I took a couple of small scopes with me last weekend, camping in one of our provincial parks, and ended up doing a few public outreach sessions that were...
Great story and pictures Richard. Thanks for sharing. Roy E=mc² ... Great story and pictures Richard. Thanks for sharing. Roy E=mc² On Aug 8, 2010, at 9:57...
Hi folks, I am new here having just received my DM-4 today. It will be dedicated solely to my SV115T20. It seems like a match made in heaven. I've been...
Welcome to the group Randy (Observers Group), and happy birth day as well. Yea! You just can't beat a discmount can you. I call this the Observers Group...
I just came in from watching Europa and its shadow transiting Jupiter. The show is still going on, but the wind is starting to pick up and the clouds are...
Great report Randy. We have been smoked out here in Western Canada, hopefully a wind direction change today would allow some viewing tonight. It's always a joy...
Happy birthday and congratulations on your new DM-4! As for being orthogonal, the mount itself is dead-on and from my experience with an SV105, your SV with...
Roy--Thanks. I should stop complaining about moisture in the atmosphere. I will take that over smoke! Tom--I just came in from checking orthogonality on a...
I talked to Tom about this yesterday:-) I still have to do this, still not quite sure how to do it, will have to read the procedure on the website. Roy E=mc² ...
That's good news, Randy. Rings are best. Clamshells can be a different story. Tom Peters told me that the clamshell on the NP101 he used to own needed a...
Hello, Last weekend I attended the Table Mountain Star Party. I met a person there who brought his DM-6 to the event, with the purpose of selling it at the...
While the motion does get smoother with use, nothing about the DM-6 requires a "big push". Something bad must have been done to this mount, although I can't...
Hi Bob, I purchased a second hand DM-6 that had a little striction in the Az axis making small, high power movements difficult; after disassembly and cleaning...
<< I still have to do this, still not quite sure how to do it, will have to read the procedure on the website. >> I can't stress enough the importance of...
“He explained that he had the tension backed off” The DiscMounts are designed to have friction on both axes, that’s one of the things that makes them...
Hi Bob, I have a TEC 140 and purposely bought the DM-6 for the mount. Was tired of packing all the stuff that comes with a german eq mount. I knew nothing...
Thanks Chuck, I will have to do this procedure. I must be very close, usually by the end of the observing session I start noticing my alignment is slightly...
Chuck, I checked mine at 160X using a terrestrial target about 2 miles distant and got an error of .1 degree. I am assuming that with 4K encoders, this error...
Tony: Is it that the C11 is a different kind of scope than a refractor? There are DM-6 owners that mount 50-lb+ refractors on them (w/o a counterweight) and...
Bob: My response to this guy's complaints about the az motion is: Read Tom Peters' post in this thread. I had a similar "problem" with my DM-4. About 6 months...
Bob: One thing I forgot to add to my last post. The DM-6 will handle a TEC140 like it wasn't there. I've observed with Tom Peters and viewed through his TEC140...
Randy & Roy 0.1 deg (6 min of arc) is good. Centering the alignment stars, choosing good alignment stars and the atmosphere will play a bigger part. If the...
I can second that as I had a TEC140 on a DM6 & used with a G11 tripod...zero issues. I did sell my DM6 because I bought an AP Mach1 EQ mount. But I now wish I...
I had a DM-6, bought a Mach1, then sold the Mach1 within a month. Wayyy easier to set up and align my DM-6. I always have it aligned and enjoy viewing while...
Hi Tom, the C11= Celestron 11" schmidt cassegrain. The fat ota places the centre of gravity further from the Az axis than a refractor. Before cleaning I tried...
<< 0.1 deg (6 min of arc) is good. >> It, in fact, is good for sure. I believe the 4000 tic encoders have this degree of resolution. When I did my shimming,...
... From: bqbauer To: discmounts@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 6:47 PM Subject: [discmounts] Re: dm-6 complaints? I had a DM-6, bought a Mach1,...
