Anyone with an AstroPhysics GTO mount interested in testing out a new Windows-based (98/NT4/2000/XP only) utility? You must have a serial connection from your...
... Sounds like it might be useful, how would it or would it interact with The Sky and Tpoint, which I'm running the 1200 with? ... Mike J. Shade:...
Mike J. Shade
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Hi Mike, You cannot have both connected simultaneously so unlink TheSky and connect APG. Do the reverse when you want control back to TheSky. -Ray ... From:...
... that ... Yes, my wife and I saw this display while on vacation through my little 70mm scope. The sky in Cayucos was dead still, and we could easily see...
Paul, the original Vixen mirrors were thinner. The OTA I bought was missing the mirror(it got lost in transit from the coaters to the original owner) so I...
Mike, I just remembered (doh)... the AP1200GTO's have two serial ports. You can have TheSky/TPoint connected to the first and APG connected to the second. -Ray...
Ray, What is "pulse guiding"? Cheers, Paul Sterngold __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable....
Hi Paul, Pulse guiding is a way of altering the mount's apparent tracking speed from (for example) sidereal. How it works is that a series of precisely timed...
BTW, pulseguiding in this version of APG is primitive because it only compensates for RA and Dec drift. I will be continuously enhancing this program so that...
... only compensates for RA and Dec drift. I will be continuously enhancing this program so that it will hook into maxim and follow the autoguider commands and...
Hey thanks Richard. BTW, you don't need to be connected to the mount to try it out. Just check the "Ignore Mount Timeouts" box then you can play around with...
... Aw, that's only a problem on those silly SBIG self-guiding cameras...my guider works just great even when my imaging camera has a Ha filter on it! <very...
Ah... but don't you lose 50% sensitivity when you guide that way? :-) ... From: Paul LeFevre To: TAC-imaging@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003...
In a message dated 1/2/2003 2:00:34 PM Pacific Standard Time, ray@... ... Paul L uses an ST-4 through a separate guide-scope. How would that cause him ...
I thought he was using that starlight instruments on-chip guider. Even with an autoguider there are some things you can do with a pulse guider that you cannot...
Is the pulse guiding variable, i.e., if the PE speeds up and slows down at various points on the worm, can pulse guiding account for this? Cheers, Paul...
Version 1.05 cannot do that but I'm planning that it will be able to do that and more. However, even in it's current state the timing is variable. APG measures...
... Very cool, Ray. It sounds like APG will handle everything except field rotation and flexure. Any chance it would work with my 900QMD? Cheers, Paul...
Well, I plan to have it account for flexure too but of course there is nothing I can do about the field rotation. There is a possibility through Maxim that...
... Naw, that would be the same as guiding through the Ha filter... I'm talking about using a seperate autoguider...no filter dropoff worries, easier to find a...
Hi Paul, Unfortunately it is not that simple. Maxim needs to expose a method to move the mount in its automation interface. The automation interface is what...
Thanks for acting on great ideas and finding ways for all of us to get more quality imaging is less time. I will be giving this a serious try as I image...
You might also be able to provide a TelescopeAPI driver to TheSky for your APG module. This would allow TheSky to talk to your software in order to control the...
Hi Richard, I already asked for the Telescope API interface and they refused to let me have it. Apparently Bisque was not too thrilled at me for pointing out...
In a message dated 1/3/2003 12:42:50 PM Pacific Standard Time, ray@... ... Some people can't take a joke. ;-) Richard [Non-text portions of this message...
... STAR2000 doesn't work with the HX916. It does work with the various MX cameras though. If you use the HX916, you pretty much need a separate guide camera. ...
Flaming Star Nebula (IC 405) in Auriga. I'm going to try and get about 2 more hours of Ha luminance on this tonight (this thing is dim!) -- this version is a...
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