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Re: #Mach2GTO C14Edge HD rig
#Mach2GTO
I cannot comment on the weight capacity, but you should be OK with your OAG
Bryan
I cannot comment on the weight capacity, but you should be OK with your OAG
Bryan
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Worsel
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#78765
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Re: [ap-ug] Mach2 vibration & noise issue from the RA axis
Roland,
Can you also send me that email. My Mach 2 also has that resonance vibration.
Regards,
David C. Finch
df121819@...
Roland,
Can you also send me that email. My Mach 2 also has that resonance vibration.
Regards,
David C. Finch
df121819@...
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davidcfinch9
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#78764
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Re: Question re: Initial setup with GTOCP4
Perfect - looking forward to getting this mount up and running!
Thanks a million for the info.
JT
Perfect - looking forward to getting this mount up and running!
Thanks a million for the info.
JT
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Jil Tardiff
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#78763
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Re: Question: How do I safety replace the CW shaft adapter
The gearbox is not attached to the counterweight shaft adapter. Use a large Phillips head screw driver and tap it with a hammer in CCW direction.
Roland
The gearbox is not attached to the counterweight shaft adapter. Use a large Phillips head screw driver and tap it with a hammer in CCW direction.
Roland
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Roland Christen
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#78762
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Re: Question: How do I safety replace the CW shaft adapter
Hi Roland,
So I don't need to disengage the clutches or the gear box?
I can definitely tap with the best of 'em :)
cytan
Hi Roland,
So I don't need to disengage the clutches or the gear box?
I can definitely tap with the best of 'em :)
cytan
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Cheng-Yang Tan
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#78761
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Re: #Mach2GTO C14Edge HD rig
#Mach2GTO
You are going to guide a C14 with a mini-guide camera? It will not work well because the C14 and guide scope will not be in sync for very long (differential flex, mirror shift, etc etc). Bad idea
You are going to guide a C14 with a mini-guide camera? It will not work well because the C14 and guide scope will not be in sync for very long (differential flex, mirror shift, etc etc). Bad idea
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Roland Christen
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#78760
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Re: Question: How do I safety replace the CW shaft adapter
Tap the Allen wrench with a hammer and it will loosen the adapter.
Roland
Tap the Allen wrench with a hammer and it will loosen the adapter.
Roland
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Roland Christen
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#78759
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Re: [ap-ug] Mach2 vibration & noise issue from the RA axis
The stepper motors will hit resonant points if the belt tension is set too high. If you send me an e-mail I will walk you thru setting the belt tension so it doesn't do that.
Roland
The stepper motors will hit resonant points if the belt tension is set too high. If you send me an e-mail I will walk you thru setting the belt tension so it doesn't do that.
Roland
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Roland Christen
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#78758
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#Mach2GTO C14Edge HD rig
#Mach2GTO
Hi Roland,
Can the Mach2GTO (with AP 16" EAsy balace dovetail on Eagle 6 mount) comfortably handle the below OTA and image train -
C14 Edge HD OTA
Additional Losmandy Dovetail bar on top of OTA
C14
Hi Roland,
Can the Mach2GTO (with AP 16" EAsy balace dovetail on Eagle 6 mount) comfortably handle the below OTA and image train -
C14 Edge HD OTA
Additional Losmandy Dovetail bar on top of OTA
C14
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EmP <padhye.mihir@...>
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#78757
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Re: About APCC and ISS tracking and PC Time
>>>For GPS devices that emit standard NMEA time sentences over a serial (COM) port, there is NMEATime2 ($20) or the older, free version, NMEATime.
just for the heck of it, i purchase NMEATime2 and an
>>>For GPS devices that emit standard NMEA time sentences over a serial (COM) port, there is NMEATime2 ($20) or the older, free version, NMEATime.
just for the heck of it, i purchase NMEATime2 and an
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Brian Valente
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#78756
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Re: About APCC and ISS tracking and PC Time
Dale Ghent said:
One thing to realize is that NMEA time is inherently inaccurate, exacerbated by USB serial delays. Most GPS chips also emit a PPS or 1PPS (1 pulse per second) electrical signal
Dale Ghent said:
One thing to realize is that NMEA time is inherently inaccurate, exacerbated by USB serial delays. Most GPS chips also emit a PPS or 1PPS (1 pulse per second) electrical signal
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ap@CaptivePhotons.com
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#78755
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Re: Question: How do I safety replace the CW shaft adapter
You just need more leverage than what an allen wrench can provide. Use a longer device, such as a long phillips head screw driver, instead.
