
The 11" EdgeHD is not a scope I'd be comfortable strapping to a 150i or AM5N. Assuming your imaging camera is one of the modern 3.76 micron pixel sensors, even with a 0.7x reducer, you're at an image scale of 0.4"/px. No way these small strain wave gear mounts are going to track/guide well enough to support that scale.
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Good to know.
Thank you, Johnny