No sure what to say.....is there loose screws?? Under the cap?
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Re: Time specification with Gemini II
Magnus,
It is roughly an hour. I haven't tried to get a more accurate estimate, but I think that's pretty close.? That correlation with DST is why I looked at the time in the handset :(
Matt
On Sat, Nov 28, 2020, 5:33 PM Magnus Larsson < magnus@...> wrote:
Hi!
1 hour sounds like something to do with summer time. Precisely or
roughly one hour?
Magnus
Den 2020-11-28 kl. 23:23, skrev matt
harmston:
Hi All.
I recently swapped my battery, following the guidance from the
group. All appears well...except, something puzzles me. The last
couple of warm restarts put my first goto off the mark...by
roughly an hour. I checked my handset time, etc., and it
accurately indicates correct present standard time and my location
having GMT -6.? While I have continued to use the existing model
after a sync on each side of the meridian, I'm curious why my warm
restarts no longer go to the first target.? I'd appreciate your
thoughts.?
Thanks,
Matt
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Re: Gemini 1 just gone haywire
I¡¯d say clearly there was an issue. ?Maybe swap the HC front membrane and top case. ?
Not much else to say. Apart from try recreate the OPs user conditions. I still feel it¡¯s moisture!
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Yes. It¡¯s not idea; but yes you can.?
Can you guide with a OSC
camera??
?
I am talking to a beginner
who can but an ASI 120MC and I want to know if I can tell him ¡°eventually
you can use it as a guider¡± while, in the meantime he can start imaging via
OSC..
?
Derek
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Re: Time specification with Gemini II
Hi!
1 hour sounds like something to do with summer time. Precisely or
roughly one hour?
Magnus
Den 2020-11-28 kl. 23:23, skrev matt
harmston:
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Hi All.
I recently swapped my battery, following the guidance from the
group. All appears well...except, something puzzles me. The last
couple of warm restarts put my first goto off the mark...by
roughly an hour. I checked my handset time, etc., and it
accurately indicates correct present standard time and my location
having GMT -6.? While I have continued to use the existing model
after a sync on each side of the meridian, I'm curious why my warm
restarts no longer go to the first target.? I'd appreciate your
thoughts.?
Thanks,
Matt
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Time specification with Gemini II
Hi All.
I recently swapped my battery, following the guidance from the group. All appears well...except, something puzzles me. The last couple of warm restarts put my first goto off the mark...by roughly an hour. I checked my handset time, etc., and it accurately indicates correct present standard time and my location having GMT -6.? While I have continued to use the existing model after a sync on each side of the meridian, I'm curious why my warm restarts no longer go to the first target.? I'd appreciate your thoughts.?
Thanks,
Matt
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Hi all, could not get the mount to track tonight, checked time/Date/location, polar aligned, tried all tracking modes, normal guide control was fine.. was like this for a few hours then I got the error message "RA motor lag!" and neither motor would operate. Packed it all up and brought it in, set it up again indoors without the telescope and both motors move now with no error messages. Does anyone please have any idea what might have caused this..? my kit is a G11 Gemini 1 v4. 10" Newtonian.? Thank you..
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?I had no problem autoguiding with a ASI120 MC as the autoguide camera.
Best, Michael
Can you guide with a OSC
camera??
?
I am talking to a beginner
who can but an ASI 120MC and I want to know if I can tell him ¡°eventually
you can use it as a guider¡± while, in the meantime he can start imaging via
OSC..
?
Derek
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Can you guide with a OSC
camera??
?
I am talking to a beginner
who can but an ASI 120MC and I want to know if I can tell him ¡°eventually
you can use it as a guider¡± while, in the meantime he can start imaging via
OSC..
?
Derek
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Re: [Gemini_users_io] Time Sensitive - No Limits
So..
Almost exactly one hour until the event and I have been guiding for 3 hours¡
?
Total
RMS of 0.67 arcseconds..
?
Is
that ¡°Horrible¡±. ¡°Sort of OK¡±.. ¡°OK¡±.. ¡°Good¡±..
¡°Freaking Fantastic¡±.. or what??
Does
it need fixing?
?
Main
scope is 130mm /910mm and I am guiding with an 80mm f/6(I think) using an
ASI120mm and an IR Pass filter..,,
?
Derek
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From: Derek C Breit
[mailto:breit_ideas@...]
Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2020
2:34 PM
To: '[email protected]'
Subject: RE: [Gemini_users_io]
Time Sensitive - No Limits
?
I
have everything working like it should too, except for my Declination
Backlash.. If I ignore and let PHD do it¡¯s thing, I get sub arcsecond
guiding so I haven¡¯t messed with it much.. But whenever y¡¯all get
bored enough, I¡¯ll start a thread on that..
?
One
thing I did since last I was here was gave up on OAG guiding and acquired the
Losmandy 3 ring quide scope setup and put my 80mm Stellarvue ED into it.. Works
perfectly, just like Chip always said it would..
?
Now
all I have to do is trade my 12¡± Meade OTA for the laptop I need.. Or the
electric focuser I need..
It¡¯s
always something..
?
Derek
?
?
