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If you're using Gemini, one way to do this is to define a Home location pointing at the flat panel. You can then command Gemini to go Home when you need to take flats, or park when you are ready to

I am WAAAY behind, and as such have not read the responses to this query.. But there is a third option, as you said (roughly) "hit the tripod leg".. i.e. there is no problem clearing the motors.. For

Brian: I use an electoluminated light panel that is about 16" x 12" that when I am ready to take the flats, align my 8" C8 straight up and take the flats. John Hobbs hobbs_john@...

For those of you who have large(r) telescopes, how do you handle your flats, and if you are automating them, what is your strategy? the reason I'm asking here on losmandy is this: i have a 12" RC and

I think John pretty much netted it out. You could do it either way. The RA extension is quite a bit less, but you have the added benefit of being able to break apart RA and DEC The pier extension

I guess the question is how much additional clearance you need/want. The RA extension is only going to give you a couple of inches at best, while a pier extension will give you 8 or 12 inches

The RA extension worked out for me, but this was with a different OTA. But this is what it is intended for, to give some extra clearance. Going higher vertically may not help the clearance in the same

Tom, In the (diagnostic) scenario I described (turning off guiding but watching/logging the guide star) the RMS is of little meaning unless you have no drift. RMS is a statistical measure around a

Mark, I had a similar problem (see my post on the Gemini group of around a month ago). A new battery, but the system was not saving the time, although the location was correct (I did not use a GPS).

Hi All, Thank you for the comprehensive responses. Mark I've just read yours for the second time and I'm still digesting, I clearly have much to learn :) I'm going to read it again now. I'm using

Thanks! Sent: Wednesday, September 4, 2019 4:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Losmandy_users_io] Two Questions About Gemini-2 Hi Mark great questions 1. yes it should save the time.

Hi Mark great questions 1. yes it should save the time. not sure why that's happening to you, make sure you save the values and you do not have any settings on your computer to overwrite these values

Hi, I've search high and low, and cannot find answers to these two questions. 1. My Gemini-2 hand controller does not save the time, nor does it get the time from the GPS (although it does take the

Wrote this up today elsewhere: . There were some differences in how folks numbered the pins of the RJ-12 modular jack. Probably why they flipped the connections. I know Meade PCBs start with pin 1 on

Thanks Mark. I thought I remembered seeing comments about grounding concerns with 492 drive as well, but IIRC that was for the "no relay box" scenario. Will try it out next non-cloudy night. If the

Tom, You didn't mention what your guiding exposure is. If less than 2 or 3 seconds then, yes indeed, you will be chasing seeing. You also didn't mention if you find the resulting images acceptable or

All: I mounted my meter-long Mak-Newt OTA on my GM811G, and while it doesn't hit the HD tripod leg as I slew, it comes perilously close (and did hit a dew heater control I had attached with a Velcro

Hello Tom Not too sure what guiding software you use, but bad seeing drives guiding nuts... If you use phd2 use guiding assist and run it for 3 or 4 minutes and it will make suggestions for you. After

Hi All, I'm hoping I might be able to reset my troubled brain when it comes to the guiding results I am getting from my backyard. To set the stage, I have a 12 month old G11 which I'm using with a

In PhD2 click on the Tools tab. The first item is Manual Guide. If you set the Guide/Slew rate in the 492 panel to 16X you'll be able to see and hear the manual guide corrections. I use the Manual