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sang33ta
scholastic sledgehammer

Reged: 07/08/08

Loc: UK

Mount slewing videos
#3039513 - 04/12/09 10:28 AM

I didn't make this, Doug6952 did to sell his mout, found it in the swap/sale section.

A Celestron CG5-AGT in action
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=acf7f20cd1149d8cd2db6fb9a8902bda

I was wondering if anyone else had videos of their mounts slewing? I'm looking for a quieter one and I wish I'd seen this before I'd bought one LOL

Edited by sang33ta (04/12/09 10:31 AM)

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pubquiz
scholastic sledgehammer

Reged: 10/07/04

Loc: Lancashire England

Re: Mount slewing videos new

[Re: sang33ta]
#3039809 - 04/12/09 01:02 PM

Sounds exactly the same as my LX200 GPS did.

Tom

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sang33ta
scholastic sledgehammer

Reged: 07/08/08

Loc: UK

Re: Mount slewing videos new

[Re: pubquiz]
#3039901 - 04/12/09 02:02 PM

HEQ5 Pro Video (much quieter!) gota get me one of these

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HvGh76Pgws

HEQ6 Pro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJNjvtpjQvk&feature=related

Edited by sang33ta (04/12/09 02:19 PM)

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jcrew
sage

Reged: 08/07/08

Loc: Mechanicsville, VA.

Re: Mount slewing videos new

[Re: sang33ta]
#3040174 - 04/12/09 05:32 PM

I have the Orion Sirius (same as the HEQ5 I believe) and it is very quiet when slewing.

Clear nights,
Brad

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jtaylor996
scholastic sledgehammer

Reged: 09/02/08

Loc: North Texas

Re: Mount slewing videos new

[Re: sang33ta]
#3040183 - 04/12/09 05:38 PM

Astro-Physics has some links to vids of their mounts working in like -73 deg (C!) temps in Antarctica...

http://www.astro-physics.com/index.htm?availability/availability (down at the bottom by the 3600 GTO information).

And specifically:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6iqpk_monture_sport_

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NeoDinian
Experienced Postmaster

Reged: 10/05/05

Loc: Rockford Illinois

Re: Mount slewing videos new

[Re: jtaylor996]
#3040395 - 04/12/09 08:11 PM

After the FOURTH pop-up window, I gave up trying to view that video...

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jtaylor996
scholastic sledgehammer

Reged: 09/02/08

Loc: North Texas

Re: Mount slewing videos new

[Re: NeoDinian]
#3040526 - 04/12/09 09:42 PM

I'm sorry about that. I had no control over the popups. On my system it just opens 1 in the background. Everyone else is now warned...

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sang33ta
scholastic sledgehammer

Reged: 07/08/08

Loc: UK

Re: Mount slewing videos new

[Re: NeoDinian]
#3040530 - 04/12/09 09:45 PM

Use the Firefox web browser I got no pop ups

http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/firefox/

Edited by sang33ta (04/12/09 09:46 PM)

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dpastern
super member

Reged: 01/01/09

Loc: Brisbane, Australia

Re: Mount slewing videos new

[Re: jtaylor996]
#3040536 - 04/12/09 09:50 PM

Much easier to provide a direct link to the videos in question:

http://www.dailymotion.com/related/x6iqpk_monture_sport/video/x5lxs2_astroconcordia-2_sport

http://www.dailymotion.com/related/x6iqpk_monture_sport/video/x5kovh_concordia-project_sport

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Astro-Physics has some links to vids of their mounts working in like -73 deg (C!) temps in Antarctica...

http://www.astro-physics.com/index.htm?availability/availability (down at the bottom by the 3600 GTO information).

And specifically:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6iqpk_monture_sport_

Dave

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