M104 testing with ZWO AM5 (John59)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Virgo (Vir) · Contains: HD109874 · HD109875 · HD109898 · HD109899 · HD109916 · HD110086 · HD110154 · HD110251 · HD110283 · HD110365 · M 104 · NGC 4594 · Sombrero Galaxy

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M104 testing with ZWO AM5

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

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M104 testing with ZWO AM5

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

I finally had a clear night after months of rain and solid cloud cover.
I have ZWO's AM5 strainwave mount and first impression is extremely satisfying.
Not having counterweights and zero balancing concerns is a great departure from the traditional setup of preparing for a night of imaging/observation.
I have the complete ZWO package of the AM5 mount, three different ZWO camers, ZWO guiding scope and ZWO's ASIAIR Plus.
It is absolutely wonderful to have a complete system that works flawlessly.
Everything connects to the mount and telescope. The only wire external to the setup is the power cord going to the power source.
I set back in complete comfort using my tablet to control and view the imaging session, whether its beside the telescope, in the house or our travel trailer.
I have set my two largest telescopes on it to test how it handled the 9.25 SCT and ES AR152 refractor. It had no issues with either telescope.

This was a quick test with my smaller SW 80ED of M104. This is a post processed EAA capture.
when I have time I will manually stack and process all the fit files in Affinity 2.0

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RA (center)	12h40m00s.85
RA (top/left)	12h41m14s.72
RA (top/right)	12h37m17s.53
RA (bottom/right)	12h38m46s.47
RA (bottom/left)	12h42m44s.52

Dec (center)	-11°36′50″.6
Dec (top/left)	-11°00′11″.3
Dec (top/right)	-11°28′56″.0
Dec (bottom/right)	-12°13′19″.9
Dec (bottom/left)	-11°44′23″.4

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