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Thor's Helmet (NGC 2359), Jon Bryan
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Thor's Helmet (NGC 2359)

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Thor's Helmet (NGC 2359)

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I struggled to get reasonable guiding from my first mount, an AZ-GTi.  The slightest breeze gave it fits.  I had to tear it down, clean, lubricate and adjust it, and wound up replacing the original springs that hold the worms in engagement with stiffer ones that I got from McMaster-Carr.  With that, and adding a stiffener plate to the floppy factory tripod, I was able to get some decent results until I finally broke down and bought a ZWO AM5.

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Thor's Helmet (NGC 2359), Jon Bryan