stepping beyond wrote:
I wish you imaging "BLISS" , I've collected hundreds of subs in all channels and so far 1/3 got dumped on one night "Darn guider" and haven't got it back to where it was yet due to clouds . I'm going up the ladder to" thee rings ". I'll have a high topper and no more running into the mount with my st-4 and usb cable at the end of the guide cam . Now , back to cable management and re- balancing the load Sonny. I hope it just stays away , Ronnie wants some image time , 78 days since May when we got our 1st 95° and the Humidity has been through the roof . My Power bill is through the roof also .
I wish you imaging "BLISS" , I've collec... (
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My BLISS was hard earned, such a PITA! But I persisted because I have a tenacity for making things work.
I am Man, You are Machine, I will prevail!
LMAO!
Yeah, I know my Friend, although I'm a bit more colorful with my words when my equipment decides to be crap on me.
Many has been the night I broke it down, walked away, and decided to try another night. That respite helped me figure out what might be wrong. And sometimes the turd in the punchbowl disappeared (Maybe it moved on into somebody else's cup.
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But we have to come back and strike that iron again. It's the only way we can eventually grasp how to make it work. Tiny hammer blows shapes the steel. A steady drip of water can sink ships.
So we have to keep trying. We have to keep learning. And it helps us to keep improving.
What is wrong with your cable management? Anything I might be able to help with?
As for balance, I'm not really close. I can't be with my equipment. So I run "Tail Heavy", because most of my weight is in the rear, and my telescope is Carbon Fiber. So short of hanging a barbell weight on the front, it's gonna stay out of balance. Funny, because it works. So I tend to think, "Let her run".
Of course, my junk is different than anybody else's, so we are all kinda stuck on figuring it out for ourselves. I know I sure was. But the bottom line here is that being out-of-balance hasn't seem to hurt me much. But I might be blissful...
I think my "tail heavy" might help preload the gears, and minimize the backlash. But it's just a theory. A well based one, but just a thought.
The deal is, I have seen improvement in your images. So you may not think you are gaining, but you appear to be to me. So keep striking that iron, and bail that water.
You are making headway. Forget about keeping count of the clear nights. Focus on how to improve your cable management in the shade of the clouds.
LOL! I was tinkering today, and thought to myself how nice it was to have the shade from the clouds. I was still sweatin my butt off, but I wasn't boiling.