Country roaaads, take me hooome, to the plaaace I belong, Wivconsin, mountain mamaaaa

@DylanODonnell

3 жыл бұрын

hahahaha

@Astronurd

2 жыл бұрын

Nice 👍

I know you were likely being sarcastic when you referenced visual astronomers (again) but you can actually see the Great Orion nebula through a scope, at least through my 12" DOB. The trapezium helps you to identify what you're looking at when roaming around the constellation Orion. I do both astrophotography and visual by the way. Both are amazing. When you can actually see things with you're naked eye through an eyepiece it is as cool, if not more, than when capturing photos of the amazing structures there are in space.

WV home of Greenbank Radio observatory...West Virginia

Great video Dylan. Looking forward to the mount reveal. 😊

WV is West Virginia- On the East Coast kinda close to Washington, DC.

Keep inspiring and making great content man! You inspired me to get into astrophotography in the first place.

@DylanODonnell

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers ghost :)

Astrophotography seems like such a nice hobby whose pay off is beautiful photos. Can’t wait to get my first scope!

Hell yes, the carpet python content I came here for

On a night of decent seeing, actually looking at the trapezium with eyeballs, the way astronomy is meant to be is a beautiful sight.

Beautiful Capture of Trapezium Cluster🔭🌟

@DylanODonnell

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks bud!

I really like the menacing electronic music during the fast-forward transitions.

@DylanODonnell

3 жыл бұрын

Have to keep you guys awake during these tedious technical processes :)

great video dylan!

I've been fighting my CGX mount for a while now... PHD2 recommended I take 0.5 to 1.5s subs last night. Made the decision to tear it down and fix it. It's doing what yours is doing. I'll get new bearings belt and anything else I can think of. Grease, clean, and all that good stuff. Hope I don't break it a bit I have to throw away 2/3 of my data at the 20s now. I actually have CEM60 now, but I prefer the ergonomics of the CGX other than its f'ing heavy.

Since you are getting a new mount, with one belt off, doesn’t matter which one, because you need to do both, wiggle both pulley wheels in all directions to see if the shaft is lose. If it is you will need to ensure the pulley wheel is lose to the shaft or the shaft has worn down on the other end. That is where the shaft engages the the other gear. The metals used should have one as a more mailable material like brass and the other like the worm gear as possibly steel. The softer material will be the most likely to fail first, by design. Don’t know but hope this helps.

First unscrew it...then screw it... the cover of the mount of course :-) Great video Dylan! Greetings from Romania!

The creatures are getting anxious to see some new awesome astro photos!!!

@DylanODonnell

3 жыл бұрын

OR it's raining so much they keep breeding around my observatory. 😆

@BhojinderpalSingh

3 жыл бұрын

@@DylanODonnell The rain is on you... since you might be ordering astro gear too often... :)

What a pain man with the belts not helping. Hope you get your new mount soon and are not going too crazy.👍👍

Bummer the belt upgrade didn’t fix the problem, but glad to hear you’ve got a new mount on the way!

There are adjustments for the back lash , with mine was not an adjustment but the pinion shaft has a retaining grub screw that was extremely loose causing pinion to move laterally in pinion mount behind encoder wheel, cleaned threads added small amount of locktite and adjusted in , reassembled, adjusted back lash and now like new ! Just look close for pinion lateral movement that’s the key

Oh my gosh all the little visitors were soo cute!

@TurboFryer1337

3 жыл бұрын

ALSO CAN YOU STOP MAKING FUN OF VISUAL ASTRONOMERS AAAARGGHHHHH

@DylanODonnell

3 жыл бұрын

I'll add trigger warning :)

Appreciate the Trapezium PSA! A rarely imaged part of Orion for sure. Just finished a project on it at 5,000mm focal length (way overampled, but enjoyable nonetheless).

