I have a 2007 Gotostar (white paddle) with the 070312 ENG firmware update. My problem is I have never managed to get it to successfully align. The procedure I...
Hi John, sorry to hear about your lappy but I was pleased to hear that your drift align worked well. From what I have read...(which makes me a bookshelf...
Gidday from downunder highlandbobby, I use the latest firmware 080306. I think somewhere back in previous firmware's, iOptron fixed some errors in alignment...
... degrees ... Hi Brendan Thanks for the reply Brendan. At least it's summer in Oz - bleedin' freezing here in Scotland (-6C last night)! Yes, the handset...
Hi Bob, Let us know how the firmware goes. I've been doing polar aligns for quite awhile and every now and then I stuff them up well and truly. After a 3 star...
Hi Guys Just another thought on the problem, which may not be software/firmware related. Bob,,, It maybe worth removing the covers from the motor units and...
I've had a similar problem with alignment in the past and in my case it turned out that one of the grub screws securing the gear wheels had worked loose. When...
... it ... make ... Thanks guys for all your responses - all very helpful. I'm sure I'll get to the bottom of it. I like tinkering anyway (LOL). Well, life ...
HI Guys have read your posts with interest. I move my mount around my garden and around the county to dark sites to observe. whilst i try to do an accurate...
Hi Derek, The 3 star alignment compensates for polar alignment and cone errors. When correctly aligned it should be capable of putting your targets in the...
I was having a look at the photos section and I was really impressed with all you guys who are managing to image with 8inch or larger scopes at f5 and beyond....
Hi John, and All Thanks for the praise on my very small gallery. Unfortunately due to a varied catalogue of dissasters this year I haven't had the opertunity ...
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Hi, just a few things to try, although you have probably looked at them all. General settings: Have you set "Park" correctly before you start an alignment? Is...
Having a replacement laptop has brought forth more problems! First off, trying to find a driver for my usb-serial adaptor that works under Vista was not easy....
Hi Bob... I was out last night and had some troubles with goto slews. At 1st I just set the scope up to true south and correct latitude adj on the mount, set...
... adj ... sight). ... degrees ... Thanks guys for your comments. I haven't had an opportunity since my last post to try other things since good weather and...
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Recently gave my EQ5 a service, by taking it apart, cleaning out all the sticky, goopy excuse for grease, and re-lubed it with Silicone Grease. I also very...
... Gidday Tim. The most obvious thing is "balance". Did you rebalance the axes after putting the scope back on the mount? If that's ok, remove the gotostar...
A few nights ago I was testing a new scope, Skywatcher ED80 Pro, an f7.5 refractor. After a 3 star align I decided to see if I could get my RA pointing errors...
... the ... the ... the ... be ...ok ... Hi I bought a GotoNova kit for my EQ5 mount a few months ago and have been watching this site for a while. Re the...
Hi Tony. The position accuracy reported is the position of the RA axis. For example my reported position of the RA axis was in relation to where it should be: ...
... Thanks Brendan I'd be fairly certain the errors are in minutes. That is the normal meaning of a single apostrophe. I suspect that if it were seconds ...
Hi Tony Gotostar (GTS) and Gotonova (GTN) are very similar handsets. The Gotonova uses a USB connection where as GTS uses an RS232 interface. In fact the GTN...
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