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Re: Futura losmandy G11T
Hope you enjoy your purchase, David!
By John Kmetz · #74638 ·
Re: Semi OT.. Needed - 12" Bahtinov Mask..
Good conversation. It is an easy improvement to put a long lightweight handle on a plastic Bahtinov mask. Epoxy a long 1/4 inch wooden dowel on the edge of the Bahtinov mask as a handle. In this way
By Michael Herman · #74637 ·
Re: Futura losmandy G11T
Yo utilizo el traductor de google pare el ingles, que no se hablarlo. Se puede hacer lo mismo con el espa?ol. Si te parece mal, mis disculp
By Davidspain · #74636 ·
Re: Futura losmandy G11T
For non-Spanish speakers, here¡¯s a translation: ¡°I just ordered the Losmandy G11T from the Valkanik supplier in Spain, hopefully in a few months I will be enjoying it ????, I am
By David C. Partridge · #74635 ·
Futura losmandy G11T
Acabo de pedir la losmandy G11T al proveedor Valkanik en espa?a, con suerte en unos meses la estare disfrutando ????, que ganas de tenerla!!
By Davidspain · #74634 ·
Re: Opinions needed on balancing
Congrats, Philip! So glad you found a working solution! John
By John Kmetz · #74633 ·
Re: Semi OT.. Needed - 12" Bahtinov Mask..
There are Bahtinov masks that have a hole that fits over the secondary cover, but you need to remove the dew shield to use it. I have one for my C925 EdgeHD but haven't touched it ever since I went
By John Kmetz · #74632 ·
Semi OT.. Needed - 12" Bahtinov Mask..
So I can more effectively use my 12" SCT on my G11, does anyone know of a focusing mask that is easy to apply / remove from near the corrector of a 12" SCT with a homemade dew shield.. i.e. I can't
By Derek C Breit · #74631 ·
Re: Worm centering - how close is good enough?
. How close you have to get is what I am questioning. *** My Answer?? Like everything else on these mounts, it depends on the effort / reward ratio.. If it's easy - for you - to get it perfect, then
By Derek C Breit · #74630 ·
Re: Worm centering - how close is good enough?
Derek, The ring gear measurements were made with the clutches tight, so all the thrust bearings, washers, are surrounding contacts are all snugged down. I now use Michael Herman's high friction discs,
By John Kmetz · #74629 ·
Re: Worm centering - how close is good enough?
OH! This is awesome.. Actual Numbers on something! 1).. What is the difference in measurements from "the clutches are loose" to "the clutches are freaking tight".. 2).. If I buy new worm blocks, will
By Derek C Breit · #74628 ·
Worm centering ¨C how close is good enough?
Recently did another rebuild of my G11 (with non-spring-loaded worms) as I wanted to replace the 3¡± ID thrust bearings and the 3¡± ID thrust bearing washers which were a bit scored. Also, I had a
By John Kmetz · #74627 ·
Re: Any one using an ST-i for guider with Losmandy G2 conversation
Hi Doug, What are the symptoms? Does the mount not guide? Can you calibrate the autoguiding software? Are you plugging in ST-i guider cable into Gemini guider port, or are you using ASCOM
By Paul Kanevsky · #74626 ·
Re: Any one using an ST-i for guider with Losmandy G2 conversation
Hi Doug, Not clear yet what's causing your issue. You said "modified" but what exactly has been modified? How does the mod affect auto guiding? You say you have a Gemini-2. That has several ways to
By Michael Herman · #74625 ·
Re: Any one using an ST-i for guider with Losmandy G2 conversation
10 years ago or so I used it with limited success using my 492 drive and CCDDops. The large pixels made it hard to get good guiding at longer f.l. I switched over to a asi 120 with PHD2 and never
By Joe McBride · #74624 ·
Any one using an ST-i for guider with Losmandy G2 conversation
Morning all, I am having no success with using the ST-i guider for use my my G11/G2 modified. ?I have tried PHP, which does not work well once guide star is selected and even have gone back to SBIG's
By Doug Askew · #74623 ·
Re: ASI airpro printer cable
USB Male A 2.0 goes to ASI ?and USB 2.0 male B end goes into Gemini 2. ?6 feet is more than enough IMO
By Greg Fulkerson · #74622 ·
Re: ASI airpro printer cable
Thank you!!
By David Parsons · #74621 ·
Re: ASI airpro printer cable
You need one that looks like the one below. The square end plugs into the Gemini 2 and the USB plugs into one of the USB2 ports on the ASI-Air Pro.
By Ian Taylor · #74620 ·
ASI airpro printer cable
Simple question: exactly what printer cable is used to connect AAP to Gemini 2? Thanks!
By dlp5@... · #74619 ·