@DylanODonnell

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, awesome :)

Ok, a few comments on the belts. your problem with the RA is not the belts but the bushing on the output shaft of the gearbox. I noticed when you were putting the belt on I could see the gearbox cog moving up and down. this indicates the bushing has a elliptical runout worn in in to it. This wil cause the RA to have a almost cyclic spike caused as the cog turns it increases and decreases the tension in the belt. This is a known problem with the CGX/CGXL. The bushings wear out from too much tension on the belts. On the other hand, if you have less tension in the bets you have way too much BL. Fortunately, there is a permanent fix and why Celestron did not do this in the first place is beyond me. You can replace the bushings with high precision bearings(inexspensive)(easy to do) and keep the proper belt tension. In fact, I run mine slightly tighter to remove al BL from the belts. See CN forum on this subject. Also Ed Thomas from DSP has the bearings. I highly recommend this upgrade. My mount delivers great guiding and round stars now.

@ThEcORe001

3 жыл бұрын

This sounds much more senseful than the belt wobbles. Let's see maybe one day I need this too. Thx for that.

You should consider making some more science videos, maybe something about “decoding” a stars element composition with prisms?

@DylanODonnell

3 жыл бұрын

I agree!

"Hey visual astronomers, can you do this?! Send me a photo to prove it!" This was absolutely the best part of the video!!! Laughing my ass out! And, extremely excited for a new mount! You should just get the Astro Physics Mach 2 GTO and tease those Dobsonionomers stuck at finding the object whole night and then realizing the sun has come up!

@DylanODonnell

3 жыл бұрын

Hehehe

@BhojinderpalSingh

3 жыл бұрын

What do you think about the likes of stellena/evosope? Rich guys having those things in future will play the same joke on astrophotographers who spend nights setting up and tweaking their gear...

@lalitac

3 жыл бұрын

@@BhojinderpalSingh Absolutely not. Those toys just can't produce results like this

@VincentGroenewold

3 жыл бұрын

@@BhojinderpalSingh No they won't, those are hilarious as well.

@BhojinderpalSingh

3 жыл бұрын

Sure. will wait and watch!...

Another great deep sky viewing night with my Dob and ES 24mm 82' eyepiece . Remember Everything has a meaning, And time and space are endless.

The black-n-white pic looked good. It also looked like you had alot of nature fans too.

@DylanODonnell

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Brian :)

Holy shit, Martinsburg, West Virginia is just about an hour north of where I live! That's pretty cool 😎👍🏼

Cool snake 🤘

Hey Dylan nice work on the belt swap. When you were slewing, I noticed your belt still was pretty slack at the 4:54-4:57 mark. I did the belt mod to my old NEQ6 Pro and I had to make sure there was no slack when changing directions otherwise I had massive backlash isues in PhD. Hopefully that's all it is for your CGX, there should be an adjustment screw near the motor somewhere that you can unscrew a bit, then use a flat blade screwdriver to lever the motor out to create tension and then do the locking screw back up

A man bought a telescope. This is what happened to his bank account.

@DylanODonnell

3 жыл бұрын

He made ... a recovery.

@Projectoxcart

3 жыл бұрын

His Wallet whent and Hid in the Corner and His Bank account was Drained dry , Astro imaging is a Bottomless Pit Money wise.

@spencerhochstetler

3 жыл бұрын

A haiku. Fancy telescope...His astrophotography...Bank balance so small

@bhadrumaloth2490

3 жыл бұрын

@@DylanODonnell dylan, that's not possible

@hbmike47

3 жыл бұрын

I don't have a CGX but I have done full teardown/rebuilds on two of its predecessor and smaller mounts, the Advanced GT. That one is a direct drive rather than a belt drive. Certainly the belts are a good candidate to go after, and i'm thinking you were having some backlash issues as well which also points at the belts and should be improved. After that there are a couple of clues you might consider. It seems like the RA error is cyclical. Can you figure the scope's angular travel through RA from peak to peak on the errors? Then with the covers off, move the scope through the same shift and watch components to see if there is an element that moves through a full or half rotation over that pointing shift. Identifying that component narrows down the most likely parts. 2nd, from the look of it, I suspect that the really large offset to start is stiction in one of the bearings. Once moving it gets better but there is still a spot where it's worse. This could be the same bearing surface that's causing the guide errors, but it's hard to say for sure. You could have a main bearing with stiction and another causing cyclic RA error. In any case, you will need redo all PE training, so record what might be saved and then reset everything so you are starting fresh. I'd suggest tearing down cleaning and relubricating the mount and pay particular attention to any thin shims on bearing surfaces, but that's just me. Just a bit of a dry spot or dirt in one of those can do all this, or perhaps just wear and thinning out of the grease through hot and cold cycles.