You just need more leverage than what an allen wrench can provide. Use a longer device, such as a long phillips head screw driver, instead.
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Dale Ghent
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#78754
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Question: How do I safety replace the CW shaft adapter
Hi guys,
I just received the new AP1100 CW shaft adapter with SS insert and I want to replace the existing one without the SS insert. I removed the CW shaft and my telescope and then in the park 3
Hi guys,
I just received the new AP1100 CW shaft adapter with SS insert and I want to replace the existing one without the SS insert. I removed the CW shaft and my telescope and then in the park 3
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Cheng-Yang Tan
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#78753
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Re: Ticking noise after regreasing 1100
Ok, cool. Is it a one-per revolution click? No laboring or other funny noises?
It may make sense to just do it over again.
Jeff
Ok, cool. Is it a one-per revolution click? No laboring or other funny noises?
It may make sense to just do it over again.
Jeff
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Jeff B
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#78752
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Re: About APCC and ISS tracking and PC Time
Time syncing is complex enough of a topic that it's best to let dedicated apps which handle the intricacies involved do the driving on this. There are entire professions and academic pursuits based
Time syncing is complex enough of a topic that it's best to let dedicated apps which handle the intricacies involved do the driving on this. There are entire professions and academic pursuits based
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Dale Ghent
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#78751
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Re: About APCC and ISS tracking and PC Time
Hi Bob,
It probably will not be a feature of APCC because to set the time on the computer APCC would have to be run "as administrator". That is something we probably would not want to do because then
Hi Bob,
It probably will not be a feature of APCC because to set the time on the computer APCC would have to be run "as administrator". That is something we probably would not want to do because then
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Ray Gralak
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#78750
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Re: Ticking noise after regreasing 1100
Jeff,
The mount is 5 years old, has spent about 30 weeks in the dusty desert, and has never been re-greased. I seem to recall AP saying mounts should be re-greased every few years.
I used the grease
Jeff,
The mount is 5 years old, has spent about 30 weeks in the dusty desert, and has never been re-greased. I seem to recall AP saying mounts should be re-greased every few years.
I used the grease
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Eric Claeys
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#78749
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Re: Should I use my BARADV for the upcoming lunar eclipse?
A note on tracking: a 15 second exposure is quite a long time unguided. Especially on the moon which doesn't travel at the sidereal rate. The lunar rate setting on APCC is only approximate since the
A note on tracking: a 15 second exposure is quite a long time unguided. Especially on the moon which doesn't travel at the sidereal rate. The lunar rate setting on APCC is only approximate since the
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Nick Iversen
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#78748
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Re: About APCC and ISS tracking and PC Time
I'm really quite surprised that APCC cannot utilise gps time directly. I bought a $10 usb gps and it works well with APCC. When I went looking for the setting in APCC that would allow me to utilise
I'm really quite surprised that APCC cannot utilise gps time directly. I bought a $10 usb gps and it works well with APCC. When I went looking for the setting in APCC that would allow me to utilise
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Bob
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#78747
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Re: Should I use my BARADV for the upcoming lunar eclipse?
Daniel
Thanks for that explanation. It made sense until you said "aim at an f ratio (i.e., F/D) equal to 5 times the size of a pixel in microns." Can you intuitively explain why? Failing that the
Daniel
Thanks for that explanation. It made sense until you said "aim at an f ratio (i.e., F/D) equal to 5 times the size of a pixel in microns." Can you intuitively explain why? Failing that the
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Nick Iversen
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#78746
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