<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><br><br>Andy Blanchard<div>905-465-2031H</div><div>905-847-7777B</div></div><div><br>On 2012-03-22, at 10:09 PM, "Roger Hill" <<a href="mailto:Roger.Hill@hiteach.net">Roger.Hill@hiteach.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hi, Andy\u2026<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">For visual work, it\u2019s not an issue\u2026the object was always in the eyepiece, and the joystick made it easy to centre it. It was only after I hooked up a camera to the scope that I noticed the problem, and realized why the GOTO\u2019s were not perfect.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I don\u2019t think with the mild winter we had, that the pier would have shifted enough to have caused the problem.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The autoguider, though, could have helped a lot but I could not get it to work. Is there a problem with it? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Roger<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:members-bounces@hamiltonrasc.ca">members-bounces@hamiltonrasc.ca</a> [mailto:members-bounces@hamiltonrasc.ca] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Andy Blanchard<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 22, 2012 9:43 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:members@hamiltonrasc.ca">members@hamiltonrasc.ca</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: RASC Hamilton - Members Only Last night...<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">I notice it also last night Roger. I suspect we had a gremlin playing with the polar alignment again. We had perfect alignment a few weeks ago. Looks like a new topping is in order.<br><br>Andy Blanchard<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">905-465-2031H<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">905-847-7777B<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>On 2012-03-22, at 5:28 PM, "Roger Hill" <<a href="mailto:Roger.Hill@hiteach.net">Roger.Hill@hiteach.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal">Last night (March 21,2012) I was at the observatory until after 1am, having a lovely time. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I used my Canon T1i and got the scope focused using the nice sharp diffraction spikes on a bright star. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The tracking was awful, though, with a steady drift. 1 minute exposures showed trailed stars.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I also couldn't get the autoguider to work. There is an LED on it that lights up when it\u2019s connected. No matter which USB hub I tried, the light never came on, and there was no indication on the computer that it was trying to connect.. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">What work remains to be done on the scope automation project?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">_______________________________________________<br>members mailing list<br><a href="mailto:members@hamiltonrasc.ca">members@hamiltonrasc.ca</a><br><a href="http://hamiltonrasc.ca/mailman/listinfo/members_hamiltonrasc.ca">http://hamiltonrasc.ca/mailman/listinfo/members_hamiltonrasc.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>members mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:members@hamiltonrasc.ca">members@hamiltonrasc.ca</a></span><br><span><a href="http://hamiltonrasc.ca/mailman/listinfo/members_hamiltonrasc.ca">http://hamiltonrasc.ca/mailman/listinfo/members_hamiltonrasc.ca</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>