Re: Very odd polar align issue
was really low (around 0.5) and my understanding of a bad PA is that it would likely show in DEC more than RA. not necessarily - it would show as corrections primarily (or only) in one direction. if
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Brian Valente
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Re: Very odd polar align issue
Thank you both. Great info Michael, I'll definitely be checking all these areas Brian: I did go through that document but I also tried a lot of other things so my PHD logfiles are not clean. I will
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Nick Ambrose
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Re: Meridian Flips and NINA
Peter, Guilherme Have either?of you tried Edward's or my settings? ------------------------ Jim W Phoenix, AZ. USA Losmandy GM811G, NINA 1.11, ASI2600MC Pro, Sky-Watcher Scopes
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Jim Waters <jimwaters@...>
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Re: Changing the servo motor encoders from 256 to 512 or 1024. Any reason not to do this?
the spec of the G11 is 60lbs imaging, 75lbs visual [email protected]> wrote: -- Brian Brian Valente portfolio brianvalentephotography.com <http://brianvalentephotography.com>
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Brian Valente
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Re: Changing the servo motor encoders from 256 to 512 or 1024. Any reason not to do this?
Michael, Thanks for this info. I assume the grease is for the worm? Your rig looks quite heavy. How much weight are you sporting? I have a 12" truss Newtonian that I want to mount in the fall. It
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Peter Boreland
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Re: Considering a GM811G
Vishal, I also recommend going for the G11 with your 130mm refractor.? I originally purchased a GM811G to carry a small 85mm refractor, then bought a G11 dec when I upsized to a 130mm refractor. I
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Dwight Fujita
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Re: Changing the servo motor encoders from 256 to 512 or 1024. Any reason not to do this?
Peter... You have revealed a clue to your RA drive issues: your 240 sec error (worm fundamental period) depends on which side of the meridian you are targeting. Try this: 1. Fully balance your RA by
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Michael Herman
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Re: Yet another DIY spring loaded worm - ultra minimalist approach
Hi Greg - I'd love to see a few images of what you've done to? the mount. If I understand your description, you're basically just using the small rubber bands as some flexible shim material to keep
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GuitsBoy
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Re: Changing the servo motor encoders from 256 to 512 or 1024. Any reason not to do this?
Alan, I will try a rigid one piece coupler. My RA has the OPW. I've found it's possible to feel it the gearbox is aligned or not with the coupler by rotating worm with your fingers. The nice thing
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Peter Boreland
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Re: Meridian Flips and NINA
Hi Guilherme You have described perfectly the experience I now have. It used to work with 1.10 HF3 version, then stopped with 1.11 as I recall and certainly with the nightly builds. Good luck with
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Peter Boreland
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Re: Changing the servo motor encoders from 256 to 512 or 1024. Any reason not to do this?
I'm just saying, that from a theoretical perspective, a one-piece coupler maintains a kind of symmetry where it's indifferent to whatever the shaft angle is, and thus it will rotate at a constant
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alan137
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Re: Considering a GM811G
I agree, get the g11
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alan137
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Re: Meridian Flips and NINA
Hi I tried tonight, with latest Nightly build and settings below: Gemini: 99 ESL, 99 WSL, 11 WGL NINA: Minutes after meridian: 2; max minutes after meridian: 12 I was doing 5 minutes exposures. The
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"Guilherme V¨ºnere
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Re: New G11G Looking for final tweaking advice
Hi David, Took your PEMPro data and ran it through on my laptop. I just wanted to see what kind of value range you were seeing in the Y axis, and the drift up and down is not that bad. I would say
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John Kmetz
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Re: Meridian Flips and NINA
Just to be clear this was done inside and I only did 1 sub after meridian flip to ensure the sequence would continue. ------------------------ Jim W Phoenix, AZ. USA Losmandy GM811G, NINA 1.11,
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Jim Waters <jimwaters@...>
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Re: Replacing the stock gearbox... interest in a metal one?
On Sun, Jun 20, 2021 at 01:47 PM, Chip Louie wrote: > > Marc, > > The original idea behind changing gearboxes was to eliminate the stock > plastic gearbox uncorrectable periodic errors caused by the
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[email protected]
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Re: Replacing the stock gearbox... interest in a metal one?
On Sun, Jun 20, 2021 at 07:07 AM, <pcboreland@...> wrote: > > There are a number of reasons to change out the gearbox from Losmandy. I > have the original ones with plastic tabs, their modified
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[email protected]
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Re: Considering a GM811G
Hi Vishal, With a few years of experience owning both a G11G and a GM8G IMO the GM811 is not the value you may think it is as there is little difference in cost but that limitation in payload is right
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Chip Louie
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Re: Meridian Flips and NINA
Running 1.11 NB 101 and just did a meridian flip using my previous posted settings taking 10min subs.? Subs continued after meridian flip - 1 subs. The meridian flip coding has changed between 1.10
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Jim Waters <jimwaters@...>
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Re: Meridian Flips and NINA
Edward, I'm using NINA 1.10 HF3, but i can try the Nightly build. Regarding the HA after the tracking is paused. I looked at the Gemini.net app and it also stop counting. So what i said is for Gemini,
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"Guilherme V¨ºnere
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