Hi everyone I'm new to the group and would like to learn how is done the polar alignment with PoleAlignMax. I'm beginning in astrophotography. My setup is a...
Hey all, I just tried installing 3.40 on a new Dell Win 7 machine - I can't even get FMax to launch - it instantly gives me an "unexpected error - quitting"...
Greetings - I've been a FocusMax user for about 18 months with no problems. Well, my laptop crashed and I had to reinstall all software. I tried to use FMax...
Hi, I'm new in this group and (neddless to say) I have a question: Is it possible to run a VCurve with a artifical star? (the idea behind is to save time under...
Hi All, I want to do automated filter offsets tonight. I usually use about mag 7 stars and set dim star min flux to 15000 and max exposure to 32s, which in the...
Herb: Wow, what a concept. I actually have an artificial star and haven't tried this. I don't see why it wouldn't work but I never tried it either. There is...
Hello Alfredo, Pole Align Max is a tricky program, but excellent You must download the latest version, the ASCOM files, also the DC3 dream GSC11 catalog...
Hello Ron-- 1) Did you enter your observatory site information on the Site Tab on the Telescope Window (press the Telescope button). 2) Some people have...
... There are potential issues/problems. Make sure they (or similar ones) are under control. - local/ground seeing can be greater because artificial stars are...
... I recommend you use these criteria to select a star of suitable brightness: - set CCD exposure to 0.1 second or so - find a star that gives you a flux of...
Hi Tom, Using 0.1 sec is OK for broad band filters, but when using 3nm filters, imaging time can go all the way up to 30s for the same star. Anyway, I have...
... Use planetarium software and find a pair of stars that are separated by one or two CCD FOV's...north/south, or east/west separation...so that one star is...
Steve Cannistra has an Excel program that I use with good success. After you do a set of exposures on a star with a known magnitude and input the flux values,...
Hi All, I just used focus max for the first time last night with my 8" lx200gps. It worked well. Is there a focus on the fly type thing...or do i let it run...
Daniel: You can shut it down anytime you aren't using it to focus. I usually leave it up so I can focus when I want to. It doesn't matter if you stop it...
Hi guys, I am trying to use AcquireStar function in FocusMax however so far I haven't been able to make it work properly in case when the object is very close...
Hello Yuri-- Please send me a screen shot of the AcquireStar Setup Tab and Telescope Setup off line. Also, it is ** VERY ** important that you have you site...
Hi All, I would like some help understanding step sizes and how best to change this. I would like finer steps hoping this gives me better results. Currently...
Dear Steve, Thanks for the reply ! How can I send you the images ? I tried to do it now, but I got an error: "...I was not able to deliver your message to the...
... Are you using Robofocus? ... This sounds like a mechanical problem. Why does the stepper motor stall? Load too great? Binding of moving parts? If this...
Hi Tom, This is more of a chatter, and the folks at Robofocus says it does happen occasionally to some set ups. They told me to do the travel calibrations at ...
I successfully downloaded Focus Max to my desktop running Windows XP. However, when I try to do it with my laptop running Vista, clicking the FocusMax icon...
Thanks Guys for the input. I am using ACP's automated offset script which does not give you the option of multiple stars, (it rotates between the filters a...
Hi Dan, With my refractor, I focus every hour to allow for temperature change (have not yet set up my temperature compensation) This can be done manually, with...
Hi all, Is there anyone using for example Televue NP101is together with Focusmax. How did you solve the motor arrangement? What type of motor etc? Is there...
