RASC Hamilton - Members Only Last night...

[Andy Blanchard]

Andy Blanchard
905-465-2031H
905-847-7777B

On 2012-03-22, at 10:09 PM, "Roger Hill" <Roger.Hill at hiteach.net> wrote:

> Hi, Andy…
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> For visual work, it’s not an issue…the 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’s were not perfect.
>  
> I don’t think with the mild winter we had, that the pier would have shifted enough to have caused the problem.
>  
> The autoguider, though, could have helped a lot but I could not get it to work.  Is there a problem with it? 
>  
> Roger
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> From: members-bounces at hamiltonrasc.ca [mailto:members-bounces at hamiltonrasc.ca] On Behalf Of Andy Blanchard
> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 9:43 PM
> To: members at hamiltonrasc.ca
> Subject: Re: RASC Hamilton - Members Only Last night...
>  
> 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.
> 
> Andy Blanchard
> 905-465-2031H
> 905-847-7777B
> 
> On 2012-03-22, at 5:28 PM, "Roger Hill" <Roger.Hill at hiteach.net> wrote:
> 
> Last night (March 21,2012) I was at the observatory until after 1am, having a lovely time.
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> I used my Canon T1i and got the scope focused using the nice sharp diffraction spikes on a bright star. 
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> The tracking was awful, though, with a steady drift.  1 minute exposures showed trailed stars.
>  
> I also couldn't get the autoguider to work.  There is an LED on it that lights up when it’s 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.. 
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> What work remains to be done on the scope automation project?
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