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Screen shot on a coooold night (Gonna shoot tonight - it's clear and BRRRRR)
Roland Christen
So it's now -11F outside and still dropping. Mount's tracking well, no issues with anything mechanical or electronics. Mach 2 is running smooth as butter. Guider scale is 1.16 arc sec per pixel with multi-star guiding, 5 seconds guide exposure.
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From: Roland Christen via groups.io <chris1011@...> To: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io> Sent: Sat, Feb 13, 2021 8:44 pm Subject: Re: [ap-gto] [ap-ug] Gonna shoot tonight - it's clear and BRRRRR The Mach2 balances easily regardless of temperature. It has clutches, so the one thing that is different from the Mach1 is that the clutch end is on needle bearings versus the Mach1 bushing. The Mach1 also allowed the user to back off the worm so that the axis could swing free. But this has a downside if the user inadvertently does this in the wrong place with a huge imbalance. You can run the tops of the teeth over each other and cause damage. The Mach2 does away with that. No chance that the gear teeth can ever be damaged. Clutchless mounts have no other way to allow the axis to swing free - they must allow backing the worm teeth off the worm wheel.
Rolando
-- Roland Christen Astro-Physics
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Re: [ap-ug] Gonna shoot tonight - it's clear and BRRRRR
Roland Christen
The Mach2 balances easily regardless of temperature. It has clutches, so the one thing that is different from the Mach1 is that the clutch end is on needle bearings versus the Mach1 bushing. The Mach1 also allowed the user to back off the worm so that the axis could swing free. But this has a downside if the user inadvertently does this in the wrong place with a huge imbalance. You can run the tops of the teeth over each other and cause damage. The Mach2 does away with that. No chance that the gear teeth can ever be damaged. Clutchless mounts have no other way to allow the axis to swing free - they must allow backing the worm teeth off the worm wheel.
Rolando
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From: Pete Mumbower <pmumbower@...> To: main@ap-gto.groups.io Sent: Sat, Feb 13, 2021 8:33 pm Subject: Re: [ap-gto] [ap-ug] Gonna shoot tonight - it's clear and BRRRRR Roland, how well do your mounts balance in such cold temps? My current mount's(CGE-Pro) grease gets "sticky/gummy" below freezing and it is impossible to balance. I really look forward to a new 1100GTO shortly btw.
-- Roland Christen Astro-Physics
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Re: [ap-ug] Gonna shoot tonight - it's clear and BRRRRR
Roland Christen
Since i am testing stuff, I need to be at the mount. things like belt tension, motor current, etc. If I were just imaging, i would run everything thru the Ethernet connection from the observatory to my nice warm office.
Rolando
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From: dvjbaja <jpgleasonid@...> To: main@ap-gto.groups.io Sent: Sat, Feb 13, 2021 8:29 pm Subject: Re: [ap-gto] [ap-ug] Gonna shoot tonight - it's clear and BRRRRR Its fairly easy to set up chrome remote on your notebook at the telescope so you can operate all pc functions from the 2nd pc in the warm and comfortable home. -jg
Sent via the Samsung Galaxy Note9, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone
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From: "Roland Christen via groups.io" <chris1011@...>
Date: 2/13/21 5:54 PM (GMT-08:00)
To: main@ap-gto.groups.io
Subject: Re: [ap-gto] [ap-ug] Gonna shoot tonight - it's clear and BRRRRR
My joints don't work so good either. And sometimes my brain too. I set the exposures at 3 x 10 minutes and came inside. Guider was doing its job. After 30 minutes I went outside and no images! rats! I forgot to turn on Expose. So, first 30 min was wasted. But going good now.
Rolando
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From: Robert Sinitiere <bobstar9@...> To: main@ap-gto.groups.io Sent: Sat, Feb 13, 2021 7:43 pm Subject: Re: [ap-gto] [ap-ug] Gonna shoot tonight - it's clear and BRRRRR Roland, You are ALL better and tougher men than am I. Roland, you are perpetually a 25 year old lad. I’m 71 now, and feeling it in my joints. Bob
PS: Clear skies, it is cloudy here.
