Re: Looking into Losmandy
Great. Thank you. Very good advice, and help solidify my long term decision to go with the G11G. Thanks, Andrew -- Main Telescope: Explore Scientific 152ED APO Refractor in Carbon Fiber Mount: Explore
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ACorkill
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#68994
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Re: Looking into Losmandy
Hi Andrew! The Losmandy HD tripod might as well be a Pier. ?Rock solid. ?I use mine with both my GM8 and my Orion Atlas mount. ?I have the older version with the legs that come apart, rather than
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deitzelj
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#68993
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Re: Pec training
Where can we find these? ?The Losmandy Youtube site? ?Thanks! JMD
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deitzelj
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Re: NINA Controlling Losmandy G11. Coordinate are not the same. Why?
I'm always interested in fixes for programs that give me a hard time. Which, come to think about it, is EVERY program. ;^) 8^) -- SonnyE Sonny's Youtube Channel (
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Sonny Edmonds <pedmondsjr@...>
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#68991
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Re: Motor coupler- Onstep to GM8
Yes. Two piece. I may give that a shot. I am a little concerned since It seems pretty intolerant of alignment. Probably so, but have to admit to a certain aversion to belts and pulleys. Many people
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W Maxwell
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#68990
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Re: Securing Gemini 2 Handset
I have been using velcro on mine. Bought the exterior grade heavy duty material -- doesn't peel off in the cold. Put the fuzzy material on the side of the controller and a strip on the pier. Had used
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Gregory Latiak
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#68989
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Re: Securing Gemini 2 Handset
I printed the Gemini-2 holder from Thingyverse but the clamp around the LT tripod was too small so I removed their clamp and reset the size for a larger clamp. ?After printing it in gray ABS
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Bill P.
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#68988
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Re: Pec training
I would appreciate it if any of the other Linux users would post a minimal configuration to run PEMPro.? I went out last night to try to run it and never really got started (couldn't seem to focus
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Richard Beck
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#68987
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Re: NINA Controlling Losmandy G11. Coordinate are not the same. Why?
Sending J2000 when it expects JNOW? that'll do it :) glad it was an easy fix wrote: -- Brian Brian Valente portfolio brianvalentephotography.com <http://brianvalentephotography.com>
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Brian Valente
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#68986
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Re: NINA Controlling Losmandy G11. Coordinate are not the same. Why?
A post that looks exactly the same showed up on Cloudy Nights. It appears that author found a way to correct the error by using JNOW. NINA Controlling Losmandy G11. Coordinate are not the same. Why? (
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Sonny Edmonds <pedmondsjr@...>
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#68985
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Re: Securing Gemini 2 Handset
Ha! Thanks :) I certainly can if there's interest. Ping me off-group at geekfieldguide@... -W
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Warren Schultz
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Re: Securing Gemini 2 Handset
it's on thingverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3367408
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Brian Valente
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#68983
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Re: Securing Gemini 2 Handset
Are you taking orders for those? Looks very nice! (I see a 3D printer in my future....hope it is not along with a harp and wings.) Best, Michael wrote:
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Michael Herman
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#68982
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Re: Securing Gemini 2 Handset
That's funny, Chip. I was actually just about to post that I'd done a clean design based on one I'd seen on thingiverse, and printed it in glow PETG, which is very similar to that design :) (It's
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Warren Schultz
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Re: Securing Gemini 2 Handset
Hi Russ, Call this guy and ask him to send you one of these without the bracket. Can be mounted flat on anything using screws or double Velcro or adhesives. *Photon Express (
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Chip Louie
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#68980
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Re: Motor coupler- Onstep to GM8
Are you powering the worm directly from the stepper? Does your mount have OPWs or is it a 2-piece worm block mount? If you are doing direct stepper to worm drive and have the 2-piece worm blocks you
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Chip Louie
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#68979
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Re: Guiding question..
Hi Mearl, I have a ASI290MM-mini for autoguiding and it seems to be a better autoguider than my old QHY5L-II Mono but I no longer have the old QHY5L-II mono or PHD logs to prove it. So to see if there
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Chip Louie
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#68978
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Re: Guiding question..
Hi, Derek I used an ASI120 MC for several years. Lots of successes, but many issues, too. Locked up alot with my ASI other imaging camera and DSLR. Lost stars a lot. or only detected a few...maybe
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Mearl Balmer
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#68977
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Re: RA motor lag!
Which proves the point. Set the mount outside and about midnight or so go out and set the backlash on the now cold normalized mount. Be sure to run the servos at least 360 degrees, you will need to
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Chip Louie
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Re: Guiding question..
Hi Derek! Long time sir! Absodarnedlutely possible to autoguide using an OSC but highly not recommended. The issue is due to the way OSCs work it is possible that the autoguiding will have issues
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Chip Louie
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