¿ªÔÆÌåÓýThank you Chip, I think you and Edggie from Cloudy Nights, have cost me the most money. LOL... But you have not disappointed me yet.all recommendations have been spot on. I do appreciate it, your efforts to stear me in the right direction. HAPPY SKIES.
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From: Chip Louie <chiplouie@...>
Date: 2/4/20 10:51 AM (GMT-06:00)
Subject: Re: [Losmandy_users_io] Almost a new owner.... Getting it through my thick head.
?Deric Caselli
Feb 3???
Derek and Brian, I dont know really why this has worked for me. I set my tripod pointed North by compass, then used the polar scope ( I can't see the other polar alignment stars most of the time) so I just centered Polaris right in the center of the line
convergence in the polar scope? then aligned on bright star. I had very clear skies last night and the only clear skies for the next week, so you know were I was for the Superbowl LOL...When I went to GoTo the mount was right on target it tracked the Moon
perfectly (visual) for more than two hours, waiting for Orion and M42 to crest the tree line, then to Sirus to do a collimation on my SCT. I spent the rest of the night star hopping. The GoTo fuction worked just fine.? What I am not sure is, I think Gemini
remembers from use to use and I guess it keeps learning or I have just been lucky. Happy skies
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____________________________ For visual use this is pretty much the way it is SUPPOSED to work!? As I have posted many times before, enter correct date, time, GPS coordinates, level tripod, point RA axis at NCP, peek through polar scope (with previously centered reticle) and put Polaris in crosshairs, use level to set counterweight down and square DEC 90 degrees to RA using setting circles. Pro-tip #1, use a modest power crosshair eyepiece in the main telescope for Gemini alignment.? Pro-tip #2 use the same eyepiece when doing syncs and additional alignments.? Pro-tip #3 if your is crap and trust me if you don't have a recently purchased, undamaged AP, Baader or TV diagonal it is very likely crap and needs to be tested for alignment. If it is bad adjust it if possible, if not toss it and buy a good diagonal. Bad diagonals out of alignment are one of the three reasons that in Japan people observe straight through sans diagonal of any sort.? I like the scary expensive Baader BBHS coated Sitall mirror diagonals, they are the best mirror diaonals on the market and Baader knows it, the rule of the dielectric mirror diagonals is over. The only reason AP and TV are not using silver is that they didn't invent it and they will not pay a license fee to use the name or technology.? At this point the Gemini is powered up and unless your Losmandy is on a permanent pier or you left it out all night and used Gemini to park the mount at CW down position before powering down the Gemini do a cold start. The rest is just like you discovered and it works perfectly.? -- Chip Louie - Chief Daydreamer Imagination Hardware |
