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just a thought here but how about we get a thread going and stickied with everyones PE graphs from their personal mounts? its the all so important issue when considering a mount so to me it makes sense.

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This sounds like a good idea to me too. Actually what's more important to me is the guided performance. I'd like to know what the raw PE is, but I'd like to see the graph that shows the average guiding performance and the raw guiding data so the smoothness of the drive shows through. An example is attached - This is my CGE prior to doing work on the RA servomotor. I don't remember the unguided PE of the mount... but I'm thinking it was something like +/- 10" without PEC.

It would have to be understood that what we'd see is a combination of the quality of the mount, the guiding hardware, and guide software settings. Still, it would be very informative.

al

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al

Meade 80mm APO
Celestron 6" SCT
CGE, GM-8, & CG-5 GT
ST-2000xcm, DSI Pro II, DSI Pro
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