Re: Tracking error?
a list! Only 15 things at a time! ha that would be first on my list of things to do to improve any PE in your mount i know there's a few different approaches to this: hardware folks tend to focus on
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Brian Valente
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Re: Tracking error?
Anthony Q The gear box, I was hoping it would take out some of the spike at 7.5x?? I'll find out I would like to know what the worm drive spike in the beginning is from. But I'm hoping it might be
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glnth
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Re: G11 survival kit - Oldham Coupler
I spent ~42 years in the heavy side of the Industrial Electrical field. Every machine I worked with where shaft to shaft coupling was done, flexible couplings where used. Even with very heavy
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sonnyedmonds@...
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Re: Almost a new owner - Safety Limits..
I can run everything outside, from inside, as if I was sitting at that station. *** Don't do that until you have set the Safety Limits properly or you can drive the scope into the mount or tripod..
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Derek C Breit
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Re: Almost a new owner....
Hi! You might want to have a look at Ekos/Indi, nicely packaged in the Stellarmate for instance: https://www.stellarmate.com/ This is what I use for my G11. Only this. Best, Magnus Den 2020-01-01 kl.
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Magnus Larsson
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Re: Tracking error?
Sonny, I have gotten new disks from Michael and they seem to have a lot more friction then what I had. I haven't been able to get the mount out yet, but I think they will solve that problem. I kind of
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glnth
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Re: G11 survival kit - Oldham Coupler
It is my view that you must try and adjust out as much (ideally all) of the Oldham coupler movement other than pure rotation. *** Michael also elaborates on lining up the motor so everything is in a
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Derek C Breit
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Re: Thread pitch..
No. But if you take one to a Lowe's, or a Home Depot, they usually have a thread matching card or device and you can >carefully< try your screw and find the right thread and pitch. Ask for help if you
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sonnyedmonds@...
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Re: Almost a new owner....
This shift to a Losmandy Mount may be much smoother than I imagined. *** Uh-oh.. You just *had* to say that.. I have a coworker who just LOVES to say "we're almost finished!".. Invariably we *are*
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Derek C Breit
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Re: Almost a new owner....
Oh no, I plan to delete anything about Celestron from my Mount Computer, I refer to it as my Baby Dell. I think I might wait until the new GM811G is here and working. Or hopefully, somebody runs
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sonnyedmonds@...
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Re: G11 survival kit
Thank you Brian, Will add those to my list. Sent from my Galaxy Tab A
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Deric Caselli
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Re: G11 survival kit
Thank you Michael, always informative. I brought in the New Year out under the stars with the G11 it worked like a charm especially after I remembered to place the minus sign in the time zone settng.
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Deric Caselli
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Re: static electricity shock
Ron wrote- . static electricity. So am I to worry?, not enough power to cause harm right? *** My last "POOF" went like this.. I do lunar and minor planet occultations.. Involved is a Video Time
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Derek C Breit
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Re: Almost a new owner....
imaging, got it. Regarding imaging, you won't need that NexRemote, as the gemini.net already has that built in as a feature. (I don't know of anyone using NexRemote with losmandy, but that could be
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Brian Valente
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Re: Almost a new owner....
Thank You Brian! Not visual at all, really. I got into this sport to do imaging of Nebula, specifically. So although coming at it from a budget point of view, I bought my initial gear with
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sonnyedmonds@...
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Re: G11 survival kit
Hi Deric - Michael's post is pretty comprehensive to have your mount run for the next century my simpler list for the next few years is: spare batteries for the Gemini spare motor cables for RA and
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Brian Valente
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Re: G11 survival kit
Very good question! (Oh oh... Another lightning rod question... off the deep end I go. Apologies again! My first blunder of 2020!) ... survival...and maintenance... Firstly: The G11 mounts have been
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Michael Herman
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Re: Tracking error?
I filed those tabs off to remove the gearbox binding as well. Several different gear boxes exhibited the same binding. I am not sure how you and I are the only people in the world to have noticed
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Anthony Q
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Re: Almost a new owner....
Thank You Paul. I'm not a Raspberry pie user, but appreciate your reply. Thanks! Thank You for the short list, Chip. Looks like the only thing for me to add is the Gemini ASCOM driver (maybe. It may
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sonnyedmonds@...
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G11 survival kit
What spare parts do I need to stock up on to keep the G11 going?
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Deric Caselli
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