Daytime Testing of a new Astrophoto rig - Simple but Effective! 

Hey Cuiv. Here's how to protect your dovetail from clamping damage. A tip from us custom golf club assemblers, where we also need to protect the metal golf club heads from damage during clamping. Google "brass shim sheet" and purchase a package of these brass shims. Cheap. Will last you a lifetime. The 0.25mm or 0.125mm thickness works well. With scissors, cut rectangular strips the same size as the sides of your dovetails. Purchase a roll of double sided adhesive sellotape from any office store. This is the really thin tape, not the thick double sided tape. Attach tape to your brass shims and affix to your dovetail. Viola! Problem solved. Shims are easily removed if needed, leaving an as-new finish. You just increased your resale price by 50%. :) In principle, its the same method used by better quality eyepiece holders with the protective brass ring inside. Enjoy your channel. Keep up the good work.

Meridian flip! I'm flipping out! Great job Yannick!

This is an older video which I re-watched today. As you know you forgot to attach the counterweight before attaching the scope. The interesting thing is how many times you touched the counter weight bar before you attached the counterweight. Clearly your subconscious mind was screaming at you to notice the missing counterweight. :)

Very good video, thanks for sharing!

Thank you! I hope this video was shot late in the morning/early afternoon. A truly lazy person sleeps in late/very late on weekends! My Skysensor 2000PC comes home today after repairs! I don't repair ESD sensitive items so I farmed the work out to Christopher Erickson in Hawaii. I see you took out and played with your favorite baby scope!

OMG, it’s so easy for you to calibrate your focuser, mine is like a bad day in WS, I’ll keep trying after the rains here at Monterrey Mexico

Long Term Lazy is where it's at! ;)

I just got the 76edph. Amazing scope. round stars right to the edges.

Great Cuiv, It might also have been good to line up the guide cam with the main scope on the wheel while you were at it :)

go gss, go. GSS control from NINA is working for me.

Usually a better option to add the counterweight before putting the scope.... just in case one of handle gets loose. Hoops a said later on in the video

Bonjour Cuiv. Merci pour toutes ces videos. Je fais le tour de ton contenu et je ne fais qu'apprendre, cest merveilleux. Continue ton merveilleux travail.

First !! I have the TS 61 hdpe (doublet) and use it with a Canon 600D, Will be very interested of the result with the 533.

I’ve never heard of GSS, the interface is beautiful! Please keep us updated if you continue to use it. EQmod has always worked flawlessly for me but it is not as pretty to look at 😄

11:17 I thought it was "bender" from Futurama 😂

Nice video once again Cuiv! Thanks! Could you maybe shoot a collimation video guide for us with Newtonians? It can be a real trouble and i feel you must have some great advice on the aspect.

You guys are getting a Super Typhoon soon. Hope you guys ride through it okay.

Please use a duck tape on the dovetail so the screws don't leave a mark. Got experience with my green metallic skywatcher Maksutov.

Nice Cuiv, I hope you will see if the GSS (Green Swamp Server) works with the AZ-GTi?

I been in that Ferris wheel!

Hi Cuiv. Do you have an update from ZWO on your ASI533MC-Pro regarding the artefacts when cooling? I have come across a similar issue with mine.

can you explain a little more about the SG server for Skywatchers.

Love love love N.I.N.A.

HI Cuiv, I 've just come back to this video. Is GSS is still gong strong? Have you tested it recently after you had the strange guiding experiences? Hope all is well. Thanks as ever for your videos.

What sort of problems are you having with cooling the camera too fast? You mention some artifacts on the sensor.

Cuiv, at the end you mentioned something about a USB thing. can you let me know what you were talking about? Seems like you upgraded the USB cable?

mega question, do I have to download GSS from gitHb? aand how in the heck do you even install it?

Please don't listen to the "baud" people. The connection setting is bits per second (bps). This is standard (with a proper prefix, like K, M, or G) in all serial communications.

1:28 was there an earthquake? :P

long term lazy XD