cthorpey
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I bought these for the shop and the workshop. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LED-T8-Tube-2-3-4-5-6-8ft-Fluorescent-Replacement-/321872983577? take the old tube out, take the old starter out and stick the new stuff in. My old tubes are failing so I am replacing them 2 at a time.
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First Light for the focuser......and it all works! APT telling me its 0.5deg C outside, slewed to Betelgeuse and tried the autofocus. 2 mins later it was spot on. I LOVE this. Currently imaging M42 before it vanishes behind the house next door. Thanks again to everyone involved, this thing is awesome. Chris
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Wa Hey!! All built and tested on my SW130 (not the pds) Hopefully going to give it a field test later if it clears up A Big THANKS!!! to Dave and everyone else. Chris.
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Hi. All the bits arrived today so I am planning to get stuck in on Sunday. I am trying this on a SW 130p. Should be fun. Will report back.
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Looking for beta testers of new Polar Alignment utility.
cthorpey replied to themos's topic in Discussions - Software
Themos, It would appear that my "neat freak" tendencies took over and I have deleted the images I took when aligning. As soon as I get another clear night I will re do it for you and send the images. Sorry. is it just the images you need? Chris -
Looking for beta testers of new Polar Alignment utility.
cthorpey replied to themos's topic in Discussions - Software
Themos, will do. Just a note to anybody using APT with this, I was able to reduce file upload times and solve times by reducing the image quality in APT to "M". Local solving would be a great bonus but I am more than happy with the way it works. Chris -
Looking for beta testers of new Polar Alignment utility.
cthorpey replied to themos's topic in Discussions - Software
YES!!! Now that I have the camera oriented as described above the "move" instructions make sense and I now have a polar alignment error of 0.54 arc min. I then started all over again, deleted my images and restarted PPA. I did the initial shots and checked alignment and it is exactly the same error. Ooo I am a happy chappie. Going to celebrate with a nice hot chocolate then off to bed. Themos, Thank You so much. Chris -
Looking for beta testers of new Polar Alignment utility.
cthorpey replied to themos's topic in Discussions - Software
yup, thats what I did. if I have my camera that way round I get the horizon horizontal. -
Looking for beta testers of new Polar Alignment utility.
cthorpey replied to themos's topic in Discussions - Software
Hi All, have done some checking this morning and it seems that the orientation of the dslr to the focuser does make a difference on a newt! I have now set the camera so that the base of the body is parallel to the tube / focuser knobs. This means that when i move the scope 90 deg from vertical / home I will have the long edge at the bottom and hopefully should now get results that make sense. D'oh. Chris. Piccy is one i found on the net, not my setup. -
Looking for beta testers of new Polar Alignment utility.
cthorpey replied to themos's topic in Discussions - Software
Thanks Themos, I will test it out tomorrow as long as it doesnt rain. If it does make a difference I will post some piccys to demonstrate. Chris -
Looking for beta testers of new Polar Alignment utility.
cthorpey replied to themos's topic in Discussions - Software
Dumb Question Alert! I am trying this with a canon1100d. Does the orientation of the camera with respect to the focuser make any difference? Things were going quite well last night but I seem to be having some mechanical difficulties with the mount. The software was wotking and solving quite nicely. Thanks Chris -
Looking for beta testers of new Polar Alignment utility.
cthorpey replied to themos's topic in Discussions - Software
Looking good for tonight...fingers crossed. Will report back. The installation all went fine with one minor hiccup. I installed to c:/users/lappy as instructed. My system didn't know what to do with the ppa.py. I had to tell it what to open it with. No biggie at all, I just pointed it to the anaconda folder on c: and clicked the python 64 executable. I did not have the extra space included when I copied and pasted my API key. Ran through the supplied images absolutely fine. Loooking forward to trying it for real tonight. -
Looking for beta testers of new Polar Alignment utility.
cthorpey replied to themos's topic in Discussions - Software
If there is room for any more I'd like to have a go. Tried the AT method and got nowhere. The thought of spending another night fighting with PA is putting me right off. Ta C. -
Wow, these images are amazing! Would you guys mind a few questions? I currently have the 130p and connect my Canon 1100 via a standard t ring to the built in t thread that is part of the 1.25 lens adapter.The primary mirror has been pushed waaay up the tube and I can get focus with about 10mm of the focus tube still in the light path. Is the camera connection still the same on the PDS or can I use my t to 2 inch nosepiece in the focuser? When I try to use the 2 inch nosepiece with the focuser adapter i hit the same problem because the adapter is so thick. Thanks. Chris
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