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I'm going to North Carolina in a few weeks and I'm thinking about bringing my astro rig. I have a Teseek 14 mount to pair with my samyang 135mm and touptek 585m. My house will be on the beach and has a pretty large deck I could image on. If the wind isn't blowing towards my scope will everything mostly be safe for my gear. Are there any alternative ways of protecting gear at the beach or anything else I should know?

I was playing Willow and there were literally no other hiding spots except the easel spot. Not only did I die hiding in it, but so did the person I was playing with. I thought these were supposed to be fixed in the new update

Multiple games in a row I've had pictures in my picture book that I didn't take. There's just 2 random blank photos I didn't do. I also have been having items disappearing when I drop them on the ground for someone else to pick up. Anyone else experiencing these bugs?

I just got a teseek 14 which requires very quick exposure length like 0.5 sec exposures. I realized a few days ago after poor guiding that there was a 2-3 second delay between guide exposures. I've checked that it isn't a cord problem by using multiple cords and also saw the delay isn't isolated to just phd2. The delay is present in ekos as well. I guess this points to some kind of slow processing within the driver or indi control.

I use a sv905c with a stellarmatex.

I attempted subframe guiding in phd2, but was having issues. Ive already sent a request to phd2 asking how to fix the subframe problem. Does anyone have an idea of what's going on? I feel like I should be able to do full frame 0.5 second exposures without delay. My camera runs usb 2 which is a bit slow, but should be plenty fast for the 2mb images it outputs.

I bought a Teseek 14 mount from someone and last night I was trying to polar align, aimed at the celestial equator. With the weight of my telescope on one side it was impossible to unscrew the screws that lock down the azimuth. My rig is only 8 pounds and I'm not using a counterweight. Is there some method to doing this, or is something wrong with my eq wedge? I could usually get one screw to unlock but not the other.

I'm going to have a juwei 14 mount in a few days which will be the upgrade for my star adventurer GTI. How long will my mount be able to keep the moon centered without drifting. I want to do a lunar eclipse timelapse during the August eclipse. I have a fairly tight fov so even a slight drift will put the moon out frame. (0.94°x0.62°) is my fov. If its adjustments every 20-30 minutes I'd be happy with that, but if its every few minutes that would be annoying. Is guiding on the moon possible with any software? I have a guide scope for my deep space rig that I can use

I don't really find the point of buying data from someone else or an observatory. I was on telescopius and saw the Dark Matters Astro box which is 100 dollars a month to receive a few datasets from a Chilean observatory. What's the point of processing someone else's data for 100 dollars? I know it's very high quality data, but what are you gonna do with it. I guess you can show it to people and be like "yeah I edited that data" Am I missing some other use? If you want data to practice on there's plenty of data to go through on Astro Biscuits discord and a handful of others.

Hello everyone! I'm considering buying a Juwei 14. I've heard that LittleLightStore is one of the most trustworthy vendors to buy from. Is this true? Also as someone with zero experience with electronics and doing maintenence would it be risky for me to buy one. Thanks!

I currently have 1.3 mil and I'm just saving it, waiting for something to come out. Idk if there's anything real that is better than the Tiv or Dom. I think the only real option is to make up a whole new vehicle or maybe make up a variant of the Dom or Tiv. These should obviously cost a lot of money. Likely over a million, but I think its necessary because for me it feels like there's nothing to progress towards other than topping my records. I'm also not a fan of radar truck gameplay. I already have the dow 3 and don't use it often, so buying the Raxpol or dow 7 would be useless.

I sent my SA GTI mount to Sky watcher due to weird behavior. My RA seemed to not be properly engaging and I was having RA spikes every 7-8 minutes. They said they found nothing wrong with it. I replied asking specifically about the RA clutch and if nothing was wrong if they could do any kind of preventative tune up or regreasing just so losing my mount for 2 weeks wasn't for nothing.

They sent me back an email completely ignoring what I said telling me it will be shipped soon. I replied within an hour of that email essentially copying what I had sent them a day before and still no response and now my mount is on a truck coming back. Maybe those emails were automated, but it says if you have an concerns feel free to reach out. A little annoying I lost my mount for nothing.

Anyone have negative experiences with Skywatcher before?

I have a Star Adventurer GTI and I've been having to throw away around half my data some nights because my RA has been so bad. A few nights ago I was having large repeating spikes every 8 minutes and now tonight I'm having more sporadic spiking that's happening at generally the same time frame. Guiding will be fine between 0.6" and 1" and then creep up to 1.6 or more and then slowly creep back down. I really think its a worm gear problem. I've had the mount since last April and I don't how to fix it myself.

If someone wants to see my logs I'd be happy to send them

I have a touptek Atr585m which has a 1/1.2 inch sensor. A lot of larger nebulae aren't really possible because of how cropped it is. I want to do the North American nebula, the Heart nebula, the veil nebula etc this summer/fall when I have time. It seems like looking at the telescope simulator on Telescopius that a focal length of 100-150mm would be good.

I'd like to find something under 300 dollars if possible.

The SV535 is a perfect option, but it doesn't have enough back focus to fit a filter wheel and I only have 1.25 inch filters. Any other ideas of what I should get? Thanks!