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Re: Autoguiding with a Sky Model in Place?
Roland Christen
Contact me directly so that our software engineer and myself can study your results.
Roland Christen
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From: Wayne Hixson via groups.io <wayneh9026@...> To: main <main@ap-gto.groups.io> Sent: Thu, Apr 9, 2020 1:34 pm Subject: [ap-gto] Autoguiding with a Sky Model in Place? I recently completed my first APPM model with my Mach2. It really appears to help my pointing and guiding, with round stars on 5-minute unguided subs. However when I tried to introduce guiding with PHD2 or MaximDL, using the same settings as before, my RMS jumps to 1” or more where I was getting under 0.6” without the model. I’m using an OAG with Ultrastar on a 130GTX and f/6.7 field flattener. Any suggestions? Maybe just go without guiding? I like to use for minor corrections and dithering.
wayne
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Autoguiding with a Sky Model in Place?
Wayne Hixson
I recently completed my first APPM model with my Mach2. It really appears to help my pointing and guiding, with round stars on 5-minute unguided subs. However when I tried to introduce guiding with PHD2 or MaximDL, using the same settings as before, my RMS jumps to 1” or more where I was getting under 0.6” without the model. I’m using an OAG with Ultrastar on a 130GTX and f/6.7 field flattener. Any suggestions? Maybe just go without guiding? I like to use for minor corrections and dithering.
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Re: Lowel Observatory with a new outdoor public observatory
Masera, David
The Moonraker is an 8 inch aperture.
David
From: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io>
On Behalf Of uncarollo2 <chris1011@...> via groups.io
Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2020 9:33 AM To: main@ap-gto.groups.io Subject: Re: [ap-gto] Lowel Observatory with a new outdoor public observatory
The three mounts are 1600 mounts. What is the aperture of the Moonraker?
Rolando
-----Original Message----- I got the chance to visit Lowell last June just before the Grand Canyon Star party, and Sarah Burcher, Lowell's outreach coordinator, gave me a tour of GODO. At
the time the roll off building was waiting for its skin, the five piers had been poured for the two refractors, the SCT and two RCs. They were still waiting for the delivery of the large DOB from StarStructure. And the observing plaza still had not been
poured. The facility was ready to go in early October, and I was going to visit with Sarah this June after the 2020 GCSP to see the scopes in operation. I was so looking forward to observing through the Moonraker refractor mounted on the AP mount. Alas,
it looks like that will not occur due to the covid pandemic. Which AP mounts were utilized for the TEC refractor, Moonraker refractor and Meade SCT? This message (including any attachments) is confidential and intended for a specific individual and purpose. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message.
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Re: Lowel Observatory with a new outdoor public observatory
David Albers <humealbers@...>
Looks like the Moonraker is 8" aperture...
https://lowell.edu/giovale-open-deck-observatory/telescopes/
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Re: Lowel Observatory with a new outdoor public observatory
Roland Christen
The three mounts are 1600 mounts.
What is the aperture of the Moonraker?
Rolando
-----Original Message-----
From: Jack Huerkamp <Mallincamusa@...> To: main <main@ap-gto.groups.io> Sent: Thu, Apr 9, 2020 9:08 am Subject: Re: [ap-gto] Lowel Observatory with a new outdoor public observatory I got the chance to visit Lowell last June just before the Grand Canyon Star party, and Sarah Burcher, Lowell's outreach coordinator, gave me a tour of GODO. At the time the roll off building was waiting for its skin, the five piers had been poured for the two refractors, the SCT and two RCs. They were still waiting for the delivery of the large DOB from StarStructure. And the observing plaza still had not been poured. The facility was ready to go in early October, and I was going to visit with Sarah this June after the 2020 GCSP to see the scopes in operation. I was so looking forward to observing through the Moonraker refractor mounted on the AP mount. Alas, it looks like that will not occur due to the covid pandemic. Which AP mounts were utilized for the TEC refractor, Moonraker refractor and Meade SCT?
Jack Huerkamp
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Re: Lowel Observatory with a new outdoor public observatory
I got the chance to visit Lowell last June just before the Grand Canyon Star party, and Sarah Burcher, Lowell's outreach coordinator, gave me a tour of GODO. At the time the roll off building was waiting for its skin, the five piers had been poured for the two refractors, the SCT and two RCs. They were still waiting for the delivery of the large DOB from StarStructure. And the observing plaza still had not been poured. The facility was ready to go in early October, and I was going to visit with Sarah this June after the 2020 GCSP to see the scopes in operation. I was so looking forward to observing through the Moonraker refractor mounted on the AP mount. Alas, it looks like that will not occur due to the covid pandemic. Which AP mounts were utilized for the TEC refractor, Moonraker refractor and Meade SCT?
