Scope changes......
Even though I really liked the Celestron XLT 6, with my current mount, it wouldn't have been practical to have set up a guider on it, so I decided to reinstate the Skywatcher 80ED Pro and said bye bye to the Celestron.
After a couple of sessions where the tracking was AWFUL, I was contemplating paying the £300 to have the Celestron CG5 GT mount hypertuned. However, after re calibrating the mount for PHD2 and now using 2 alignment and 2 calibration stars, plus polar alignment (Celestron software via Nexstar +), the tracking has been really good.
Even though I really liked the Celestron XLT 6, with my current mount, it wouldn't have been practical to have set up a guider on it, so I decided to reinstate the Skywatcher 80ED Pro and said bye bye to the Celestron.
After a couple of sessions where the tracking was AWFUL, I was contemplating paying the £300 to have the Celestron CG5 GT mount hypertuned. However, after re calibrating the mount for PHD2 and now using 2 alignment and 2 calibration stars, plus polar alignment (Celestron software via Nexstar +), the tracking has been really good.
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| Owl Planetary Nebula in Ursa Major |
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| North America Nebula in Cygnus |
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| Ring Nebula in Lyra |
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| Iris Nebula in Cepheus |
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