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You did not mentioned mandatory right angle connectors to be used at the base of the mount (2 power cables + USB and RJ45)
Even with this type of set up the space between cables and the RA moving part of the mount remains quite narrow…
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Agree not need to use RJ 45, however the mount i received her e in France came with no right angle cables.. I have to say the space between moving part of the mount is narrow and we have to be careful with powerful torques of harmonic drives. The design is faulty in this area, it's the only bad point for the mount Bien le bonjour de la France !
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I got this mount about a month ago. I put my medium sized refractor (Evostar 120 with a 2600 asi camera, OAG with asi 174, field flattener, filter slide. I do a basic balance. When I go to guide it stays around .3 to .5 rms and don’t have to mess with Dec & RA settings, leave them at around 50. I do 5 minute subs. My shot of Sunflower Galaxy here was done with this setup. I use the eq mod cable and it does not get in the way. The connector is 2.2 which is larger than the 2.1 which allowed more current to. Go thru. Can carry payload up to 33 pounds and 53 with counter weight. I didn’t get the weights, but they r only 110 bucks if you decide to.
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I have a question about this mount. I just purchased it a few weeks ago. So far not too many problems that you usually get with new astro gear. My question is about PHD2 settings. I have looked on many forums about this mount and PHD2 settings, and I guess because it is so new, there is not much information. Are there better settings on PHD2 for algorithms, and other settings, that I can use. My guiding is, ok, but not great. I am below 1.00 overall, but it is not consistent. I am currently using 1 second as a setting. But I have heard that you can go up to 3 seconds to get better guide results. I am not a PHD2 expert by any means!! Any suggestions on guiding would be great. Also, what is the opinion of using a counter weight with this strain wave mount. I have read a fair amount on that on Cloudy Nights, but opinions are all over the place. I am currently not using a very heavy setup. Thanks for any opinions on this.
CS
Mark
PS, I did talk to Skywatcher, but they seem to not want to make suggestions on using PHD2 with their product.
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I would like to see PHD2 logs for several guiding sessions in addition to PHD settings.
Jim
Phoenix, AZ
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Jim Waters:
I would like to see PHD2 logs for several guiding sessions in addition to PHD settings.
Jim
Phoenix, AZ I will have to see if I can figure out how to capture those pages. I have done it before, but it has been a while. Also, need to learn how to attach files in this forum. I think I see the ikons up at the top. Will see if I can share with the group. So far, I am pretty happy with this setup. Thanks Mark
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I found a lengthy thread on ZWO's forum regarding guiding with their harmonic mounts. Seems applicable to the 150i as well. https://bbs.zwoastro.com/d/15989-getting-the-best-performance-from-my-am5 |
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The best read I could find about guiding a strainwave mount has to be this one from the Warp Astron board. Very detailed and offers alot of insights of how to setup your mount specifically and what to look for to get it just right.
https://bbs.warpastron.com/t/some-theory-of-autoguiding-strain-wave-hd-mounts/139
And here's the official recommendations from Pegasus Astro for their Nyx 101 mounts. Seems to be the only manufacturer to have something like this for PHD2.
https://pegasusastro.com/nyx-101-guiding-recommendations/
From what I've read in the various astronomy forums and boards the Wave 150i does usually guide around 0.6" RMS in good seeing conditions with scopes of all sorts, be it the RedCat 51, the Esprit 120 or the C9.25. This 0.6" RMS number keeps popping up as an average in good seeing conditions for allmost all the strainwave mounts of this class, be it the AM5, HAE43, the Nyx-101, etc. It seems that this is very much dependant on what motors and gears are used and they all seem to use the same NEMA17 stepper motors and 300:1 gears.
I would've loved to test this immediately myself ofcourse, but the lack of darkness prevents me from confiriming any reports until Septembe Thank you very much for this information. It will be very helpful. Anything that I can do to get the basic settings close to what is recommended is a big help. I guess some manufacturers of astro gear don't always like to give advice on third party programs. But I think that if these are some of the only programs that you can use to make their gear run correctly, it is good to share that advice. I am happy to hear that Warp, and Pegasus are willing to share that advice. I have had very good dealings with Pegasus, and I like their build quality and design detail. I have heard good things about Warp, but have no experience with their gear. Once again, thank you for the advice! CS mark
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