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Re: Basic PEC questions
Hi Don Thanks for posting about this Regarding your guidelog, it would be ideal if you can do a baseling guidelog and submit that by following these steps:
By Brian Valente <brian@...> · #23230 ·
Re: Basic PEC questions
By way of background, PEC is mainly to improve your tracking when you are /not/ guiding.? For instance, with my Celestron mounts, training the PEC enabled me to take 2-minute exposures with a 400 mm
By Michael A. Covington · #23229 ·
Re: Basic PEC questions
A while back, I purchased an older G11 (~2006?) and I have since upgraded it to the Gemini 2 and have started to work with it. ?Initially, the guiding was horrible so I tore it down to clean,
By Seaquel47 · #23228 ·
Re: Announcement: Open Customer Beta for Level 6 firmware starts Feb 1 -- Will it have Alt-Az capability
Hi Craig being considered and does this firmware allow for such a development? Firmware already supports Alt Az, you can switch to it in the Mount->Design option. It's been there since Level 5
By Brian Valente · #23227 ·
Gemini L6 customer beta now open
Hi everyone The Level 6 open customer beta is now open Level 6 is the new Gemini 2 firmware. For customers wishing to test this latest version, it is available for installation. Keep in mind this is
By Brian Valente <brian@...> · #23226 ·
Re: Announcement: Open Customer Beta for Level 6 firmware starts Feb 1 -- Will it have Alt-Az capability
I saw a podcast about a potential Alt-Az adaptor for Losmandy mounts. This would require a modification to the firmware. Is such an adapter being considered and does this firmware allow for such a
By cwlamison@... · #23225 ·
Re: Can Gemini-II save/recall multiple mount limits?
Hi LKO there is only one set of limits, so short answer is you'll have to change them manually. It's possible to record them and just type in the new values (rather than retrain your mount) or you
By Brian Valente · #23224 ·
Can Gemini-II save/recall multiple mount limits?
I was recently given a Celestron Omni 102 XLT refractor OTA, which I plan on mounting on my G11G. I've already set up the mount with limits for my two SCT's, but this long refractor is definitely
By LKO · #23223 ·
Re: Announcement: Open Customer Beta for Level 6 firmware starts Feb 1
Hi everyone We are opening up the beta a little later today We had a last minute change in the process for powering the board to update the servo, and we need to test and make sure it's documented
By Brian Valente · #23222 ·
Re: Announcement: Open Customer Beta for Level 6 firmware starts Feb 1
Brian Not yet Chuck
By crocco1250 · #23221 ·
The Battery Genie
The battery genie strikes again¡­. Here¡¯s the background. I¡¯ve got a G11T, love the mount. I¡¯m running a tandem setup, an LX200 ACF 10¡± with an ED 127. Early December I replaced the 15¡±
By Gerard · #23220 ·
Re: another ztf from Jan 29th and some observations
that's a great result - you did that with basically a guidescope? smh wow that's fantastic
By Brian Valente · #23219 ·
Re: another ztf from Jan 29th and some observations
I took a stab with my over powered Sky-Watcher Evoguide 50 ED. No guiding, just siderial tracking. I took 60s exposures. About 100 of them. WBPP, then stripped the stars and ran comet alignment. I
By J Hayton · #23218 ·
Re: Announcement: Open Customer Beta for Level 6 firmware starts Feb 1
Thanks Chuck. it's hard to say, sometimes two situations sound similar but the devil is in the details You never used L6, correct? [email protected]> wrote:
By Brian Valente · #23217 ·
Re: another ztf from Jan 29th and some observations
Very nice Comet shot Brian. Your results are evolving for the better! Ross PS I'm following all the level 6 update stuff. Somewhere, I have the proper cable for the pix programmer. Tom sent me one
By Ross Elkins · #23216 ·
Re: Announcement: Open Customer Beta for Level 6 firmware starts Feb 1
Jim w and Brian. My 2yr old g11g Dec motor quit moving and failed and had to be replaced. I'm wondering if your problem was just a bad motor. Chuck
By crocco1250 · #23215 ·
Re: another ztf from Jan 29th and some observations
see if it makes sense to change the driver to report "not slewing" when tracking using JPL/Horizons. My only concern there was that the "tracking" could be at 1000x the Sidereal speed when chasing
By Brian Valente · #23214 ·
Re: another ztf from Jan 29th and some observations
Hi Brian, yes, that's possible. You can turn that off in PHD, but I'll see if it makes sense to change the driver to report "not slewing" when tracking using JPL/Horizons. My only concern there was
By Paul Kanevsky · #23213 ·
Re: Announcement: Open Customer Beta for Level 6 firmware starts Feb 1
Jim we'll need to look into this more. afaik nothing has changed here between 5 and 6 but we can't have motors overheating -- Brian Brian Valente astro portfolio https://www.brianvalentephoto
By Brian Valente · #23212 ·
another ztf from Jan 29th and some observations
Hi folks, Another ZTF from sunday https://www.astrobin.com/oxut9p/ It's interesting to see how the comet is evolving. A few interesting notes: - i switched to a tak Sky90 w/ reducer for 407mm focal
By Brian Valente · #23211 ·