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AP 1100 GTO CP4 - Pempro V3 #Polar_Alignment

Erkaslan Aygen
 

Hey Ray,

Thank you for your kind help. 

Yeah, it's very cold tonight. But it's okay because usually I just press a button a let my automation software to work all the night for me :)

Will follow your recommendations.

Best regards,
Aygen
Ray Gralak
 

Hi Aygen,

I'm sorry to hear that you are freezing. :-(

Instead of trying to locate and move the star in the cold, just use the steps where it measures the drift and skip the steps trying to center the star.

So, after calibration:

1. Do steps 4 and 5 (move mount then measure Azimuth error)
2. Instead of step 6, adjust mount while in step 5 until alignment error is less than 2 arc-mins.
3. Do steps 7 and 8 (move mount then measure Altitude error)
4. Instead of step 9, adjust mount while in step 8 until alignment error is less than 2 arc-mins.

So, skip steps 6 and 9.

-Ray

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From: main@ap-gto.groups.io [mailto:main@ap-gto.groups.io] On Behalf Of Erkaslan Aygen
Sent: Sunday, April 3, 2022 2:22 PM
To: main@ap-gto.groups.io
Subject: [ap-gto] AP 1100 GTO CP4 - Pempro V3 #Polar_Alignment

Dear astro-friends,

As I am typing this message (I am out, it's freezing here in Switzerland), I am trying to fine tune my polar
alignement with PEMPRO V3. I need to say that I am just bluffed by the quality of the software.

For my understanding, what shall I do exactly based on the below image ? As per the instructions I need to move
the star to near to the end of the arrow ? I don't see "end of arrow" my azimuth is already well aligned ?

Thank you, very very much for your kind help.

Clear skies,
Aygen
Pete Tuson
 

Hi Aygen

While I can't help with PemPro, I can speak very highly of a free and open source polar alignment tool in N.I.N.A's Three Point Polar Alignment plugin. If you are struggling with PemPro you could give this a go. I get near perfect alignment from the boot of my car in about 3-4 minutes. Even if you just used the program for that it may be worth considering. They also have a plugin for AP mounts and solid support in their Discord channel.

Sorry to not answer your question directly.


On Sun, 3 Apr 2022 at 22:22, Erkaslan Aygen <aygen.erkaslan@...> wrote:
Dear astro-friends,

As I am typing this message (I am out, it's freezing here in Switzerland), I am trying to fine tune my polar alignement with PEMPRO V3. I need to say that I am just bluffed by the quality of the software. 

For my understanding, what shall I do exactly based on the below image ? As per the instructions I need to move the star to near to the end of the arrow ? I don't see "end of arrow" my azimuth is already well aligned ? 

Thank you, very very much for your kind help.

Clear skies,
Aygen
Erkaslan Aygen
 

Dear astro-friends,

As I am typing this message (I am out, it's freezing here in Switzerland), I am trying to fine tune my polar alignement with PEMPRO V3. I need to say that I am just bluffed by the quality of the software. 

For my understanding, what shall I do exactly based on the below image ? As per the instructions I need to move the star to near to the end of the arrow ? I don't see "end of arrow" my azimuth is already well aligned ? 

Thank you, very very much for your kind help.

Clear skies,
Aygen

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