Re: Polar Alignment Routine
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Yes, i tried to simplify that
although it does correct for more than mount errors to enable both pointing and tracking modeling, including flexure and mirror flop
Actually - I think the sky is fixed (roughly).? The model is a mathematical approximation of the errors in the mount.
On Sat, May 9, 2020 at 8:27 AM Brian Valente < bvalente@...> wrote: Deric
FYI polaris is not a good target to align on - it's at the pole
Also that alignment process is different than polar alignment
polar align = adjust alt/az physical adjustments until it's aligned with the pole. there's no need to 'align' on polaris for this
model building = use the alignment feature inside Gemini. this models the sky for accurate gotos
If you are just polar aligning i would skip the 'align' in gemini.?
Tim, on a basic level Polar align. I center up Polaris right where all the lines converge in the polar scope.I Goto bright Star center it in the eyepiece using the hand controler, (do not touch the Alt Az knobs after polar align) Then I go to
menu, hit align then alighnment and your off. You can do model building also two stars West one star East for better accuracy. The basic routine gets me close enough that my target will be in my eyepiece and I just center it up.
HAPPY SKIES Deric
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Date: 5/9/20 7:53 AM (GMT-06:00)
Subject: Re: [Losmandy_users_io] Polar Alignment Routine
I sold my CGEM which had a routine in the hand controller.? After a two star alignment you could goto a star then use the mount RA Dec adjustments to center it.? I was wondering if Gemini had something like that.? I think it¡¯s called all sky align in the
CGEM hand controller.? Thanks?
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