Re: Connect Losmandy mount using router
Thank you Brian
Now wondering how to download Gemini 2 interface to my computer.
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Aristo
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#68137
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Re: Setup sequence questions
HI Jeff
If I recall correctly you have a C14 and a DSLR, and I think you are moving out the scope each nigth?
You definitely have your work cut out for you - it's a demanding pixel scale.
If you
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Brian Valente
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#68136
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Re: Setup sequence questions
PS: I usually also check the orientation of my cameras using Sharpcap's reticle and alternating between E and W movements using the Center speed.
I rotate the cameras (if needed) until the star stays
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Astronut
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#68135
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Re: Setup sequence questions
Hi Jeff,
Are you using the Gemini-2 Hand Controller by itself?
You mentioned autoguiding, so can we presume you have a camera(s) and software ?
The best choice options kinda depend on your available
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Astronut
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#68134
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Re: Pre purchase questions GM811G
I very much appreciate your comments, Chip.
Warren
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Warren
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#68133
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Re: Pre purchase questions GM811G
Thanks for all of your comments, Sonny.
My main interest is visual, but I am being drawn toward the Event Horizon of imaging.? After I receive the new mount, I will be on the hunt for a SW180.? In
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Warren
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#68132
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Re: Connect Losmandy mount using router
Hi aristo
There are a lot of connections in there. you might try watching this video
i did of using a microRouter (you can skip the Gli.net router-specific
info, but the rest of it
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Brian Valente
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#68131
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Re: Gemini 1 lost
Bittor
What do ?you mean “collapsed”? ?Do you mean the display went blank?
if so can you please tell me what version Gemini PCB do you have? See here ( https://gemini-2.com/pcb-pictures.html
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Brendan
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#68130
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Connect Losmandy mount using router
I have connected ?wireless Router (TP-LINK) to the Gemini 2 using Ethernet connection (RJ45)
Trying unsuccessfully to connect stellarium or SkySafari control to the telescope.
I miss something in
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Aristo
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#68129
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Re: Gemini 1 lost
I have had a G11 and a Titan on a mount in my observatory and I have always had to do a sync to a star in the east and the west to get it to land on the cross hairs of the chip. Most of the time, if
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Aubrey Brickhouse
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#68128
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Setup sequence questions
I have been getting my new g11t mount out as often as possible and have had some success using it, but it isn’t consistent. The thing I am not sure about is the sequence of polar alignment and
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jeff marston
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#68127
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Re: Gemini 1 lost
My experience has proven otherwise, Brett.
So I run through my routine every time I begin an evening.
To me accuracy counts.
--
SonnyE
Sonny's Youtube Channel (
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Sonny Edmonds <sonnyedmonds@...>
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#68126
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Re: Purchase question.
Hi Stosh, Welcome to the Losmandy Group site.
I decided to ask if I could pick up my mount at the factory, because I live a mere 20 miles away.
I called and talked with Tanya, and she got back to me
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Sonny Edmonds <sonnyedmonds@...>
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#68125
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Re: Gemini 1 lost
The Earth moving in relation to the stars does NOT require either polar
realignment of the mount or a new pointing model. The stars are
sufficiently distant that the Earth's movement in its orbit does
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E. Brett Waller
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#68124
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Re: Pre purchase questions GM811G
Incidentally Warren, *Sharpcap* ( https://www.sharpcap.co.uk/ ) has a Polar Alignment routine in it that works great.
That is what I use now.
Brian advised me of how to adjust it to work with my Atik
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Sonny Edmonds <sonnyedmonds@...>
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#68123
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Re: Encoders, yes or no?
I like Scott's personal advice to me at the time of my Purchase:
"Don't tinker with it, just use it."
As it is, my Losmandy mount works
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Sonny Edmonds <sonnyedmonds@...>
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#68122
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Re: Pre purchase questions GM811G
Hi Warren, Welcome to the Losmandy Users Group!
Brian answered your questions pretty well.
What are your planned targets? Visual, or Imaging?
I image Deep Space Objects, Nebula specific. That was and
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Sonny Edmonds <sonnyedmonds@...>
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#68120
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Re: Encoders, yes or no?
Hi all, thank you for the great responses, there is a lot to learn with Astro gear and I have a long way to go, I don't intend to use push to so dont think I need the shaft encoders, if I'm honest I
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Dave_Kentsbeer
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#68119
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Re: Encoders, yes or no?
Astro Devices will do “special order” low res encoders that will work with the G1 …
David
Sent: 04 October 2020 04:59
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Losmandy_users_io]
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David C. Partridge
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#68118
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Re: Encoders, yes or no?
You aren’t the only source of shaft encoders for Losmandy mounts …
David
Sent: 04 October 2020 02:33
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Losmandy_users_io] Encoders, yes or no?
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David C. Partridge
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#68117
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