On Feb 13, 2021, at 7:14 PM, Roland Christen via groups.io <chris1011@...> wrote:
-- Roland Christen Astro-Physics -- Roland Christen Astro-Physics
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Re: [ap-ug] Gonna shoot tonight - it's clear and BRRRRR
Pete Mumbower
Roland, how well do your mounts balance in such cold temps? My current mount's(CGE-Pro) grease gets "sticky/gummy" below freezing and it is impossible to balance. I really look forward to a new 1100GTO shortly btw.
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Re: [ap-ug] Gonna shoot tonight - it's clear and BRRRRR
dvjbaja
Its fairly easy to set up chrome remote on your notebook at the telescope so you can operate all pc functions from the 2nd pc in the warm and comfortable home. -jg Sent via the Samsung Galaxy Note9, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone
-------- Original message -------- From: "Roland Christen via groups.io" <chris1011@...> Date: 2/13/21 5:54 PM (GMT-08:00) To: main@ap-gto.groups.io Subject: Re: [ap-gto] [ap-ug] Gonna shoot tonight - it's clear and BRRRRR My joints don't work so good either. And sometimes my brain too. I set the exposures at 3 x 10 minutes and came inside. Guider was doing its job. After 30 minutes I went outside and no images! rats! I forgot to turn on Expose. So, first 30 min was wasted. But going good now.
Rolando
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From: Robert Sinitiere <bobstar9@...> To: main@ap-gto.groups.io Sent: Sat, Feb 13, 2021 7:43 pm Subject: Re: [ap-gto] [ap-ug] Gonna shoot tonight - it's clear and BRRRRR Roland, You are ALL better and tougher men than am I. Roland, you are perpetually a 25 year old lad. I’m 71 now, and feeling it in my joints. Bob
PS: Clear skies, it is cloudy here.
On Feb 13, 2021, at 7:14 PM, Roland Christen via groups.io <chris1011@...> wrote:
-- Roland Christen Astro-Physics
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Re: [ap-ug] Gonna shoot tonight - it's clear and BRRRRR
Roland Christen
Yes, last summer I would not have imagined being out here at sub zero temps, imaging. However, things are going well. Tracking is proceeding at 0.25 arc sec RMS, even though the stars are a bit wooly due to poor seeing. They are not jumping around, just being somewhat fuzzy, which is typical of very cold nights here.
Might post a screen shot later when my fingers warm up. It is now -10F according to my thermometer. There's a lot of radiation to the dark sky, which is dropping the temperature rapidly. My 160 EDF refractor, which is airspaced, is holding its own. No issue as far as pinched optics or plumes. I would have expected some heat plumes from the CCD camera warming up the insides, but so far so good.
Rolando
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From: John Nassr via groups.io <jnassr2010@...> To: main@ap-ug.groups.io <main@ap-ug.groups.io> Sent: Sat, Feb 13, 2021 7:59 pm Subject: Re: [ap-ug] Gonna shoot tonight - it's clear and BRRRRR I read with utter amazement what you endeavor to do in -20F. In truth, such temperatures are totally incomprehensible to someone like me from the tropics in the Philippines where the night time low is a balmy 72F, and believe it or not is "really cold" so that folks "need" a thin blanket at night!!
I look forward to more of your adventures in the freeze.
John
On Sunday, February 14, 2021, 9:16:24 AM GMT+8, Roland Christen via groups.io <chris1011@...> wrote:
put the laptop in a cardboard box, I have a nice insulated one, and yes, that works great.
Rol
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From: Kurt Friedrich via groups.io <kurt_friedrich@...> To: main@ap-ug.groups.io <main@ap-ug.groups.io>; main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io> Sent: Sat, Feb 13, 2021 6:34 pm Subject: Re: [ap-ug] Gonna shoot tonight - it's clear and BRRRRR put the laptop in a cardboard box, as small as possible while still giving you access to it.
It generates its own heat, just give it a some insulation.
On Saturday, February 13, 2021, 04:15:33 PM PST, thefamily90 Phillips <thefamily90@...> wrote:
Man, don’t get hypothermic or frostbite! Keep those fingers and toes warm. Good Luck!!
JimP
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From: main@ap-ug.groups.io <main@ap-ug.groups.io> on behalf of Roland Christen via groups.io <chris1011@...>
Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2021 7:11:52 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] Gonna shoot tonight - it's clear and BRRRRR I'm going to give it a try with my Mach2 in sub-zero F temps. It's brilliantly clear (YAY!) but below zero (Wahh!). I hope my laptop doesn't freeze up on me. Wish me luck.