Dylan, it sounds like you've already got a new mount on the way but your problem wasn't with the belts. I had the same issue but was fortunate enough to be so close to Celestron that I was able to ship mine to them for repairs. The problem is the belt was too tight and it wore out the bushings in the motor shaft that the pulley is attached to. If you grab the pulley and wiggle it and it moves like mine do in this video, that's the problem. Advance to 01:50 to get past my rambling. kzread.info/dash/bejne/iKeDqbCHh5nNodI.html

Sorry the fix didn't work but definitely worth the effort, like you can't hurt. Really cool the you have a nice little zoo there. - Cheers

No one noticed he did not tighten those belts! Loosen those three screws securing the motor and turn the small hex screw to get the belts ringing! U can see the motor pulley turn before worm gear axel pulley starts turning. Great content!

3 жыл бұрын

As I dug deeper in this rabbit hole of eq mount I found out that there is just bushings instead of good old ballbearings in the gearing for the belt. So better to check for worn down belt drive axel bushings before tightening belts. Normally u would have the belt tight enoigh so there is no play. But unfortunately there is a design flaw in the reduction gear on the motor.. bushing instead of bearing.. And those are not even cheap mounts.

I sound authoritative but I am really not! What a down to the Earth comment Dylan! I have not seen one single person on youtube channel that is more informative than yours. Can I suggest you to look at the rollers where you put the belt and see the screws on one of them? I think the top one generally have allen screws. See if you need to tighten them!

@DylanODonnell

3 жыл бұрын

Ahh thanks Ray! I'll give it a look... I have a feeling it's more fundamental but unless I get a clear sky before the new mount arrives.. it's going back in it's box heh.

@jamesdougan8789

3 жыл бұрын

@@DylanODonnell g`day dylan did you check the sprockets for endfloat (feel for play up down left right in out )it should have next to no play check the bearings for notchyness with no belt and with what ray said check ALL bolts for tightness firmware up date maybe ? on motor control sorry you probably have done all this... if you know the youtuber astrobiscuit he has a mate that fixes these for a living you should email him for a possible solution or upgraded parts or a chat ... great detail on the trapezium and the gas cloud nice shot for 2 sec cheers james D

Gracias

You may want to checkout the youtube videos titled "Celestron CGX Mount RA / Tracking Problem" by Dave Compton. He followed suggestions from the company that provides the Hypertune service that they recommend before sending the mount head to them for service. That may solve your underlying problem with the CGX mount. If you get a new mount, then over time, you may end up with the same old problem.

Sucks about the mount. Good luck with the next one. Looking forward to seeing what you end up with. Since you mentioned China in the comments, I'm guessing an EQ8 or a CEM120.... unless Celestron has something new coming out and you're getting first dibs :)

Currently waiting on my 8” edge HD. (Yes, I’m part of the COVID bunch that is causing all of the delays). I ordered it in November and now they are saying “hopefully” April. Fingers crossed!!

Messing with the mount and other stuff is half the fun, I always thought.

@DylanODonnell

3 жыл бұрын

Fiddling is fun. After 3 months though I'm done fiddling and opening my wallet. :)

@book3100

3 жыл бұрын

@@DylanODonnell I can understand that. Too bad the thing can't be saved, they aren't cheap.

That snake was a visual astronomer messing with your belts. Revenge or something...

Great video bro, you should open the observatory as a zoo to pay for all the new stuff. Clear sky’s, Shorty.

