Re: G11 with Gemini2 issues with Go To
Thank you Michael,
You mentioned the issues with Gemini 1. I have the Gemini 2 but with the first version of the control board. Will the above advice work for my version as well, and the attached
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James B
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#67337
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Re: Apology to the polar alignment scope
I¡¯m glad to see they¡¯re still available. That¡¯s got to be a tough business, making a product that, once it¡¯s successfully installed, has a life of a quarter century, with a limited pool of
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Les Niles
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#67336
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Re: Apology to the polar alignment scope
I bet this would be a NASA APOD if you would submit it.
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HenkSB
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#67335
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Re: RA spikes towards west
Hi Magnus,
Given all that you have done, I doubt it is the mount drive.... but other
ideas follow....
The camera optics are very sensitive to any mechanical looseness.
When I've gotten glitches in
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Michael Herman
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#67334
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Re: G11 with Gemini2 issues with Go To
Hi James,
Things to try... consider them beginners notes....
1. Any time you change the date or time or latitude, longitude, etc: *after
you enter the new values you must power off the Gemini,
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Michael Herman
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#67333
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Re: G11 with Gemini2 issues with Go To
James
what does the Web interface state the battery voltage is ( https://gemini-2.com/web/web-battery-ports.php ) ?
Are you sure your battery top "finger clip" is contacting the battery top with
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Brendan
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#67332
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RA spikes towards west
Hi!
I seem to have run into a problem where I think I'd need some smart input. I've cleaned and relubed my G11, put everything together and adjusted the RA worm as usual. Now I am also running a
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Magnus Larsson
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#67331
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Forgot to introduce myself
Hi everyone, my name is James and I have been into AP for a few years now. I started with an Ioptron IEQ 45 and I was able to get that thing to work pretty good for a non American made mount. I
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James B
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#67330
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G11 with Gemini2 issues with Go To
Hi, I purchased a used G11 with the older Gemini 2 Go To. The mount worked great for the first few weeks, then it started going nutty. Pointing in strange places I did not tell it to go. I looked up
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James B
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#67329
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Re: Orion 8" f/4 Newt and GM811G Mount?
This is what I'm saying...
Tom
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wa1vta01452 <loeblt@...>
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#67328
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Do you have unguided data from PHD?
I'm working on the next installment of PEC
if anyone has unguided data they gathered from PHD for their Losmandy
mount, or is willing to gather some (I can help you with how to do that)
please PM
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Brian Valente
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#67327
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Re: Orion 8" f/4 Newt and GM811G Mount?
Personally I think that you should use a full fat G11G for that scope if you intend imaging.
David
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David C. Partridge
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#67326
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Re: GM-8G - Attaching The Tucked-in Motors
https://www.google.com/search?q=Bondus+Allan+wrenches&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS877US877&oq=Bondus+Allan+wrenches&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l7.12959j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
I also found L- Allan wrenches at my
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Sonny Edmonds <sonnyedmonds@...>
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#67325
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Re: Orion 8" f/4 Newt and GM811G Mount?
Arun,
Yes I do imaging. All the camera stuff hangs off to the side, not
underneath, like some suggest. I like the side access for me. As long as
I have good balance ( a little heavier in the RA
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Mearl Balmer
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#67324
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Re: Orion 8" f/4 Newt and GM811G Mount?
Mearl,
Just to clarify - you use this setup for long exposure imaging, correct? My main concern with a Newtonian, aside for the weight and size, would be the issue with the camera, focuser,
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Arun Hegde <arun.k.hegde@...>
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#67323
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Re: Orion 8" f/4 Newt and GM811G Mount?
Thanks all for the reply's.
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Jim Waters <jimwaters@...>
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#67322
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Re: Orion 8" f/4 Newt and GM811G Mount?
That¡¯s what I got, after I tried exactly one photo without. (Did I mention that you will need a coma corrector?) It does the job. Not sure what else to say ¡ª there¡¯s no coma apparent; I
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Les Niles
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#67321
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Re: Orion 8" f/4 Newt and GM811G Mount?
I have the earlier version Baader MPCC and it worked well to eliminate coma
on my Meade 10 inch f/4 SN10 for my AOS-C sized deep sky camera.
However you must carefully position your camera image
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Michael Herman
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#67320
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Re: Orion 8" f/4 Newt and GM811G Mount?
Thanks all.? Any opinions on the Baader MkIII MPCC?
https://www.baader-planetarium.com/en/2%22-mpcc-mark-iii-(multi-purpose-coma-corrector-for-newtons).html
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Jim Waters <jimwaters@...>
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#67319
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Re: Orion 8" f/4 Newt and GM811G Mount?
My Vixen 8" f4 astrograph with Orion 90 guidescope, ASI120mm guide camera,
and ASI071 MC Pro camera, filter Wheel and dyi Arduino focuser on my GM811G
weighs about total 40 lbs and works great on my
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Mearl Balmer
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#67318
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