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Re: Unguided imaging with Mach2

Roland Christen
 

Yes, PE correction would definitely make the unguided imaging model work properly. Without that you will have periodic error as well as drift and making a tracking model would make no sense. In order to get no drift in Ra during a 5 or 10 minute exposure, your mount must be capable of having very low periodic error. In a non-encoder mount that can only happen if you have a PE curve that can compensate for the PE of your mount.

Rolando

-----Original Message-----
From: Wayne Hixson via Groups.Io <wayneh9026@...>
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Sent: Sat, Dec 28, 2019 1:25 pm
Subject: Re: [ap-gto] Unguided imaging with Mach2

For someone with a Mach1 and no encoders, would it make sense to run PEC along with the model?


On Dec 28, 2019, at 11:05 AM, uncarollo2 <chris1011@...> via Groups.Io <chris1011@...> wrote:



Would the new tracking model in the handset be active during auto guiding and help keep things on track more precisely than just using the autoguider itself?   
Yes, it would make guiding very much easier.

Rolando


-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Beyer <jcbeyer2001@...>
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Sent: Sat, Dec 28, 2019 12:21 pm
Subject: Re: [ap-gto] Unguided imaging with Mach2

This is definitely a great new feature.  Since I set up each time to image, creating a pointing model with APPM isn't practical.  Would the new tracking model in the handset be active during auto guiding and help keep things on track more precisely than just using the autoguider itself?   

Joe

On Sat, Dec 28, 2019 at 8:23 AM uncarollo2 <chris1011@...> via Groups.Io <chris1011=aol.com@groups.io> wrote:

15' is great.
But It is indeed a test made with the simple model of monitoring configured with the keyboard?
Yes, it uses a simple tracking model that measured drift in 3 places near the object to be imaged. The program will be available in the new keypad software. Also included will be pointing correction and orthogonality correction modeling.

Rolando


-----Original Message-----
From: Dominique Durand via Groups.Io <dom33.durand=yahoo.com@groups.io>
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Sent: Sat, Dec 28, 2019 6:15 am
Subject: Re: [ap-gto] Unguided imaging with Mach2

15' is great.
But It is indeed a test made with the simple model of monitoring configured with the keyboard?
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