Sorry LOL... I learned the limits trick real quick one night slewing to
a GoTo, I had not set the limits yet, thank you Scott, that the stop button on
the HC is immediate.? Derek, the mount will stop at your set limits. I
probably would not expand them beyond the safety limits. You may still have
room to adjust them during a trial run.
HAPPY SKIES TO YOU AND KEEP LOOKING UP Deric
P.S. it is good to hear from you again Derek,? I have been a
little quiet here after getting everything working like it should.
Sent from my Galaxy Tab A
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From: Derek C Breit <breit_ideas@...>
Date: 11/26/20 1:52 PM (GMT-06:00)
Subject: Re: [Gemini_users_io] Time Sensitive - No Limits
Deric¡¯s
answer of ¡°won¡¯t track past the limits¡± is NOT what I wanted
to hear.. Mental Note.. Cross Deric off the Christmas Card list.. HA.. Kidding
of course..
?
So..
1..
The limits are either the defaults or only slightly ¡°better¡± i.e. a
smaller zone of exclusion.. I have always avoided anywhere near the zenith so I
wouldn¡¯t ever have to worry about crashing my glorious refractor into the
tripod.. I am positive that with the RA Extension, and when I switch to the
80mm NightHawk, the zone of exclusion will be quite small.. but no.. I have
never properly set the limits because they would be different for the 130mm f/7
vs 80mm f/6..
?
2..
I am going to do that in an hour or so..
?
3..
¡°Pier side west¡±.. Maybe we could actually use English?? :-)) I
Wish to find the target a couple hours early and my camera would be to the West
and the ¡°business end¡± would be pointing at about 90 degrees
azimuth and about 70 degrees elevation.. as time elapses, the objective would
pass thru the Zenith and the camera would get closer to the pier.. At event
time, the scope would be 3 degrees past vertical and the camera close to the
pier with an impending crash at some point.. Hopefully 3 minutes after the
fact.. (This is a 9 second asteroid occultation and we like to record +/- 3
minutes)..
?
Looking
at this..
it
looks like I don¡¯t have to do anything, as I have used the scope in these
positions quite a bit and am very used to them.. (I use the ¡°East Side¡± for my planetary imaging) All I have to
do then is go check for actual interference.. Beautiful..
?
THANKS!
?
Derek
?
?
Hi Derek
My input is to break down your question into parts:
First, limits are designed to prevent your scope from crashing into your pier.
So first, you want to make sure you set your limits specific to your setup, if
you haven't already done so.
Second, you should estimate where your event starts , and slew your
telescope there to see if you can achieve
Third, I would start on pier side west if possible. I don't know the
exact timing and length, but if it's something that is going through the
meridian, starting on opposite side of pier where you eliminate the meridian
flip or any concern there would be ideal.?
It *is* possible to cheat this for a specific event IF all the conditions are
right. When you set the limits, you loosen DEC and check it, so that under any
DEC conditions you will not have a pier collision. However, if you know your
specific DEC, you can adjust the limit to go even further if the camera setup
allows it.?
i hope that all makes sense
?
?
¡°Oh God he¡¯s
back!¡±.. LOL..
?
Well, yes.. Because now I
have a question / problem.. Original (non tucked motors) G11 w/ Gemini II.. I
have RA EXT installed.. Works perfectly.. My question is, ¡°How do the
limits work?¡±.. I have an asteroid occultation ¡°near¡± the
Zenith and want to know how the limits work so it won¡¯t go kablooie just
before the event..
?
I would like to find the
target star a couple hours in advance, where it would roughly be 70 degrees up
in the East.. Can I track thru the limits until event time, where the star will
be 3 degrees past the Zenith or will the scope stop before then?? OR! Do I have
to change the limits so the mount never gets near them in the first place??
?
The root of the question
is.. I *assume* I can¡¯t do a goto to a target past the limits, but will
the scope track past the limits and/or can I drive the scope past the limits
with the hand controller?? I will check in advance to make sure the optics wont
crash into the mount or tripod, as well as being there and watching things as
the event occurs.. I just don¡¯t want to go to all the trouble to do this
and have the mount stop 5 minutes beforehand..
?
Thanks in Advance and Happy
Thanksgiving!
?
Derek
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Re: Gemini 1 just gone haywire
It¡¯s now been on overnight (in terrestrial mode so it doesn¡¯t yell at me for hitting limits).? No problems whatsoever. ? I¡¯m with you on returning items with NFF. ? D. ?
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brendan Smith
Sent: 27 November 2020 22:34
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Losmandy_users_io] Gemini 1 just gone haywire ? [Edited Message Follows] Yes seen this before. ? ?This is why I think moisture. ? ?But since you received it so quickly I would have expected it to play up ? Twist, tap and vibrate the HC and cable also subject it to cold. ? Generally the PCB doesn¡¯t form condensation as it¡¯s little electrons running around keep it warm. ?
Jeez I don¡¯t like sending units back NFF.?
OH one thing scrub the PCBs down for ¡°tin whiskers¡±. ?Probably not but hey?
?
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Brendan
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Hi,
I just assembled my GM811g. The motormount is wobbling. Please see here?
