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Re: power consumption of a G11/G2 mount in tracking mode
yep i use that one too when i'm on DC power [email protected]> wrote:
By Brian Valente · #66694 ·
Re: power consumption of a G11/G2 mount in tracking mode
My Lithium Ion batteries put out 11.9 volts when ¡°full¡± and can drop to as low as 10.9 volts. So I use a step-up converter. Specifically I use this one:
By Timothy Campbell · #66693 ·
Re: power consumption of a G11/G2 mount in tracking mode
Hi J-Phi It can vary, but generally the numbers I use are 0.2-0.5a for tracking, up to 1.5a for slewing @ 15v. Slewing is a little tricky because there can be a larger initial spike but there's an
By Brian Valente · #66692 ·
power consumption of a G11/G2 mount in tracking mode
Hello I'm thinking about a Li-IOn home-made battery pack to power my G11/G2 mount. I would like to figure out what is the power drawn by the G2 electronics, knowing that the mount (mechanical drive)
By jean-philippe jahier · #66691 ·
Re: Planning your night...
I use Starry Night Pro Plus (not free) ... but it has some very nice advanced search capabilities. So... for example Suppose I want to look at globular cluster's tonight. I can go into their "advanced
By Timothy Campbell · #66690 ·
Re: Planning your night...
Dear Sonny, Thank you very much for the "Tonight's Sky" listing. It looks very helpful! I inserted Double Stars and got about 250 objects. I don't think that the Gemini 2 has a guide button for
By Erik Brogger · #66689 ·
Re: Titan East Side Heavy
Very little imbalance is needed, just enough so that it slowly pushes RA gear in the desired direction. Have everything mounted, but only the RA clutches loosened. Make sure you are ready to catch the
By Paul Kanevsky · #66688 ·
Titan East Side Heavy
I don¡¯t mean to be anal but¡­¡­. When balancing the Titan for East Side Heavy is there a ¡®ball park¡¯ weight one should use? Or when having the mount at CWD how far should the scope move to the
By Kenn · #66687 ·
Re: Polemaster or Sharpcap? how about both
this is exactly what happened to me, and yes I think it's about finding the minimum number of stars. At these longer focal lengths, you need to have darker skies to get more stars with polemaster, it
By Brian Valente · #66686 ·
Re: Polemaster or Sharpcap? how about both
Nice tip Brian! I kinda gave up on the SharpCap alignment since it was taking a long long time to plate solve for me with the main cam. Right now I'm at 1645mm with the focal reducer and heavily light
Re: Planning your night...
When beginning, I used SkySafari to look around with. But settled in with Stellarium and grew with it. Back when looking into AP, it became apparent that PC, not Apple, actually dominated the field.
By Sonny Edmonds <sonnyedmonds@...> · #66684 ·
Re: Planning your night...
I clicked the Print button in Telescopus to see what a preview would look like. Holy ink gobbeler! Pretty, but not just a simple list like the tonight's Sky will do. -- SonnyE Sonny's Youtube Channel
Re: Going Auto with N.I.N.A
If only the developer would let the fainest crack of light in, and allow other file formats. His loss. -- SonnyE Sonny's Youtube Channel ( https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sonny+edmonds )
By Sonny Edmonds <sonnyedmonds@...> · #66682 ·
Re: Going Auto with N.I.N.A
And then it hit me... My screens don't appear like yours, or like Cuiv's. And I can't make them even look like that. And then it hit me! I'm running 64 bit computers, but some of my programs,
By Sonny Edmonds <sonnyedmonds@...> · #66681 ·
Re: Going Auto with N.I.N.A
I said *some* not all ;) wrote: Brian Brian Valente portfolio brianvalentephotography.com <http://brianvalentephotography.com>
By Brian Valente · #66680 ·
Re: Going Auto with N.I.N.A
At $99, and FITS only?? No. -- SonnyE Sonny's Youtube Channel ( https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sonny+edmonds ) (I suggest viewed in full screen)
By Sonny Edmonds <sonnyedmonds@...> · #66679 ·
Re: Going Auto with N.I.N.A
Sonny, The screen layouts in NINA are highly customizable. They are basically drag and drop. The clean, customizable interface is a big draw. It was for me. Sometimes I find myself having to hit the
By Justin Hendrickson · #66678 ·
Re: Planning your night...
I really like skysafari. You can load a 360 image of you viewing location into it and change the time/date to see what might be visible from your back yard. I'm in the redwoods so I've really got to
Re: MA to CGEM tripod
Hello, This is what I have encountered.? I have a Celestron CGE (Mk I) Tripod.? It has a OEM flat solid top plate.? I was able to source an original MA Adapter.? The original model MA has a
Re: How much does wind impact imaging
On wind specifically I find that it starts to reflect in my guide graph at about 6mph as reflected by weather apps, not a wind measuring tool, so this is a guess at best. This is with my 8SE at 1457mm
By Anthony Q · #66675 ·