I am self-guiding my 12" RCX with an SBIG camera and MaximDL using a 5 sec correction loop. Corrections are being applied via the guider relay inputs. The...
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David Yaney
dsyaney
Oct 1, 2007 3:12 pm
Murray - I don't see any way to avoid counterweights. Since the piggyback scope is offset from the center of the RCX by a considerable distance (many inches),...
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Doc
pessemist
Oct 1, 2007 3:14 pm
... crossing the meridian with the initial two star alignment in the Eq. mode, but I'm not sure if they relate to all RCX's or just my MaxMount. I would love...
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autostaretx
Oct 1, 2007 3:52 pm
... My -guess- is that Maxim commanded a real "GoTo" instead of simply issuing guider commands. The beep would have been the arrival. Without a serial trace...
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autostaretx
Oct 1, 2007 4:02 pm
... It's also described in the Updater's HELP pages under "damaged handbox", and frequrently referred to in many of these groups as "Safe Load". To...
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David Yaney
dsyaney
Oct 1, 2007 8:41 pm
Dick - Very interesting suggestion - as turns out Maxim was not "connected" to the scope in the logical sense but TheSky was. I would also point out that while...
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Doc
pessemist
Oct 1, 2007 11:04 pm
... I would have given my dominant appendage to have this little tidbit of information late last night. What I don't understand on any level is Meades failure...
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autostaretx
Oct 1, 2007 11:10 pm
... You only mentioned MaximDL in your note, so that's why i said Maxim. Failure to properly report your environment will get incorrect responses. Insert...
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autostaretx
Oct 1, 2007 11:21 pm
... In Safe Load mode the above list of steps may not apply. (it -may- with the newest ASU (4.6) and the RCX, but previous versions of ASU working with the...
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uncarollo2
Oct 2, 2007 12:00 am
... to ... The Sky6 does indeed send a command to a mount (and not just the Meade mounts) to move by a small amount - a few arc minutes. This happens if you...
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autostaretx
Oct 2, 2007 12:02 am
... It's available from the link at the bottom of this page: <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/portmon.mspx> or, to be specific: ...
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Bill Bishop
bish65535
Oct 2, 2007 3:24 am
/me pictures scope and mount doing a maximum speed drive in DEC/ALT, flipping over and over, designed to hone the bearings, parts flying off in all directions,...
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Doc
pessemist
Oct 2, 2007 3:24 am
Any issues with using the DSI Pro II imager with the Orion Filter wheel on the RCX400 12"? Specifically any problems achieving back focus? I'll be using the ...
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Thad Floryan
thad_floryan
Oct 2, 2007 5:48 am
... off in ... Hah, hah, HAH! Kinda reminds me of the "Balance Test" for the LX200 Classic -- it moves the OTA rapidly in Dec so one can hear the motor...
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Kenneth Richmond
kennywrichmond
Oct 2, 2007 1:17 pm
The RCX on a MaxMount has an electronic balancing routine that has it moving about 450 lbs. up and down an inch or so while it seems to measure the amp load...
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Kenneth Richmond
kennywrichmond
Oct 2, 2007 1:18 pm
Doc, Check your manual for the measured distance to the focal plane, and if it does not appear there, check all over Meade's web site. I've just learned a...
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David Yaney
dsyaney
Oct 2, 2007 3:49 pm
Doc - I measured the back focus of my 12" some time ago. I'll quote distances measured from the rear lip of the scope visual back below. These values are the...
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Doc
pessemist
Oct 2, 2007 5:05 pm
Thanks this was exactly the information I was looking for. Doc Doug ... operating ... combination ... a ... on ... problem ... the ... (rather ... That ... ...
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Jim Carlisle
astrojim1
Oct 2, 2007 10:12 pm
Right off the top, it sounds like something is accumulating until the traffic is jammed. Jim Carlisle...
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David Yaney
dsyaney
Oct 2, 2007 10:12 pm
Rolando - Your experience does match mine pretty closely. I didn't actually check to see if the guide star was lost. I have seen Maxim issue a message, "Guide...
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Kenneth Richmond
kennywrichmond
Oct 3, 2007 1:51 am
Did you measure or otherwise test the diffraction of the 12" RCX at the focusing distances you have described? Are not the Meade and Celestron reducers also...
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Joseph Gillman
j_gillman2002
Oct 3, 2007 1:18 pm
The focus position has only 14mm of travel?? I would think that the seconday mirror and corrector have about that much travel, and since the secondary is...
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Kenneth Richmond
kennywrichmond
Oct 3, 2007 4:21 pm
Joe, 14 mm. is the focus travel on my scope, but the more important issue might be focus at the zero mm. location. According to what I've been told at the...
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David Yaney
dsyaney
Oct 3, 2007 4:24 pm
You have it right. The RCX-400 handbox shows the focuser position in units of mm and I believe the limit values are +14mm and -14mm. The actual movement of the...
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Brian Schilt
brianschilt
Oct 3, 2007 7:11 pm
Johnathon, I wish there was a manual or writeup somewhere explaining some of the things that one can do to tighten up and adjust one's scope. Did you learn it...
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uncarollo2
Oct 3, 2007 7:55 pm
... issue might be focus at the zero mm. location. According to what I've been told at the BFSP, the Aplanatic optics of the RCX produce a diffraction limited...
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Kenneth Richmond
kennywrichmond
Oct 3, 2007 9:45 pm
Rolando, If I am correctly interpreting your remarks, although it is true that there is an optimal distance between the primary and secondary mirrors there...
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Stuart Thomson
ratalfa
Oct 4, 2007 2:19 am
Sorry to point this out Joe, but half an inch is 12.5mm, so 14mm is more. Cheers Stuart...
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sctobserver
Oct 4, 2007 2:19 am
I'm not usually picky, but considering the cost and the optical excellence of this impressive instrument (and getting unanimous opinions from my fellow...
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j_gillman2002
Oct 4, 2007 1:35 pm
Sorry I hadn't had my coffee yet :p but I guess I was right about the travel of the mirror being 14mm not the focus point. As with SCT's the primary is approx...