The other motor mount doesn't do this. So does this need to be fixed?
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2 different servo types which goes where?
Hi,
I got a Losmandy gm811g. I am new to telescopes and losmandy. I am trying to assemble it and follow the instructions on the youtube series "Losmandy Getting started"
There are 2 different servos in the package. SVM-HT and SVM-HTS - I put the SVM-HT onto the DEC axis. Is this right? Which of the axis should it go on?
What is a good way for me to get started here? I feel a little overwhelmed.?
Kind Regards for your help.
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Re: Gemini 1 just gone haywire
Yes seen this before. ? ?This is why I think moisture. ? ?But since you received it so quickly I would have expected it to play up ?
Twist, tap and vibrate the HC and cable also subject it to cold. ? Generally the PCB doesn¡¯t form condensation as it¡¯s little electrons running around keep it warm. ?
Jeez I don¡¯t like sending units back NFF.?
OH one thing scrub the PCBs down for ¡°tin whiskers¡±. ?Probably not but hey?
?
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Re: Gemini 1 just gone haywire
Well it turned up about lunchtime, so I unpacked and set it up on the bench for ? an hour.? No problems.? Powered it all off, and then removed and re-seated the CPU and motor control ICs.?? Powered it back on and it¡¯s been on now for two hours without a single tantrum!?? Previously it was acting as if someone was pressing/holding the menu button and scrolling through the options there and randomly selecting one of them! ? This is just like when I take my car to the garage with a problem and they say ¡°can¡¯t find nuffink wrong wivvit guvnr!¡±. ? D. ?
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Re: G11 compass recommendation
Something I should add here is that when I went to a Perseid Meteor Shower Party in Joshua Tree National Monument, my phone was dead. (Nobodies phone worked. Twilight Zone)
you were there? I was there too! and astrotim was there. we were all there lol and it was an amazing night too this is the pic i ended up with. i would have done more but the moon came up I'm planning on going back for the geminids next month On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 8:15 AM Sonny Edmonds <pedmondsjr@...> wrote:
Something I should add here is that when I went to a Perseid Meteor Shower Party in Joshua Tree National Monument, my phone was dead. (Nobodies phone worked. Twilight Zone)
As in no GPS, and no compass coordinates available (not to mention any other cell phone operations).
I pulled out my magnetic compass to get my starting North setting. ;^)
So, that is another reason to carry both with you in the Field (mountains, desert, rocks, sage brush, Joshua Trees, Alien intervention...)
I use this Polaris GPS Navigation app on my Android phone.
(I looked for something similar for Apple users, but sorry.)
I like this location app for it's accuracy.
But I'm a bit anal about accuracy... ;^)
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Sonny's Youtube Channel
(I suggest viewed in full screen)
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Re: G11 compass recommendation
Something I should add here is that when I went to a Perseid Meteor Shower Party in Joshua Tree National Monument, my phone was dead. (Nobodies phone worked. Twilight Zone)
As in no GPS, and no compass coordinates available (not to mention any other cell phone operations).
I pulled out my magnetic compass to get my starting North setting. ;^)
So, that is another reason to carry both with you in the Field (mountains, desert, rocks, sage brush, Joshua Trees, Alien intervention...)
I use this on my Android phone.
(I looked for something similar for Apple users, but sorry.)
I like .
But I'm a bit anal about accuracy... ;^)
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On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 08:22 PM, Brian Valente wrote:
n't see anything attached or any other details?
Hi Brian, ? ?Sent you a more detailed PM on CN. ? Based on previous comments in this thread, I am guessing that part of the issue is that I made a change to the Gemini settings but did not reboot the system. ? Unfortunately the link you provided here does not seem to exist anymore so I was not able to read the details. ? I will check things out today and see rebooting has made a difference. ?More generally, I would like to know what does the PDEC out of range error mean? ?What is PDEC? ?Can't seem to find any reference to it. ? Will let you know how it goes. ? Thanks! JMD
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Re: Gemini 1 just gone haywire
He¡¯s in UK and is sending it all to me. ? David ?
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brendan Smith
Sent: 26 November 2020 23:57
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Losmandy_users_io] Gemini 1 just gone haywire ? Ian
Ok? few thoughts.??
If you want either Michael or I have replacement HCs (Michaels closer, in USA...I'm a long way away, Australia).
But that would mean swapping parts without diagnosis of proof.?
Diagnosis is difficult as the fault needs to be caught at the moment it happens.? Last time I saw one like this was 2+ weeks could not emulate the fault.? I've seen 2 systems HC fault similar couldn't fault either, both came from high humidity.
It could be the CPU or trace to it (Unlikely) but hey?
Knowing that its happening often, I would suggest scattergun approach...change the HC. See how it fares.? At least this narrows the fault.? Maybe contact Michael.? This at least gives a starting point.
Cheers
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Hi JMD i don't see anything attached or any other details?
Just encountered this error tonight with my G11T.? Anybody know what it is? ? ?Had just started PHD calibration and things went crazy. ? Looked basically like the Dec just stopped moving. ??
Thanks in advance.
JMD
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