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Re: PEC Question
Nick what is your imaging scale again? wrote: -- Brian Brian Valente portfolio brianvalentephotography.com <http://brianvalentephotography.com>
By Brian Valente · #72530 ·
Re: New G11 Question Concerning Stiction
While ALT = 0 is probably the most accurate, this method can be a bit of a chore. Cranking the altitude knob downwards is fairly easy, but turning back up to your latitude setting takes some
By John Kmetz · #72529 ·
Re: PEC Question
And this is a 10min sub from that session (toward the end). The elongated stars mostly in the top right are from some tilt I am dealing with
By Nick Ambrose · #72528 ·
Re: PEC Question
Yeah, this one has about a 3 hr guiding session at the end that overall I am extremely happy with. It was at Dec = 60 though and on another forum, someone pointed out that if I repeated this at dec=0
By Nick Ambrose · #72527 ·
Re: PEC Question
Nick i think you are munging a few different things together here that may confuse things Do you have a guidelog segment that is at least 30 minutes of solid guiding (doesn't have to be low RMS, but
By Brian Valente · #72526 ·
PEC Question
Apologies for the barrage of questions here. I ran unguided for around 20 mins at DEC=0 (basically went to PHD2 drift align and told the mount to slew to where it wants to do that) As others helped me
By Nick Ambrose · #72525 ·
Re: New G11 Question Concerning Stiction
That makes sense Brian. If it does not impact tracking then I dont care. Tracking is the only thing I am really interested in getting the best out of. I can use the alt=0 trick easily if need be.
By Nick Ambrose · #72524 ·
Re: New G11 Question Concerning Stiction
Nick, The wavy washer goes in between the RA clutch plates and helps separate them when the locks are untightened. Unless you are at the equator, the altitude your mount is set at will always cause
By John Kmetz · #72523 ·
Re: New G11 Question Concerning Stiction
Hi Nick You only need to find balance once, so the ALT=0 trick is a good one the wavy washer can certainly help though it is totally unrelated to tracking wrote: -- Brian Brian Valente portfolio
By Brian Valente · #72522 ·
Re: New G11 Question Concerning Stiction
I've watched all the videos (and going to watch this one again). My rig is light but I do find that its really difficult to "unbalance" it by moving the weight up and down I got the 7 pound weight
By Nick Ambrose · #72521 ·
Re: New G11 Question Concerning Stiction
i'd recommend trying the Alt=0 approach. You can of course pick up the wavy washer -- Brian Brian Valente portfolio brianvalentephotography.com <http://brianvalentephotography.com>
By Brian Valente · #72520 ·
Re: New G11 Question Concerning Stiction
Just get the wavy washer for RA axis.
By alan137 · #72519 ·
Re: New G11 Question Concerning Stiction
THanks. Sorry, yes, I mean the wavy washer. Mark
By Mark Wetzel · #72518 ·
Re: New G11 Question Concerning Stiction
On either side if you rotate Dec past 90'degrees it should move freely. Just ate a bit further On RA try the alt=0 trick mentioned Re Belleville I think you may be thinking of the wavy washer? Brian
By Brian Valente · #72517 ·
Re: New G11 Question Concerning Stiction
Brian, Thank you for your warp speed fast reply. I have watched your excellent video on balancing. ?For RA, there is no rotation position where the axis is free to move. ?For DEC, only when the OTA
By Mark Wetzel · #72516 ·
Re: New G11 Question Concerning Stiction
Hi Mark please watch the video on balancing your mount, including tips all the way to the end (and read description for update) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHJYkJLBZDc (and i recommend the entire
By Brian Valente · #72515 ·
New G11 Question Concerning Stiction
I just received my new G11G system for astrophotography. ?I set it up and everything functions properly in a basement test. However, the RA and DEC axes are very sticky when the clutches are
By Mark Wetzel · #72514 ·
image request for polar alignment tutorial
Hi folks I'm looking for a still image of the Ursa Major/ Cassiopeia/ Polaris sky area this is going to be used for the polar alignment via polar scope tutorial Do you have one i can use? if so please
By Brian Valente <brian@...> · #72513 ·
Re: Considering a GM811G
My 130mm triplet / 80mm doublet / G11G sits on a Meade Giant Field tripod quite nicely.. Derek
By Derek C Breit · #72512 ·
Re: Very odd polar align issue
Thank you so much Keith! I'm definitely still new at this kind of analysis and this is super helpful 15" peak to peak is a bit higher than I was expecting but I am definitely still getting things
By Nick Ambrose · #72511 ·