|
Re: [ap-ug] The Beast is heading to Hawaii..
Funny enough, every Thanksgiving and Christmas here in Hawaii, before COVID, my wife and I would host a "Thanksgiving in the Land of Misfit Toys" for all of the elderly, widowed, single or just lonely astro-nuts here on the island. Just being an astro-nut was enough to qualify. I believe Marj & Roland attended at least once. It will be nice to re-commence with social gatherings at some point. When that finally happens and if any of you happen to be on the Big Island during either of those two holidays, let me know and I'll assign you something to bring to the festivities! At one point I thought it would be fun to come up with an acronym for the gatherings but upon reflection, TITLOMT didn't create the vibe I was looking for.
On Wed, Oct 13, 2021, 10:15 AM Bill Long <bill@...> wrote:
|
|
|
|
Re: [ap-ug] The Beast is heading to Hawaii..
michael mccann
I’m so thinking mini-dragonfly project. Can’t that mount handle 3 or 4 Riccardi-Honders scopes? My dream project!
|
|
|
|
Re: Followup: Re: [ap-gto] Mr. Whang's Mach2 with TOA150
Wei-Hao
Hi Roland,
Thank you for the explanation. When you told me the springy feeling is not a problem in your email, I believed so but didn't know why. Now I understand the reasons behind it. My other mount (non-AP) indeed had large Dec backlash and also the static friction that you described. These bothered me a lot. These problems do not exist on Mach2 and I am very happy with it. Even if the price for this is slightly less rigidness against strong wind, I can happy accept this tradeoff (no matter one views it a tradeoff or not). Cheers, Wei-Hao
|
|
|
|
Re: GoTos
I configure ALL my mounts to use UT.
My main problems with bad gotos with any of my AP mounts has been wrong time, wrong date.
|
|
|
|
Re: Unexpected mount movement
Ray Gralak
Hi Alex,
It remained shifted for the half dozen or sub subs until the meridian flip. After the flip and platesolve, theI think this supports the slipped clutch theory. The offset stayed until the plate solve after the pier flip accounted for the offset position. -Ray -----Original Message-----
|
|
|
|
Re: [ap-ug] The Beast is heading to Hawaii..
James Stone
Can’t wait to see the images. What do you plan on using for an imaging train?
From: <main@ap-ug.groups.io> on behalf of "Roland Christen via groups.io" <chris1011@...>
We have excellent transparency at our observatory and the sky is really dark. The seeing (star scintillation) is not always good, but the Honders is a medium focal length scope (1160mm) so it is ideal for semi-wide field objects. I intend to go extremely deep with it and will be using the fast optics to gather detail in very faint structures.
Rolando
-----Original Message-----
From: Pete Lardizabal <p14@...> To: main@ap-ug.groups.io Cc: main@ap-gto.groups.io Sent: Wed, Oct 13, 2021 6:29 pm Subject: Re: [ap-ug] The Beast is heading to Hawaii.. WOW!!!
Should be the proper setting for the scope!
Looking forward to Pacific based Honders images.
😎
Pete
|
|
|
|
Re: [ap-ug] The Beast is heading to Hawaii..
Pete Lardizabal
Match made in the heavens. 😆 Pete
On Oct 13, 2021, at 7:35 PM, chris1011@... wrote:
|
|
|
|
Re: Need help connecting APCC to Mach1
Ray Gralak
Joe,
Deleting the settings file did the trick! The mount seems to be connecting and pointing fine now.I'm glad that worked! :-) -Ray -----Original Message-----
|
|
|
|
Re: [ap-ug] The Beast is heading to Hawaii..
Roland Christen
We have excellent transparency at our observatory and the sky is really dark. The seeing (star scintillation) is not always good, but the Honders is a medium focal length scope (1160mm) so it is ideal for semi-wide field objects. I intend to go extremely deep with it and will be using the fast optics to gather detail in very faint structures.
Rolando
-----Original Message-----
From: Pete Lardizabal <p14@...> To: main@ap-ug.groups.io Cc: main@ap-gto.groups.io Sent: Wed, Oct 13, 2021 6:29 pm Subject: Re: [ap-ug] The Beast is heading to Hawaii.. WOW!!!
Should be the proper setting for the scope!
Looking forward to Pacific based Honders images.
😎
Pete
On Oct 13, 2021, at 3:22 PM, Roland Christen via groups.io <chris1011@...> wrote:
-- Roland Christen Astro-Physics
|
|
|
|
Re: [ap-ug] The Beast is heading to Hawaii..
Pete Lardizabal
WOW!!! Should be the proper setting for the scope! Looking forward to Pacific based Honders images. 😎 Pete
On Oct 13, 2021, at 3:22 PM, Roland Christen via groups.io <chris1011@...> wrote:
|
|
|
|
Re: Need help connecting APCC to Mach1
Joseph Beyer
Ray,
Deleting the settings file did the trick! The mount seems to be connecting and pointing fine now. Thanks, Joe
|
|
|
|
Re: Unexpected mount movement
Alex
It remained shifted for the half dozen or sub subs until the meridian flip. After the flip and platesolve, the correct centering happened.
|
|
|
|
Re: The Beast is heading to Hawaii..
