Hey Guys and Girls!!!
You might say this is my Christmas present which was too big and heavy for Santa to drop down the chimney in a
stocking …LOL. I just shot these photos of the Paramount GT1100S Robotic mount which is all setup and waiting for
clear skies, I could be waiting a while. You will
see on there the cables are still connected in the traditional
manner, I am waiting to get hold of some short cables so they will be routed through the mount.
It was pretty heavy to lift on the pier but thanks to Adam and Steve we got her done. The engineer that made the
adapter plate had to make some last minute changes but it’s all good now. Also thanks to Len Bassett for providing
the really long Allan wrenches that allowed me to mount the TMB using the Losmandy adapter plate. I have it all connected
to TheSky6 software using the USB instead of the serial RS232 connection using WIN7 32 bit, works great..
My Rig-before it found it's permenant home
TMB 130SS, TMB 80SS CGE PRO Mount with SN 16 GPS Shown with
Canon 450D modified DSLR Orion Starshoot Auto Guider JMI Wheelie Bars
(heavy duty)ACER 8930G Notebook running Windows 7 OS (32 bit for Imaging).
Nebulosity II, PHD
The wheelie Bars were very helpful in wheeling this rig in and out of the
house on clear nights as the observatory waited re-erection.
TMB 130SS mounted on CGE PRO and concrete pier
Here is my rig finally set up on the pier.
Solid as "Ayers Rock"....lol
TMB 130SS F7
TMB 130SS F7 APO Refractor
TMB 80SS F6.3 APO Refractor
Orion Auto Guider
Canon 450D Modded
Aspire 8930G Notebook
My Other Rig
10" F5 DSO Newt/Astrograph with Swayze mirror,
Moonlite Focuser shown here with the Canon 450D modded.
TMB 80SS F6.3 Refractor and Orion
Auto guider on CGE mount.
(while awaiting the re-erection of the observatory, set up in the wife's kitchen)
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