Kirk
Just a thought, but any way she'd be amenable to having you help her shield the light? She could still have the perceived security of having a light without it intruding on your imaging. I think there's several types of shields available or you could make one from some flashing material.
-Jim
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--- In Gemini-II@..., "gray_k99" <nemo129@...> wrote:
Morgan,
Once again, thanks for the info. I am really looking forward to getting this mount! My concern about the utility is based upon how I can image at home. I can use my house to "shade" myself from my neighbor's floodlight, but that puts NCP out of view. On the nights when the floodlight is off I setup in the middle of my backyard and I get a much nicer slice of the sky including Ursa Minor and Polaris. I tried talking to her (my neighbor), but she recently lost her husband and she is a bit nervous, so I think the floodlight makes her feel more secure. Stinks for imaging...but what am I going to do?
Regards,
Kirk
--- In Gemini-II@..., "chaztro1215" <morgan_crew1@> wrote:
Kirk,
I'll give you my impression and maybe Tom can add color. I was not viewing this feature as a replacement for a Polarscope so much as I was planning on using it as a mechanism for fine tuning the less than perfect alignment one would be bound to get if the relied only on the polarscope. So, I think you would have to start with rough polar alignment in order for the feature to be useful. Or else, I suppose you could perform the function mutltiple times to get the job done as well.
I suppose it could also be used as you suggest. I've just heard of some others getting incredibly accurate alignments (IMHO) using the Polar align assist.
Regards,
Morgan
--- In Gemini-II@..., "gray_k99" <nemo129@> wrote:
Tom and Morgan,
So you have tweaked my interest here. Is the Polar Align Assist something like the Celstron "All Star Polar Alignment" utility, i.e. a built in utilty to help you point the RA axis at NCP without having direct sight of Polaris? (or there in abouts) If it is, that would be great, I had resigned myself to buying the polar scope and doing drift aligns....not that that is a bad thing, but it is nice to have alternatives.
Thanks for any info and I apologize for my ignorance on Gemini I, I have been pretty busy with a flooded basement and have not had time to review the level 4 manual.
Kirk