My CGX died, but not like yours. The hand controller showed something like, “error 16” and “error 17”. That means, “I am now dead”. I got a Losmandy. I hear they last longer. Good luck with your new mount!!!!

CGX? Now why did I think there was always one more letter there? It was probably I lost focus and was distracted by the tears from the shattered illusion that we were all going to live forever. At least I know what your new mount is, I’ll console myself in that. And just wish to compliment you on the final “Oh Wait”. Nice touch!

Should be able to tension the belts by slackening off the motor bolts, moving the motor & then re tightening. They should be just tight enough to remove any backlash. Dont over tighten the belts as that can lead to other problems down the road. Best of luck mate.

Damn big brain using the hand controller to slide in Dylan nice vidio . And the animals where nice but the snake......

@DylanODonnell

3 жыл бұрын

That's a little one.. and they're honestly harmless. (Browns on the other hand...)

@space9342

3 жыл бұрын

@@DylanODonnell Well i was really concerned by that (stay safe)and I wish you could tell us what is the new mount perhaps or is it a surprise clear skies :)

That chubbyemu reference was great!

Couple of things you may adjust / check PHD2 RA:Agr and DEC:agr (reduce by 10 to 15), also PEC Periodic Error Correction tuning

I don't have a CGX mount, but if I did I would use this video. Maybe one day :-)

Love your inclusion of Chubby Emu at the beginning. Everyone's laughing about sending a photo of visual observations. Now is my turn to laugh because I made sketches for proof. I do miss doing astrophotography. Well, the imaging part. The processing is still torture to me.

I think I’m alone in liking pictures of Orion with the core slightly blown out. I think it looks more spectacular with the blinding bright light in the center and the explosion of color moving outward.

@DylanODonnell

3 жыл бұрын

No, I agree! I think the trap is basically a different target.

Dylan, I could barely make out the name of the company where you got the belts and I found it to be Biedler's Belts WV (West Virginia). It is late now so I will call them tomorrow. If I can get this resolved I will post what I find here. Thanks for the great video.

You should be able to adjust the motor position to get the belts tighter and this should remove the backlash.

@DenisMartin72

Ай бұрын

Yes, I could see tensioning screws in the video.

Good to see you back again, just a shame its another CGX related problem - Steven Morris was out the game for a while due to a handset failure....Can you do me a favour, as your dome is fully set up and established/settled, can you measure the distance from one of the aluminium wall column to the 2 opposite wall column.s, give me an idea where I should be roughly aiming for, as mine is only temporarily setup I haven't got them fixed in position. cheers. Hope you get your clear skies ASAP!

@DylanODonnell

3 жыл бұрын

Easier said than done as there’s a mount in the way and it’s basically flooding right now (again!) but it should just be the dome diameter minus 2*column width. Ideally just draw a perfect circle on the ground (eg with a piece of string from the middle) and then place the walls around that so the dome doesn’t become an oblong.

I hope your new mount works fine! Just finished collecting data on M42, including "short" (15s and 35s) batches, to do an HDR composition in PixInsight. I plan on processing it during the weekend (got to work to pay the gear, right?!).

Hi Dylan! This (ibb.co/9ZzxKZg ) is my photo of the Trapezium. It was taken with iPhone 6 through the eyepiece (exp: 0.5s; ISO-1600). It's pretty close of what was actually visual but not so good. Telescope: 80" RCC with 16m focal length ;)

