think this is the best yet. I am sure in the future I 9will be able to do better

[John Mills]

Hi Kevin,

That's a great image! Nice round stars. I see you're using an EQ5 mount.
I have 3 x EQ6 mounts here. Two I hire out for visiting UK amateur
astronomers and the other I use. The night sky here is one of the best
in the world with the "seeing" often below 1 arc sec.

I still have to do the Rowan belt mod which eliminates backlash in the
spurs gears between the worm wheel and the motor. I found that doing
plate solves (more so when the telescope moves off to refocus) that
there was lost motion when the scope returned to the target. Taking out
the spur gears eliminates most of that.

The EQ5/6 mounts are very good. There's a Rowan belt mod for the EQ5
mount which is a lot easier to install than the EQ6 which requires a
major strip down! The Rowan belt mod is Well worth doing if you haven't
done this. Here's the URL:

https://www.firstlightoptics.com/astronomy-mount-upgrade-kits/rowan-astronomy-sky-watcher-heq5-pro-orion-sirius-eq-g-belt-mod-kit.html

ATB John M (La Palma, Canary Islands)

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