Hi Dennis, I don't know about the servo controller error but I can say that periodic error is not the only thing you are fighting when trying to do unguided...
Roland, thank you so much for this improvement. Please let us know when available. Yves Laroche ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
In a message dated 7/1/2004 1:09:19 AM Central Daylight Time, dpersyk@... ... PEM does not compensate for polar alignment drift. It only reduces the ...
Roland, I want to thank you for you post back on Fri Sep 28, 2001 11:45 pm When you wrote on how to PolarAlign the mount using CCDOPS. I was not imaging at...
... Hi roland, did you ever use PolarAlignMax? It is really very good and I can build up the mount with this tool all in about a half hour. One thins is right,...
In a message dated 7/1/2004 10:01:38 AM Central Daylight Time, ... No, I have not used this. What are the features of this program? Roland Christen [Non-text...
... You can polar align your scope in combination with Maxim DL and Pinpoint (LE version is enough) and a CCD Camera. The program start with one image, analyze...
Roland, I have used PolarAlignMax. If works well but for me it does not get my alignment close enough to where I am comfortable. I do use it to get me very...
Konstantin, I have used PolarAlignMax and have a few friends that have too. I would say that you are very lucky in getting your Alignment within 10 arc/sec on...
Hi Roland! Do you think is a thing possible to swap slewing rate for the rates listed below? I mean possible by changing servo controller code in the EPROM....
... Hi Mark, when you skip the aligning with the star and use instead the new Align Block from Astro Physics you are able to come within Arc Sec in a very...
The only problem with that link is the *requirement* that I use IE to dl the proggy. I don't want it so bad that I'm willing to run that bug ridden, security...
... I use it every time I set up, it's particularly nice in the field! Now, the longest FL imaging I do is 1800mm...but PolarAlignMax has routinely put me...
Paul, Thank you Though unguided at 800mm is not close to unguided at 2348mm And why re-train PEM? once you have it recorded it does not change. Does not have...
... Hi Mark, Yeah, I know -- I don't have a 2300mm+ FL scope right now, so I can't tell you how well it does with that :) 800mm was what I used, so that's all...
Paul, I have also tried to use PolarAlignMax for three runs than did a 60 point mapping run with T-point. Now I know that PolarAlignMax will align your mount...
In a message dated 7/1/2004 11:44:00 AM Central Daylight Time, ... That might not be possible in the old controller, but might be possible with the new ones...
Roland, is it a new feature already implanted in the new controller or must be added depending on request? Will the new controller compatible with older...
Hi Chris, Can I, being not very experienced in these things, find something written in the web, about using this CCDOPS function to investigate the mount's...
van den Bergh 142 is a small 1 arc minute patch of reflection nebulae inside of the very large area of emission nebulosity IC 1396 in Cepheus. The image is 10...
In a message dated 7/1/2004 11:40:08 PM Central Daylight Time, ... The new controller is fully compatible with all motors that we have ever used. The slower...
Could you suggest easy-to-use software that is not SBIG-specific to help us align our mounts? Some of us use other cameras and CCDOPS doesn't help us. Thanks. ...
In a message dated 7/2/2004 1:09:31 AM Central Daylight Time, ... I believe it has been covered in this group before. CCDOPS is a camera control software that...
In a message dated 7/2/2004 11:22:48 AM Central Daylight Time, ... Yes, you can do it with the alternate drift method that I mentioned in the previous post...
Ten minutes to polar align! That deserves entry into the Guinness Wordbook of Records. I have got about 8 hours of drifting on east, west and south stars and...
Dennis, I also increase the image to 400% to when I use Maxim for PolarAlignment. Makes the slightest movement look larger. And I do wait a minute to make ...
Polar alignment? Let me tell you..... Last weekend I set up my 400GOTO with my Traveler. I only used the polar scope, being careful to place the stars in a...
Hi Mark, I guess I'm going to have to try this "watch-the-star" technique. On my last east star drifting session, I finished up with 0.27 arc- seconds +/- 0.05...
To add to Roland's comments, I recently fine tuned my polar alignment (permanent mount) using the drift routine with Maxim in the focus mode. (The crosshairs...
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