What do you do while you wait?

[Stu]

59 minutes ago, ollypenrice said:

Even when your guide trace looks like this? 

Be reasonable, a man has a right to be mesmerized on occasion!  

Joking of course, look up!

Olly

But Olly, that to me looks like something that is dead.....flat lining!!!  

[ollypenrice]

22 minutes ago, Stu said:

But Olly, that to me looks like something that is dead.....flat lining!!!  

Exactly what I thought when my alarm woke me up for my regular system check. I was about to curse when I saw it was actually guiding. In fact I did have one flatter than this which really was sinister.

Olly

[frugal]

I once had a guide trace like that.... Turns out I was guiding on a hot pixel...

[tomato]

Olly

Here was I assuming that was your  Mesu graph....

[frugal]

The other thing I do while I wait, is plot where I could fit an observatory into the garden

[alacant]

3 hours ago, frugal said:

plot where I could fit an observatory into the garden

Sounds useful. Which version are you using? I have only star mass, RA and DEC  on mine.

[frugal]

4 hours ago, alacant said:

Sounds useful. Which version are you using? I have only star mass, RA and DEC  on mine.

You need the Handwavium extension to PHD2 and the "please don't ask why I am standing in the rhubarb patch" data set

To be fair, I do have tacit approval for an observatory, just not until the rest of the garden is finished...

[mikey2000]

I'm loving the idea of making a bacon sandwich!  With a guide trace that boring, I'd definitely be looking for some food to help pass the time.

 

Since I started using EQMOD autopec, I've stumbled on a tendency for EQMOD to unexpectedly hang, lock up and stop all forms of tracking.  That leads to some 'interesting' PHD2 logs and some spectacularly failed subs.  Oh the joys!

[DaveS]

Guiding? What is dis ting guiding?

Gloats.

Actually I'm getting my 180 mak into service so I can do some visual while the subs come in.

Dreaming of a 180 apo.