Hi Dean, lucky are you ;-) Thank you for these test reports. This indicates that I have a particular problem with mine - or, not to be excluded yet, that I ...
Hi Samir, thank you for the tip, looks like a good idea. I just did so, but not using TheSky which I do not have: - in SkyMap Pro, I made a map of the area...
In a message dated 4/27/2008 10:41:12 AM Central Daylight Time, ... Make sure that the 4 mounting screws on the bottom of the pinion block are fully tightened....
In a message dated 4/27/2008 3:04:26 PM Central Daylight Time, ... If you guide at 1x1, then calibrate at 1x1. If you guide at 2x2 binned, you must also...
In a message dated 4/28/2008 1:54:21 AM Central Daylight Time, ... All very impressive images. Rolando ************** Need a new ride? Check out the largest...
Hi Roland, I can't speak for Maxim, but CCDSoft "knows" the binning state of the guiding chip and will adjust the speeds accordingly. E.g., if one calibrates...
Hi again, Your photos confirmed that the engraving for the stars was fine, but not whether the North Celestial Pole is shown at the correct position. That is...
I currently have two AP GTO mounts (900 & 1200) and am about to take receipt of a Mach1GTO. Is the latter that much easier to schlep than the 900? After...
Hi, I think the NCP is at the correct position as well. I placed in the Files section, folder phenrotay, a file named: smp_dscn_1.jpg which shows the result. ...
I just got a Mach1 myself, have had my 1200 only 6 months but after WSP I decided I wanted something easier to carry for shorter imaging trips. The Mach1 feels...
Dear group I have maybe a problem here i have a Ap 900 gto cp3 who guided flawless for 3 years now i am noticing a strange behaviour in Dec axis My setup is : ...
In a message dated 5/2/2008 8:49:39 AM Central Daylight Time, ... You may have set the backlash in the keypad. Please check to make sure that it is zero. ...
... after ... a ... this ... well ... +- ... sure that ... hi Rolando thanks for the kind help That was !!! i've found the setting in dec bascklash set to 1 ...
Hi Dean, could you confirm that your model is effectively a PASILL4 (ie the latest one, with engravings till 2030 and rotating housing) ? Thanks ! Pierre ... ...
Dear group, One of the latest exoplanet discoveries (2007) involves TrES-3 in Hercules. What is of great interest surrounding this discovery is the exoplanet's...
Hi Roland, I've seen El Capitan at AIC last November and again last weekend at NEAF. It's a very impressive hunk of "iron". I see that you now have added...
Have had my Mach1 for a couple months now and am very pleased. Lately, due to break-in I assume, it has deleloped just a tiny bit of backlash in both axes -...
Hunter -- Won't make any difference as long as you're reasonably balanced (ie: don't try it with 40 lbs of instruments and no counterweights). -- Jeff. ...
Hunter or anyone, Roland' description of how to make the backlash adjustment for the Mach1 has left me confused. I can not find two cover screws on the top of...
I notice in the photo of Roland on the home page for this discussion group that the gearbox design looks totally different than mine. Larry ... is ... I ... ...
Larry, I removed the two large allen screws - they just screw into the cover and nothing else. Through these two holes are the screws that adjust the mesh....
Thanks Hunter. Larry ... cover ... the ... adjustment ... was ... hope ... it ... to ... the ... the ... exposes ... connector ... like ... kind ... which...
That is remarkable, Anthony. You are justifiably proud of your work. You should write an article for the astronomy magazines about it. Bill ... From:...
Hi all, This one for Ray I think. I wrote a small (and primitive) script to derive the RA and DEC drift rates for PG. Basically, I take two images separated by...
Hi Pierre, ... PulseGuide expects the RA/Dec rate to be in units of arc-sec/sec. e.g. A value 1.00 would move Dec axis 1 arc-sec per second, and the RA axis...
Hi all I am on the waiting list for a 1200GTO mount. I am trying to calculate approximately how much counter weight I will need and at what distance. To do...
There's a spreadsheet in the files section that has all the dimentions you need. IIRC it's called Lat Calc. Robin Casady also has a great article on CWs. ... ...
The spreadsheet looks very useful. Unfortunately, despite there being lots of dimensions in the spreadsheet, I cannot find the ones I need... I guess that the...
I'm almost ashamed it took this long to complete this, but... bguerin1234 posted a hand drawn schematic in the Files section that illustrates how to use an...
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