Jack Huerkamp
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Re: Lowel Observatory with a new outdoor public observatory
Very cool facility. Don Anderson
On Wednesday, April 8, 2020, 10:33:59 a.m. MDT, uncarollo2 <chris1011@...> wrote:
Some neat telescopes mounted on some of our AP mounts:
Rolando
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Re: [ap-ug] Lowel Observatory with a new outdoor public observatory
thefamily90 Phillips
From: main@ap-ug.groups.io <main@ap-ug.groups.io> on behalf of Roland Christen via groups.io <chris1011@...>
Sent: Wednesday, April 8, 2020 12:33:53 PM To: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io>; main@ap-ug.groups.io <main@ap-ug.groups.io> Subject: [ap-ug] Lowel Observatory with a new outdoor public observatory Some neat telescopes mounted on some of our AP mounts:
Rolando
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Lowel Observatory with a new outdoor public observatory
Roland Christen
Some neat telescopes mounted on some of our AP mounts:
Rolando
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Re: Com ports
#APCC
Hi Mike, Thank you for your response and with the advice from Steven in New Zealand the problem has been fixed. In device manager I right clicked on the Comport(3), and selected properties and was able to select another ComPort. from the dropdown list for the device or Box. After opening the application I updated the firmware and noticed it identified the newly assigned ComPort. Now all the devices function simultaneously. Thank you to everyone that provided suggestions. Clear skies to all!!!
On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 11:00 AM Mike Dodd <mike@...> wrote: On 4/7/2020 12:09 PM, Phillip Klein wrote:
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Re: Mach1 (spring loaded vers) has gear slop?
Thanks Rolando. I wondered if it was "sky" but seems to have been bad a month or more. But you're sharing pretty much same skies as me. So I'll see how it goes. Thanks for the reply. Still my shots have been fine. (does this new group allow images?) I HOPE... Y4 and whirlpool during recent 1/2 moon.  
On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 7:44 PM uncarollo2 <chris1011@...> via groups.io <chris1011=aol.com@groups.io> wrote:
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Ron Kramer
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Re: Com ports
#APCC
On 4/7/2020 12:09 PM, Phillip Klein wrote:
I did try selecting but the only choices were the ports alreadyHow did your software know to make those associations? Somewhere, sometime, SOMEONE had to tell the software what ports to use. Does your software have a Detect button for the camera or focuser? Is here a configuration file you can edit in Notepad to change the ports? Search your hard drive for files with a name ending in ".ini" or ".cfg" and see if anything looks promising. Or look in your software for an option to save the configuration, and check the path it offers. --- Mike
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Re: Com ports
#APCC
Thank you and I will do as you suggest.
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On Apr 7, 2020, at 9:07 AM, Dale Ghent <daleg@...> wrote:
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Re: Com ports
#APCC
Thank you,
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I did try selecting but the only choices were the ports already associated with the camera and focuser. There were no other choices. I even tried auto select but that failed to connect when the other equipment was already attached. Thank you
On Apr 7, 2020, at 6:55 AM, Charles Thompson via groups.io <cthomp97@...> wrote:
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Re: Com ports
#APCC
Dale Ghent
It sounds like you really ought to contact Astromi for support on this then.
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On Apr 7, 2020, at 12:05 PM, Phillip Klein <klein.phillip@...> wrote:
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Re: Com ports
#APCC
With device management open I see comport(4)QSI
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comport(3)-focuser After connecting MBoxV2 a second comport(3) appears. When that happens neither the focuser or the Box connects. Thank you
On Apr 7, 2020, at 6:44 AM, Dale Ghent <daleg@...> wrote:
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Re: Com ports
#APCC
Dale Ghent
A unique COM port is assigned by Windows automatically. You pin devices to particular COM ports if you want their device ID to stay on it and not move around. One does not need to manually allocate them under normal circumstances.
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On Apr 7, 2020, at 9:55 AM, Charles Thompson via groups.io <cthomp97@...> wrote:
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Re: Com ports
#APCC
I've had this problem and went into the devices software and assigned it a higher comm port that was not in use. Then in windows go to device manager and advance options on that comm port and assign it to the matching port you used in the device software. It's been a long time but I think that's how I fixed it. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks, Charles Sent from mobile device.
-------- Original message -------- From: klein.phillip@... Date: 4/7/20 8:28 AM (GMT-06:00) To: main@ap-gto.groups.io Subject: [ap-gto] Com ports #APCC Recently, I purchased Astromi's MBoxV2. The device displays temp, pressure, humidity, dew point, latitude and longtitude. My equipment is AP Mach1 GTO4 mount running on APCCPro. My problem is the new device is using the same com Port(3) that I use for my Optec FocusLynx so I cannot use both devices at the same time. ComPort(4) is used by the QSI532ws camera. I am running Windows10 on a laptop that has 3 usb connections. I would appreciate hearing if anyone has tackled a similar problem. Thank you and wishing you clear skies!! Phillip
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Re: Com ports
#APCC
On 4/7/2020 2:28 AM, klein.phillip@... wrote:
Hello,It sounds to me like you need to go into each program that uses these devices, and choose a COM port that's actually been allocated to each one. Windows assigns port numbers, but in your software you must choose a port to match the one assigned. If the new device works with COM-3, go into FocusLynx and choose a different port number. Keep trying until the software connects to your focuser. Then write down the working port numbers. :-) -- Mike Mike Dodd Louisa County, Virginia USA http://astronomy.mdodd.com
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Re: Com ports
#APCC
Dale Ghent
This is a bit impossible. Windows allocates COM ports on per-device basis.
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How are you ascertaining that both are on the same COM port?
On Apr 7, 2020, at 2:28 AM, klein.phillip@... wrote:
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