Testing continues primarily to see where and if the normal temp encoders will fail to operate in sub-zero conditions. So far they work fine but we have not seen -20F yet. Maybe Sunday night - Monday morning. Coldest it's ever been in Northern
Illinois is -32F, but haven't seen that in the last 10 years.
Rolando
-- Jim Phillips -- Roland Christen Astro-Physics
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Re: [ap-ug] Gonna shoot tonight - it's clear and BRRRRR
Roland Christen
My joints don't work so good either. And sometimes my brain too. I set the exposures at 3 x 10 minutes and came inside. Guider was doing its job. After 30 minutes I went outside and no images! rats! I forgot to turn on Expose. So, first 30 min was wasted. But going good now.
Rolando
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From: Robert Sinitiere <bobstar9@...> To: main@ap-gto.groups.io Sent: Sat, Feb 13, 2021 7:43 pm Subject: Re: [ap-gto] [ap-ug] Gonna shoot tonight - it's clear and BRRRRR Roland, You are ALL better and tougher men than am I. Roland, you are perpetually a 25 year old lad. I’m 71 now, and feeling it in my joints. Bob
PS: Clear skies, it is cloudy here.
On Feb 13, 2021, at 7:14 PM, Roland Christen via groups.io <chris1011@...> wrote:
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Re: [ap-ug] Gonna shoot tonight - it's clear and BRRRRR
Robert Sinitiere <bobstar9@...>
Roland, You are ALL better and tougher men than am I. Roland, you are perpetually a 25 year old lad. I’m 71 now, and feeling it in my joints. Bob
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PS: Clear skies, it is cloudy here.
On Feb 13, 2021, at 7:14 PM, Roland Christen via groups.io <chris1011@...> wrote:
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Re: California on fire
Well deserved sir!
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Re: California on fire
Glenn
Thank you, Dale!
Best, Glenn Diekmann
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Re: Gonna shoot tonight - it's clear and BRRRRR
Terry Martin
And what a great job it is and a what a great job you do.
Terry
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Re: [ap-ug] Gonna shoot tonight - it's clear and BRRRRR
Roland Christen
put the laptop in a cardboard box, I have a nice insulated one, and yes, that works great.
Rol
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From: Kurt Friedrich via groups.io <kurt_friedrich@...> To: main@ap-ug.groups.io <main@ap-ug.groups.io>; main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io> Sent: Sat, Feb 13, 2021 6:34 pm Subject: Re: [ap-ug] Gonna shoot tonight - it's clear and BRRRRR put the laptop in a cardboard box, as small as possible while still giving you access to it.
It generates its own heat, just give it a some insulation.
On Saturday, February 13, 2021, 04:15:33 PM PST, thefamily90 Phillips <thefamily90@...> wrote:
Man, don’t get hypothermic or frostbite! Keep those fingers and toes warm. Good Luck!!
JimP
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From: main@ap-ug.groups.io <main@ap-ug.groups.io> on behalf of Roland Christen via groups.io <chris1011@...>
Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2021 7:11:52 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] Gonna shoot tonight - it's clear and BRRRRR I'm going to give it a try with my Mach2 in sub-zero F temps. It's brilliantly clear (YAY!) but below zero (Wahh!). I hope my laptop doesn't freeze up on me. Wish me luck.
Testing continues primarily to see where and if the normal temp encoders will fail to operate in sub-zero conditions. So far they work fine but we have not seen -20F yet. Maybe Sunday night - Monday morning. Coldest it's ever been in Northern
Illinois is -32F, but haven't seen that in the last 10 years.
Rolando
-- Jim Phillips -- Roland Christen Astro-Physics
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Re: Gonna shoot tonight - it's clear and BRRRRR
Roland Christen
'Tis my job ;))
Rol
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From: Terry Martin <terry@...> To: main@ap-gto.groups.io Sent: Sat, Feb 13, 2021 6:16 pm Subject: Re: [ap-gto] Gonna shoot tonight - it's clear and BRRRRR Good Luck Roland. You're far braver than me.
Terry -- Roland Christen Astro-Physics
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Re: [ap-ug] Gonna shoot tonight - it's clear and BRRRRR
Roland Christen
Oh yeah! I'm well aware but have experienced colder in the past. 10 minutes working with the computer is about the limit, but I have nice warm tea inside. Right now mount and camera are working well. Transparency is super, seeing is horrid. We'll see what we get.
