Re: Issues With Initial GoTos on new GM811G
Yes, of course you¡¯re totally right! -- Brendan
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Brendan
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How to pause a 492 digital drive
Hi all, I had a 492 for a G8 laying around and I just installed it on my AZ8. It really work great. Better then the slo-mo cables. The only thing is once I center the object in the ep. and on sky
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John Desbiens
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Re: Issues With Initial GoTos on new GM811G
Thanks everyone for the help so far.? Lots of good suggestions here that I will try out tonight. This is probably part of the issue.? I did not cycle power to the mount immediately after updating
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Ryan Weiss <rrweiss14@...>
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Re: Issues With Initial GoTos on new GM811G
Not all of UK is +ve Longitude ¨C the meridian passes through Greenwich, London. D. Sent: 12 August 2020 16:53 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Losmandy_users_io] Issues With Initial GoTos
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David C. Partridge
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Re: Issues With Initial GoTos on new GM811G
HI Ryan, Since your mount is brand new, you should call the factory in California and discuss the problems. They should be at: (747) 283-1075 (The serial number of your mount head is printed on the
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Michael Herman
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Re: Issues With Initial GoTos on new GM811G
Ryan a few tricks longitude setup is ¡°- ve¡± in USA. ? ?¡°+ve¡± in UK ( https://gemini-2.com/hc/E019A.php ) Also south is ¡°-ve¡±! Local time is military time (
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Brendan
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Re: Issues With Initial GoTos on new GM811G
What David and GN said. When I first started out, I did exactly this and was wondering why things were not moving the way they should. It is easy to accidentally interchange RA and DEC when connecting
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Arun Hegde <arun.k.hegde@...>
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Re: Issues With Initial GoTos on new GM811G
And also check that the RA motor is connected to the RA outlet on the controller and similarly for the DEC. David Sent: 12 August 2020 14:26 To: [email protected] Subject: Re:
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David C. Partridge
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Re: Issues With Initial GoTos on new GM811G
Hi! FIrst thing to check, always, in situations like this, is time and location. Is the time correctly set, and is it really the correct geographical location? You set this with the handcontrol, if
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Magnus Larsson
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Re: Issues With Initial GoTos on new GM811G
With new users it is hard to know whether the errors are conceptual or due to faulty implementation of issues that are understood.? And then there are errors that occur in the writing of the post
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GN
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Issues With Initial GoTos on new GM811G
I just received a brand new GM811G and took it outside for first light yesterday.? After successfully polar aligning the mount with a polemaster, I tried to goto several bright stars and each time
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Ryan Weiss <rrweiss14@...>
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Re: Polemaster Adapter for Titan Mounts
Donnie, I may be chiming in late here and my mount is not the Titan, but my adapter Pole Master adapter from my iOptron IEQ45 Pro fit perfectly with my older model G11. For that matter, the Tri Peer
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James B
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Re: Polemaster Adapter for Titan Mounts
John, I just responded. Thanks for the questions! Matt [email protected]> wrote:
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matt harmston
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Re: Polemaster Adapter for Titan Mounts
Matt: I was looking at your article in Astronomy Tech Today magazine and was interested in finding? some answeres John Hobbshobbs_john@...
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John Hobbs
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Re: Polemaster Adapter for Titan Mounts
Brian, Thanks for the kind words. The setups in my image are: 1) Riverside Space Port (SkyShed POD), which houses a MallinCam VRC10-CF on a Celestron CGEPro. 2) 16" custom dob, push-to, built around a
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matt harmston
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Re: Side by side saddle or piggy back scope alignment
Brett Thanks for your reply. Yes, by concentric I meant having the same view in the sky. Since I put a losmandy dovetail on the top and bottom of my c11 (it has hyperstar capability) and put an 80 mm
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crocco1250
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Re: Side by side saddle or piggy back scope alignment
Chuck, If I am reading your post correctly, you are wondering whether the scopes should be parallel *or* should point to the same place in the sky (I assume that is what you mean by having the views
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E. Brett Waller
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Re: Maintenance
Very nice report, Greg. One comment, and a few questions: Since you mentioned it: Dow Corning makes its High Vacuum Grease product that is used in experimental physics high vacuum chambers. It has
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Michael Herman
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Re: Maintenance
About fifteen years ago I lubed my (stepper version) G11 with Slick 50 bearing grease.? Since that time I have used it in temperatures from -20F to as hot as I could stand. I'm sure Super Lube would
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GN
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Re: Polemaster Adapter for Titan Mounts
Donald, The G11G has all of the latest and greatest design features included in the current production. I have a G11 mount that predates any of these updates, over time I updated my G11 first with the
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Chip Louie
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