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Finally !!!!

Started by Mike, Feb 27, 2010, 11:01:14

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mickw

Now that is impressive...................
Very impressive  :o
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Rick

Serious piece of kit, that. ;)

Mike

OK I have now ordered a replacement gear and worm set for my EQ6. Only thing is I have to wait for 2.5 months for them to be made and delivered !!!   :o
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Mike

Well that was a lot quicker than he told me! My gears are now ready :D Woohoo !!!
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Mike

A shop in Canada is also now stocking EQ6 and other skywatcher spares :-

http://www.kwtelescope.com/

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Mike

New gear and worm arrived from Germany today. With a bit of luck i might have time before Friday to fit it to the mount.

:D
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Mike

Shock! Horror !!   :surprised:

Fitted the new gear and worm tonight and after about a year hiatus my mount is now back up and (apparently) running fine. Not tested it with a load yet but slewing it seems fine and smooth with the new gears in. I am about to take everything out into the garden to give it a load test and see if it slews and tracks with a load. If everything is running fine then i'll be bringing it all along to the uDSC this weekend and (weather permitting) hopefully getting some images for the first time in about 2 years.   :D
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RobertM

That's great news Mike, the weather is looking really good so hopefully everything will come together for the w/e.

MarkS

Cool - it'll be so good to see you imaging again!!

Mike

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Test image. Clear filter. M57. 5 mins single frame. Binned 2x2. Rough focus just to test guiding. All seems fine after 5 mins. Though i'm getting amp glow like the cooler isn't on.

Overall - Chuffed :D

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Mike

Is there a setting in MaximDL 5 that turns the cooler on and off on the SXV-H9? I never had amp glow using MaximDL 4.

I thought the cooler on the SXV cameras were on all the time.
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RobertM

No there isn't an option, the cooler is on all the time. 

Rocket Pooch

yay your up and running again

Mike

Quote from: RobertM on Jun 04, 2010, 09:59:46
No there isn't an option, the cooler is on all the time. 

Weird the image appears to be showing amp glow then.
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Mike

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