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Re: Excellent seeing in Sydney
Beautiful, Marc! -- SonnyE Sonny's Youtube Channel ( https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sonny+edmonds ) (I suggest viewed in full screen)
By Sonny Edmonds <sonnyedmonds@...> · #67741 ·
Re: Excellent seeing in Sydney
Spectacularly crisp images. Beautiful work! wrote:
By Jim Ribble · #67740 ·
Re: Excellent seeing in Sydney
Thank Brian. Yeah I don't do moon or planetary shots often unless something specific happens like an eclipse or occultation but the conditions on that night were too good to pass. I started at sunset
By [email protected] · #67739 ·
Re: Excellent seeing in Sydney
geeze Marc that is some incredibly sharp imagery. I imagine it was an exciting night! well done Brian wrote:
By Brian Valente · #67738 ·
Excellent seeing in Sydney
We had a one in ten years night in Sydney last week-end when the jetstream dropped to 1 knot on the whole easter coast. Got out quickly and captured frames on Jupiter, Saturn and kept shooting panels
By [email protected] · #67737 ·
Losmandy leg crash
Hey everyone, hope you all are doing well. Last night I had a scope crash and it seems to have confused my Dec encoder. I was looking for a way to reset the encoders, but did not find anything. After
By James B · #67736 ·
Re: Maximum weight
Correct - angular momentum is I*Omega where I is the moment of inertia. For the simple case of a counterweight on the shaft, angular momentum is M*L^2*Omega where M is the Mass, L is how far it is
By Arun Hegde <arun.k.hegde@...> · #67735 ·
Re: Judging/adjusting Counter balance weights
Hi Les, as I pressed the send button it dawned on me how to do it, you must have replied as I deleted my original post, thank you
By Dave_Kentsbeer · #67734 ·
Re: Secondary hand controller
Thanks Brenden, yes mine is 5v
By Dave_Kentsbeer · #67733 ·
Re: GM-8 Gemini 1 continuous Dec axis rotation
Hi Bryn. Yes fault is in main PCB. ?It¡¯s either a H bridge or failed motor encoder IC. ?The motor encoder IC Has embedded firmware. ?These are subject to common fails usually someone miss-keying
By Brendan · #67732 ·
Re: Maximum weight
gets you. agreed david.partridge@...> wrote: -- Brian Brian Valente portfolio brianvalentephotography.com <http://brianvalentephotography.com>
By Brian Valente · #67731 ·
Re: Maximum weight
Heavier weights closer in every time ¨C it¡¯s the moment of inertia that gets you. David Sent: 02 September 2020 13:00 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Losmandy_users_io] Maximum weight
By David C. Partridge · #67730 ·
Re: Maximum weight
Thanks for the graph. To balance the scope would you use heavier weights closer to the RA axis to minimise moment of inertia or lighter weights further from the RA axis to reduce overall weight on the
By [email protected] · #67729 ·
Re: GM-8 Gemini 1 continuous Dec axis rotation
Hi Bryn, So when the cable in the DEC socket on Gemini was connected to the RA motor, the RA motor ran uncontrollably? That does sound like a problem with the Gemini unit itself. Could be something
By Paul Kanevsky · #67728 ·
Re: GM-8 Gemini 1 continuous Dec axis rotation
Thanks Brendan and Paul, So I swapped the dec cable to the RA motor and the fault transferred, so immediately thought that the cable was at fault. However, during various other tests, the fault stayed
By Bryn Evans · #67727 ·
Re: GM-8 Gemini 1 continuous Dec axis rotation
Paul is spot on swap Ra motor to DEC and visa versa. Keep track of which part started from. You can remove the motors and run them on a bench to test. They don¡¯t need yo be fitted yo test. if the
By Brendan · #67726 ·
Re: GM-8 Gemini 1 continuous Dec axis rotation
Hi Bryn, Continuous uncontrollable slew indicates that Gemini isn¡¯t reading the encoder from the DEC axis servo motor. Things to try: - make sure the motor cables are not broken by swapping them. If
By Paul Kanevsky · #67725 ·
Re: Secondary hand controller
Dave the standard hand controller socket is here ( https://gemini-2.com/front_panel_pinouts.html ) for all versions of Gemini. I think the only difference for G1 is it¡¯s 5V not 3.3v. This is the
By Brendan · #67724 ·
GM-8 Gemini 1 continuous Dec axis rotation
Hi all, I hope somebody can help? I picked up a used GM-8 with Gemini 1 about 6 weeks ago. After finally sorting everything out with serial cables, weights etc and having tested it all indoors,
By Bryn Evans · #67723 ·
Re: Judging/adjusting Counter balance weights
The counterweight should be adjusted to balance around the RA axis, not around the latitude adjustment. Leave the latitude adjustment alone. Loosen the RA clutch and rotate so the counterweight bar
By Les Niles · #67722 ·