Last week I was imaging for a new astrophotography project and my Losmandy G11 stopped responding correctly to NINA and PHD2. It was already midnight, but I spent a few more hours trying to solve the problem. Some commands worked intermittently, but it correctly executed commands so infrequently tha…

When I sketched out the initial design for my astronomy pier, I decided the mounting hole pattern on top should use the iOptron Tri-Pier hole pattern. There are Tri-Pier adpaters for lots of different telescope mounts, including my old CGEM and the Astro-Physics Mach 2 that I have on my dream sheet.…

With most of my initial testing finished on my Losmandy G11 mount, I finally took the time to tidy up the cables a bit. The G11 doesn't have any internal cable routing, so everything has to go on the outside. I made new serial cables for my Robofocus and G11 Gemini 1 computer connections. That alone…

I just got home with this. It'll take some custom machine work before I can get it mounted on my pier, but I'm really excited about my G11!…