Most impressive !
|
|
|
|
Re: GoTos
J. Belden
My main problems with bad gotos with any of my AP mounts has been wrong time, wrong date.
DST Non DST as well Joe
|
|
|
|
Re: Need help connecting APCC to Mach1
Joseph Beyer
"Reinstalling APCC is not likely going to help unless APCC had become corrupted through some disk error on your computer. More likely is that the settings file has become corrupted.
So, try deleting: C:\ProgramData\Astro-Physics\APCC\settings.apcc You'll need to reconfigure the connection." I'll give it try this afternoon. "Could be a cable or connector problem too. Initially I thought these might be possibilities too but during troubleshooting have rotated connections/cables/ports and it's the same regardless of the configuration. Joe
|
|
|
|
Re: The Beast is heading to Hawaii..
Rolando, Rolando, Rolando!! You are a brave (or foolish) man labeling a photo of Marj as "The Beast is Heading to Hawaii!" ;^)
|
|
|
|
Re: [ap-ug] The Beast is heading to Hawaii..
Roland Christen
What if you sell it and the next person sends it here because of scratches and wants it fixed under warranty?
 Rolando
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrea Lucchetti <andlucchett@...> To: main@ap-gto.groups.io Sent: Wed, Oct 13, 2021 3:16 pm Subject: Re: [ap-gto] [ap-ug] The Beast is heading to Hawaii.. Roland, if by chance you have enough scraps to build a second one you can send it here, I ‘ manage the disposal for free 😂
-- Roland Christen Astro-Physics
|
|
|
|
Re: [ap-ug] The Beast is heading to Hawaii..
Andrea Lucchetti
Roland, if by chance you have enough scraps to build a second one you can send it here, I ‘ manage the disposal for free 😂
|
|
|
|
Re: [ap-ug] The Beast is heading to Hawaii..
Bill Long
Oh I am sure it is. It just made me think of the island of misfit toys from the Rudolph Christmas cartoon when you said it was made from rejected parts.
🙂
From: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io> on behalf of Roland Christen via groups.io <chris1011@...>
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 1:12 PM To: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io> Subject: Re: [ap-gto] [ap-ug] The Beast is heading to Hawaii.. It's actually a very good mount from the standpoint of accuracy. Dual encoders and other goodies. I will be running it fully modeled and unguided.
Rolando
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Long <bill@...> To: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io> Sent: Wed, Oct 13, 2021 3:04 pm Subject: Re: [ap-gto] [ap-ug] The Beast is heading to Hawaii..
The Misfit 1600.
From: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io> on behalf of Roland Christen via groups.io <chris1011@...>
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 1:03 PM To: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io> Subject: Re: [ap-gto] [ap-ug] The Beast is heading to Hawaii.. Nope, the 1600 production mounts are painted white so you don't bump your noggin on it at night. This mount is cobbled together from rejected parts that had scratches or nicks, etc. Basically a prototype suitable for testing stuff.
Rolando
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian McFarland <mcfarlandb04@...> To: main@ap-gto.groups.io Sent: Wed, Oct 13, 2021 2:55 pm Subject: Re: [ap-gto] [ap-ug] The Beast is heading to Hawaii.. Beautiful mount! Are all the new 1600s coming with polished aluminum instead of paint? I'm on the list - hence my question.
Thanks! Brian -- Roland Christen Astro-Physics -- Roland Christen Astro-Physics
|
|
|
|
Re: [ap-ug] The Beast is heading to Hawaii..
Roland Christen
It's actually a very good mount from the standpoint of accuracy. Dual encoders and other goodies. I will be running it fully modeled and unguided.
Rolando
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Long <bill@...> To: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io> Sent: Wed, Oct 13, 2021 3:04 pm Subject: Re: [ap-gto] [ap-ug] The Beast is heading to Hawaii..
The Misfit 1600.
From: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io> on behalf of Roland Christen via groups.io <chris1011@...>
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 1:03 PM To: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io> Subject: Re: [ap-gto] [ap-ug] The Beast is heading to Hawaii.. Nope, the 1600 production mounts are painted white so you don't bump your noggin on it at night. This mount is cobbled together from rejected parts that had scratches or nicks, etc. Basically a prototype suitable for testing stuff.
Rolando
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian McFarland <mcfarlandb04@...> To: main@ap-gto.groups.io Sent: Wed, Oct 13, 2021 2:55 pm Subject: Re: [ap-gto] [ap-ug] The Beast is heading to Hawaii.. Beautiful mount! Are all the new 1600s coming with polished aluminum instead of paint? I'm on the list - hence my question.
Thanks! Brian -- Roland Christen Astro-Physics -- Roland Christen Astro-Physics
|
|
|