Hi Dylan, sorry to hear about your CGX problem, but I may have a few things you can try to solve this. I apologise if this seems long winded, but its not easy to say in a few words. Though, it might help save some money! I used to work as an equipment engineer on robotic manufacturing equipment. We tried hard to avoid using belts as slackening in belt tension is a known issue. We preferred direct gear drive systems if at all possible. I'm disappointed Celestron chose this drive method. Usual causes for this were belt stretch, or slippage between the motor and idler wheel (gear wheel opposite the motor). Very high belt tension will try to pull the motor and idler together like an elastic band. In equipment like the CGX, this only needs to sub mm distances before the effects show up in PHD. The slippage can happen because of screws not be tight enough or mechanical wear. First thing is to ask Celestron for the specs on the belt tension and their procedure for setting belt tension. This is usually (in my experience) specified as a weight, kg, lbs, whatever. It can also be specified as the distance between the belt sides for a given amount of applied weight. Usually it is not a difficult procedure, it usually involves loosening the motor or idler bolts. Often there will be tension adjust bolt you release to enable a quick and safe belt replacement. Sliding belts over motor / idler combination without releasing their locking screws is not ideal...this can stretch the belt but also risks moving the motor idler distance or worse still warping the motor idler shaft & bearings (that's extreme, but I've seen it happen). Sorry if this seems like criticism...its not! My professional experience with these types of drive systems comes with a victim impact statement :). This is why I hate belt drives for this kind of application. I can spout for ages on this, but you all have lives to lead. But if you want more information, feel free to mail me on davefottrell@gmail.com. Clear skies everyone!!

@DylanODonnell

3 жыл бұрын

Not at all, this is all very interesting!

About the guiding, I was once have erorrs whit this and I replace a slightly better computer and the two graphs were flat as a ruler. Consider to do so....

Dave Woods at Darkframe Optics does mount rebuilds for a living so he may have seen your issue before - might be worth dropping him a line. Good luck with the new mount, finding one in stock at the moment is a challenge in itself!

@DylanODonnell

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks.. new mount is in the country and on the way :)

Martinsburg is just over the hills (they call them mountains on the East coast, but they’re little hills) from where I am in the Baltimore / DC suburbs.

@DylanODonnell

3 жыл бұрын

Dude didn't have to but took the time to take the order via email. Nice.

Dylan I bet you $1’000 that all you need to do to fix that cgx is adjust the tension of new belt! I could clearly see in vid the new belt was tight at bottom but loose at the top! You were saying “oh this looks pretty tight” but I could clearly see the top of belt was loose. Finally, in practice, you could have simply adjusted the tension of old belt with exact same adjustments. All the above assumes it is actually possible to adjust tension by loosening then pulling apart the two belt wheels/cogs then tightening up again before you release them from your grip? 👍Wes, Liverpool, UK.

Also, WI, Wisconsin, beer, cheese, beer, brats, beer, Astronomy Magazine, beer, worlds best and most used snow plows, beer, ice fishing, beer, water (Lake Michigan on the East, Mississippi River to the West), beer. WV, West Virginia, abandoned coal mines. You would like Wisconsin, beer.

Love your work Dylan. Keep it up. Waiting for my new OTA since October 2020.......Hey can you do a vid on on axis guiding vs off axis guiding? Its a bit arcane. The ONAG from Innovations Foresight looks very promising if big $$. Cheers. Paul in MA USA,

@DylanODonnell

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I really should. OAG is not as simple as some people make it out to be. It's good but it's also a pain in the ass.

@paulhathaway6292

3 жыл бұрын

@@DylanODonnell Aww thanks for the reply mate. You've been incredibly helpful on my astrophotography journey and made me laugh on many a cloudy night. Yeah the forum threads on "OTA flexure" and "guide stars pre-selected so they don't rotate out of the guide camera image" makes it all sound a bit daunting which I think is a bit overblown. I am building a spent new observatory and would appreciate your opinion. Hope you and the family are all healthy. Cheers. Paul in MA

I can see tension screws, you should loosen it to install new belts and tension back after installation...

The Zoo show is great. Here we only have pigeons and beer-monkeys..

Can’t beat the wildlife. Best of luck with the new mount once it come in. Adios!

Interesting, I wonder if I’m having the same issue. My dec guiding is usually 0.35” and my RA I can never get better then like 1.50” it’s super jumpy. On the RASA 8 it hasn’t been too problematic but long focal length yikes.

@DylanODonnell

3 жыл бұрын

Yeh sounds exactly like how mine behaves. And it gets worse over time.

Martinsburg, West Virginia.

If I saw that snake, I'd never set foot out there again... terrifying!

