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Re: Used GM-8 Guiding Help
Wow, I am blown away by all the good info everyone has been helping out with, thanks so much! Michael, I will definitely get the serial number and reach out to Losmandy just out of pure curiosity. I
By Nick · #69931 ·
Re: Used GM-8 Guiding Help
Derek that's very kind of you :) wrote: -- Brian Brian Valente portfolio brianvalentephotography.com <http://brianvalentephotography.com>
By Brian Valente · #69930 ·
365 covers, condensation, and Wavy Washer standing water..
Previously "we" discussed covers and condensation.. Gun Heating Rods sound like a fantastic solution.. Having given away my power supply - like an idiot - and knowing big rain was coming - I finally
By Derek C Breit · #69929 ·
Re: Hello from a new user
Thanks all. Brian, send my regards to Tanya. She was great throughout.
Re: Hello from a new user
Welcome to the Fun, Brian.. :-)) Derek _____ Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 8:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Losmandy_users_io] Hello from a new user Hi all. My wife and I got into
By Derek C Breit · #69927 ·
Re: Used GM-8 Guiding Help
Nick.. If you give me your address, you can borrow my extra brass worm to see if you want to install one / if it helps solve the problem.. Then you can either buy one from Losmandy and send mine back
By Derek C Breit · #69926 ·
Re: Eastside Heavy Rule - How to Practically Apply Query
I move the lower counterweight up or down the shaft depending on which side of the mount things are.. *AND* I find where these points are - before ever turning on the mount - during initial
By Derek C Breit · #69925 ·
Re: Used GM-8 Guiding Help
Just a few further thoughts on periodic error. See graph below: If you start imaging at point B, then in half the worm period, you will get a shift in the image of 2P arc seconds. For your G8 data, P
By Ian Taylor · #69924 ·
Re: Hello from a new user
welcome Brian!
By Brian Valente · #69923 ·
Re: Hello from a new user
To paraphrase an old jingle "You meet the nicest people on a Losmandy." Welcome back Brian! -- Chip Louie Chief Daydreamer Imagination Hardware Astropheric Weather Forecast - South Pasadena, CA
By Chip Louie · #69922 ·
Re: Making the most of cloudy winter nights with a new mount and scope
I¡¯ll also add, that my routine for using the AAP with the Gemini 1 is as follows, which might help? - Power up AAP - Power on Gemini - Focus using AAP (I also have an EAF) - Cold start Gemini (I set
By Bryn Evans · #69921 ·
Re: Making the most of cloudy winter nights with a new mount and scope
Join the ASIAIR and ASIAIR Pro user groups on Facebook. Lots of excellent help and assistance. The AAP has really been a game changer for me, getting me imaging whenever the weather allows. Make sure
By Bryn Evans · #69920 ·
Re: Hello from a new user
Hi Brian, Welcome back to astronomy...we've missed you. But seriously...do have fun!!! Jamey
By Jamey Jenkins · #69919 ·
Eastside Heavy Rule - How to Practically Apply Query
Hello Group Many times over the years I have seen and heard it mentioned that it is beneficial to have a non-perfect mount balance such that the 'east side' of the mount is biased to be slightly
By Terry Pullen · #69918 ·
Re: Used GM-8 Guiding Help
Hello Nick - it looks like you got a lot of data there! The first image shows PE of about +/-20". I have heard before that people say that the PE of a G8 mount is double that of a G11, so that would
By Ian Taylor · #69917 ·
Re: Useful tip for G11 Digital Drive owners: https://nova.astrometry.net/
Hello Paul - yes I check that the main and finder scope are aligned and centred, but I usually do this visually, and the issue is the focus point for the eyepiece for the finder and main scope is
By Ian Taylor · #69916 ·
Hello from a new user
Hi all. My wife and I got into this hobby in the mid-80s with a classic orange C8. After getting a ton of use out if it, both visually and a bit of film-based AP, a new?10¡± LX50 followed in the
By brianm <bkmiller4463@...> · #69915 ·
Re: Useful tip for G11 Digital Drive owners: https://nova.astrometry.net/
Robert, There are two things I don¡¯t understand about what you say. 1) Do you align the main and finder scope before doing this? Is so, then once an object is centred in the finder it should be
By Paul Homer · #69914 ·
Re: Making the most of cloudy winter nights with a new mount and scope
Geoff, So many things to suggest here for AP: -Go to the https://gemini-2.com/ website and read as much as possible to get acquainted with the mount controller -Go to the Losmandy channel on YouTube
By John Kmetz · #69913 ·
Re: Used GM-8 Guiding Help
Nice testing work, Nick. If you turn your mount head upside down, you will find it's serial number stamped there. The Losmandy company can tell you when it was produced. As you have the original steel
By Michael Herman · #69912 ·