Roland
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From: thefamily90 Phillips <thefamily90@...> To: main@ap-ug.groups.io <main@ap-ug.groups.io>; main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io> Sent: Sat, Feb 13, 2021 6:15 pm Subject: Re: [ap-gto] [ap-ug] Gonna shoot tonight - it's clear and BRRRRR
Man, don’t get hypothermic or frostbite! Keep those fingers and toes warm. Good Luck!!
JimP
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From: main@ap-ug.groups.io <main@ap-ug.groups.io> on behalf of Roland Christen via groups.io <chris1011@...>
Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2021 7:11:52 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] Gonna shoot tonight - it's clear and BRRRRR I'm going to give it a try with my Mach2 in sub-zero F temps. It's brilliantly clear (YAY!) but below zero (Wahh!). I hope my laptop doesn't freeze up on me. Wish me luck.
Testing continues primarily to see where and if the normal temp encoders will fail to operate in sub-zero conditions. So far they work fine but we have not seen -20F yet. Maybe Sunday night - Monday morning. Coldest it's ever been in Northern
Illinois is -32F, but haven't seen that in the last 10 years.
Rolando
-- Roland Christen Astro-Physics
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Re: Gonna shoot tonight - it's clear and BRRRRR
Terry Martin
Good Luck Roland. You're far braver than me.
Terry
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Re: [ap-ug] Gonna shoot tonight - it's clear and BRRRRR
thefamily90 Phillips
Man, don’t get hypothermic or frostbite! Keep those fingers and toes warm. Good Luck!!
JimP
Get Outlook for iOS
From: main@ap-ug.groups.io <main@ap-ug.groups.io> on behalf of Roland Christen via groups.io <chris1011@...>
Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2021 7:11:52 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] Gonna shoot tonight - it's clear and BRRRRR I'm going to give it a try with my Mach2 in sub-zero F temps. It's brilliantly clear (YAY!) but below zero (Wahh!). I hope my laptop doesn't freeze up on me. Wish me luck.
Testing continues primarily to see where and if the normal temp encoders will fail to operate in sub-zero conditions. So far they work fine but we have not seen -20F yet. Maybe Sunday night - Monday morning. Coldest it's ever been in Northern
Illinois is -32F, but haven't seen that in the last 10 years.
Rolando
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Gonna shoot tonight - it's clear and BRRRRR
Roland Christen
I'm going to give it a try with my Mach2 in sub-zero F temps. It's brilliantly clear (YAY!) but below zero (Wahh!). I hope my laptop doesn't freeze up on me. Wish me luck.
Testing continues primarily to see where and if the normal temp encoders will fail to operate in sub-zero conditions. So far they work fine but we have not seen -20F yet. Maybe Sunday night - Monday morning. Coldest it's ever been in Northern Illinois is -32F, but haven't seen that in the last 10 years.
Rolando
-- Roland Christen Astro-Physics
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Re: California on fire
Beautiful!
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Re: Mach2 Guide rate and question about gear meshing.
Micheal Fields Jr
Worked thank you. The email you provided had the stuff after "@" deleted / removed by the group hosting software so I took a guess and was wrong.
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Re: Mach2 Guide rate and question about gear meshing.
Roland Christen
If this doesn't work I'll see if I can get your e-mail address from the office.
Roland
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From: chris1011@... To: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io> Sent: Sat, Feb 13, 2021 2:26 pm Subject: Re: [ap-gto] Mach2 Guide rate and question about gear meshing. Send your e-mail to: chris1011@...
It won't bounce.
Roland
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From: Micheal Fields Jr via groups.io <mpfjr@...> To: main@ap-gto.groups.io Sent: Sat, Feb 13, 2021 2:11 pm Subject: Re: [ap-gto] Mach2 Guide rate and question about gear meshing. You didn't see my note. The email to chris1011@ ... bounced back. Was invalid or whatever. If you could email to joeplayer99@... that is my spam email account that I am fine posting on the group and taking the risk.
mx110.antispamcloud.com rejected your message to the following email addresses:
chris1011@ (chris1011@)I removed the rest of the email address manually.
Your message couldn't be delivered. When Office 365 tried to send the message, the external email server returned the error below. This is probably due to a problem or policy setting on the recipient's email system.I
-- Roland Christen Astro-Physics
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