@DylanODonnell

3 жыл бұрын

Hehe honestly pretty normal here. Pythons are harmless, mostly.

Guess we have to wait for the big announcement on the mount, just hope it’s made of metal not plastic.😳

W V is Western Viagra or usually in the USA known as West Virginia. It is a small state that borders my state, and both have crappy seeing. I am jealous of their darker skies.

It’s West Virginia! You know, Country roaaaaaaaads, take me hooooomeee etcetera.

I feel you mount pain 🤦🏼‍♀️, after months of trying to problem solve, spikes every 40 seconds and breaking a sweat taking the the cover off the belts. I sent it on a hyper tune holiday to the other side of the world. Which just not seeing it makes me happier also giving me time to get the husband use to the idea of a cheeky Italian 10 Micron..... Just incase the other one never comes back.

@DylanODonnell

3 жыл бұрын

Haha just in case ..

@nuvicamnewsnow8057

3 жыл бұрын

NovaDawnAstrophotography@ My GCX mount must be made on Monday morning and late Friday. Battled with poor tracking now for 2 years and found out that my mount is allergic to temperature change especially for cold weather. Plus one part of the sky my gear mesh is so loose that PHD2 doesn't get any response and another area is so tight that gears are hopping. All this with the same settings and the mount has been in service at Celestron. If the outside temperature drops down under 65 F (18C) gear mesh needs to be tuned maybe twice on one night and if the temperature goes under 32F (0 C) it's time to pack up. Now, this GCX is under "lemon" status, and a 10micron mount is on the way. Celestron GCX mount quality is very poor. If you test 10 GCX mounts 2-3 are "good", 3 are about that level that people can tolerate them, and the rest of them is pure junk like my mount.

@DylanODonnell

3 жыл бұрын

@@nuvicamnewsnow8057 Ouch!

@EDGCOMBE7

3 жыл бұрын

@@nuvicamnewsnow8057 agh that sucks babysitting a mount all night. I bought a Celestron CGEM II to replace a broken 18 month old Celestron Evo. Out the box it didn’t track. I took it as a sign of things to come and Bintel kindly allowed me to switch to a EQ6R Pro and that has been brilliant for two years then one night, something happened... Hopefully a hyper tune and having its guts pulled out by someone who knows what they are doing (definitely not me) will resolve. Hope you get some resolution or even temperatures 👍🏻

@EDGCOMBE7

3 жыл бұрын

@@nuvicamnewsnow8057 10 Micron 🤤 😂

"Yeah what's goin' on fella? Troubles with that mount of yours ey..." - Mr Tree Frog.

@DylanODonnell

3 жыл бұрын

hahaha

Have you tried the following trick: Set the base tracking speed to 1/2 sideral and then the guider does only corrections in the plus direction instead of oscillating between plus and minus.

I've just got myself an old meade 4500 for cheap but the secondary mirror looks ruined. is it worth having the mirror re-coated as new ones seem quite steep. It's my first scope so didnt want to spend a fortune and be bored in 3 weeks of clear skies (3 years uk time), but honestly the views i got off that ruined mirror and a basic smartphone cradle in the last 3 weeks have got me dreaming of what i could do with this scope. Totally hooked!

Excited to see what mount you've invested in. Any hints as to what brand? I'm currently saving up for an AP Mach 2 (I know, ungodly expensive but it'll be worth it). Cheers Dylan!

@DylanODonnell

3 жыл бұрын

Hint - It's made in China. Which should narrow it down to 99% of mounts. ;)

@davidyeowart6332

3 жыл бұрын

@@DylanODonnell Skywatcher EQ8 I'm thinking :P

Got a thumbs up from the frog!

That intro killed me xD

My buddy who typically runs two Losmandy mounts, keeps a weight on a string that pulls across the mount to reduce that jump, works for him...

@DylanODonnell

3 жыл бұрын

Wow

Dylan, your belts seemed very loose, I had some bad guiding and I just tensioned a little bit both belts in my Skywatcher and the guiding improved a lot. Maybe you can try tensioning the belts a bit.

