Re: Height of G11G on folding tripod
Wes,
Yes, that is accurate enough. ?This is with the legs at “minimum” length? ?That seems higher than expected. ?Do you know what it is with the legs extended?
Basically, I’m thinking of
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Bill Tschumy
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Re: Height of G11G on folding tripod
Bill
Its closer to 51 inches from floor to top of saddle clamps.
Wes
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wes Bolin <k5apl41@...>
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#68228
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Re: Height of G11G on folding tripod
Bill
My "flimsy" tape measure shows 50.5 inches with the legs at minimum
length. Measured from the floor to the separation of the two clamp
pieces. Hope that is close enough.
Wes
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wes Bolin <k5apl41@...>
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Re: Pre purchase questions GM811G
Been a tad busy . . . . ordering that new GM811GHD from Tanya!? Should ship in a couple of weeks.? Oh man, like a kid waiting for Christmas.
Shout out to:
Brian for answering all of my pesky
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Warren
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Re: 492 DDS
Cheers,
I do have a 492 DDS unit that I do not use, remote and one wiring to steppers (this is just rj11 cable) however I live in EU. If you don't find anything close to you I believe we can arrange
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dominik.ggorski@...
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Re: Moving Ahead With My Losmandy G11 / Gemini-1
That is a beautiful system!
Very clean wiring.
Use it in good health!
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Michael Herman
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Re: Moving Ahead With My Losmandy G11 / Gemini-1
Once the power is switched on there is no need to access the front of the Gemini unit until shut-down. So the cloth will keep some of the moisture at bay. I'm just surprised that my moist maritime
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Russell Milton
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Re: Moving Ahead With My Losmandy G11 / Gemini-1
Hello Russ,
Very nice, I never thought of covering the Gemini box while it is in use. The silicone plugs came up a couple of years ago here on the forum and have worked out well. I found that the roll
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Deric Caselli
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Height of G11G on folding tripod
I have been unable to find the height from the ground to the center of the saddle for a G11G when on the folding HD tripod. ?Could someone provide me with that number?
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Bill Tschumy
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Re: Moving Ahead With My Losmandy G11 / Gemini-1
Very nice...
Is that color midnight blue?
You Gemini should last forever!
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Michael Herman
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Re: Moving Ahead With My Losmandy G11 / Gemini-1
Since my recent problems resulted from efforts to deal with moisture on the G11/Gemini-1 mount, I have decided to institute some changes in how it is used. No longer will I leave the electronics
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Russell Milton
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Re: Moving Ahead With My Losmandy G11 / Gemini-1
I've sort of answered my own question. Based on physical dimensions the Hand Controller and Autoguider jacks are the same size (with 6 pins, RJ-11). The Encoder and Feature jacks are a different size
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Russell Milton
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Re: Connecting laptop to ST-4 input on GM8
Steve...
if its a real old ST4 camera.....like the early sbig??? Most used +12V out as the signal top move the mount.? The modern ST4 system has completely changed and now uses a "gnd" or "low" as
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Brendan
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Re: Moving Ahead With My Losmandy G11 / Gemini-1
Hi Brian,
Before ordering silcone plugs for the ports I want to make sure I have it right. According to the Losmandy G-11/Gemini-1 manual the RS-232 fort is RJ-22. That one will be occupied by the
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Russell Milton
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Re: Moving Ahead With My Losmandy G11 / Gemini-1
Hi Michael,
Thanks for a little more of the process you followed to find the problem. That is why consulting experts like yourself is well worth the effort. I will also be getting some of those
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Russell Milton
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Re: Connecting laptop to ST-4 input on GM8
Thanks for your suggestions. I may look for a relatively inexpensive used autoguiding camera that has an ST-4 port, or perhaps a GPUSB converter, but in the meantime, I will try using an ancient
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palynos2@...
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Re: 492 DDS
Also best not to cross post the same question ( /g/Gemini_users/topic/492_dds/77412840?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,77412840 ) between forums. ?Most people
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Brendan
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492 DDS
Hi, all.? I recently acquired a used Losmandy GM-8.? It's a solid unit and It has the stepper motors on it but no control system. So I'm looking for a 492 DDS, hand remote, wiring to the steppers,
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Gregory Ronnback
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Re: Stellarium Mac - csnnot setup a new telescope connection.
you have to enable it to access telescopes. It works fine on PC, i don't
know much about the Mac version.
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Brian
Brian Valente
portfolio brianvalentephotography.com
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Brian Valente
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Re: Stellarium Mac - csnnot setup a new telescope connection.
Did you check "load at startup" and restart stellarium?
telescope plugin needs to load before you can configure it
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Brian Valente
portfolio brianvalentephotography.com
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Brian Valente
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