@DylanODonnell

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, definitely more to try!

Thrilled your getting a new mount. But I really want to know what's wrong with the cgx. Unresolved issues are just hell on ye old OCD. Greetings from Oakland Bay Observatory!

@DylanODonnell

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Oakland :) Yeh I really thought I'd solve the mystery at the start of this video edit. But it took another direction ... in RA heh.

Ha! West Virginia But Wisconsin is nearly the same....after some cheese and Wine

If the error is consistent mabe the output shsft is bent, the one connected from the motor to gear. Make need new motor

Looking at the Trapezium with my telescope and eyepiece. Belts not needed :)

iOptron CEM120? Fine choice, mate! 😁

No other phrase leads to more new gear than “if it breaks, it breaks, it’s broken anyways.” Classic.

@DylanODonnell

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, there's always a silver lining to equipment failure ;)

Hahahhaa, I am suffering from that also, but my meade xld75 has this illness on steroids, like 8k, and your's is like focus peaking.... Hope I can do one day upgrade... If you weren't so far away, under us basically in this globus of ours I would buy your mount

Looking at the creatures are they your helpers or astronomers? Love wild life 👍

Glad a new mount is on the way but I am a bit shocked that Celestron has not fixed your mount for you considering he good exposure you have created for them. These are not inexpensive mounts.

😮 certainly Not the way to change that belt. First step is to back off the pitch adjustment Then swap belts and readjust >>>> Belt should have a sideways deflection 3-4mm should do it? These belts are very tough even originals. Hope you have improved things by now 👍

The new belt looks like PU (polyurethane) belt, most likely with steel wires inside, it should be a very good choice for this application.

@janbroz4681

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear it didn't work

Hi Dylan O'Donnell, I have an 8" telescope and I want to do 3D moon image whit you (like the video you made in the past) so you can show us how to do it right, I live in Israel, I will be glad to send you my image of the Moon when ever you want to take a picture 😁

You're a funny guy!

I missed the bit about the screws. How did you unscrew them again? Did you use a screwdriver or a kitchen knife? Which way did you turn? Where did you put them so you didn’t lose them ? Can you make a separate video about the screws ???

It surprises me how many people do a HDR image of the Orion Nebula but neglect the trapezium.

"Maybe next year..." ahahaajhajahaj... oh dear... why Im laughing here in a rainy London.. whyyyy Carlos whyyy !!! ahjahajhajah

Dylan, Byron Bay is known for its solar railroad and observatory. Have you ever taken a ride on the train?

Dylan.....Oh look a carpet python! Me.........I have to get a new observatory and telescope.

Hay Dylan i was watching how the belt was acting after you put the new belt on....all belt drives have what is called tensioner...it would be a small bolt or screw...the screw type would move in a slot with a bolt tensioner...likely this would be the type....don't worry you can't mess it up....i saw that the new belt had a lot of ....for a better word....slack and this would cause the problem you where experiencing...and a lot of backlash...the fact that this is a new belt it may work better but it will eventually start acting up.

@DylanODonnell

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks .. I’ll look for it :)

I think the CGX over all is an okay mount, but it does have its quirks and mechanical hangups. I'm adjusting gear mesh every few months due to weather and humidity changes. I don't think thats a great selling feature. Lol. This summer I'm going to pull it apart and go through the entire thing. I sent mine back to Celestron due to the RA being sloppy...after being 3 months old for warranty. (Not happy after spending $3000 CDN on a new mount that shit the bed after 100 hours of use lol.) I'm a millwright so its fun to tinker and trouble shoot. I hope you can get it back to where you would like it again operationally but I can tell you're getting frustrated with it. Do you think its been ran with too much weight? Your 11" RASA and counter weights? Wore the ring gear teeth down?

@DylanODonnell

3 жыл бұрын

Yeh I hear ya. I think this mount is fine for someone who wants to tinker and tune .. when it does work, it works great. Payload was within spec so suspect it couldn’t handle obs conditions (temp, humidity etc)