[AZ-Observing] Re: Clearing now at Antennas good night last night
- From: <jwaters125@xxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 14:17:45 -0700
Hi Steve;
Did Dean upgrade your Motor Controller to the latest release? The release
that fixes CGEM DEC Cogging. I have seen some posts saying that users are
experiencing problems with RA now - noises, erratic movements ...etc.
I am getting ready to upgrade my mount tonight.
I would like to see some of your pictures. Can you post them?
Jim
SAC/EVAC
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From: stevecoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, November 29, 2013 1:07 PM
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Subject: [AZ-Observing] Clearing now at Antennas good night last night
Howdy all;
I had an excellent night at the Antennas site, then some clouds movec
in around 2 AM. I covered the scope and came back out around 4 AM. I
got a peek at Comet Lovejoy in the small binoculars. It was not much
between the cloud layers to the NE.
Right now it is clearing from the west, I see a cloud layer over
Phoenix that is clearing off out here. But, my weather source
(Accuweather) shows some clouds over LA that may be moving in later this
evening, we shall see. I will post again this afternoon if it changes.
I would say that the sky is 50% clear right now.
I got lots of fine shots last night. The new CGEM mount is working
very well and I am very close to right on the North Pole. I shot many 3
minute exposures where I did not need to make any corrections at all
during the shot. I am using a 12mm double cross-hair eyepiece (thanks
AJ) in the ED80 guidescope.
I shot jpeg images just for testing and I am happy with the test shots.
As always I did a few "OOPS" shots, they do make you stay awake. But
nothing serious and I am only shooting for 5 minutes at the longest, so
it is not like I am wasting lots of time.
The refurb Canon T2i camera is doing a terrific job, lots of stars and
detail in a variety of objects. I think my testing will be done soon
and I will start shooting RAW images that I can use to stack some images
and get better contrast. I can join the "real" astroimagers.
Clear skies to us all;
Steve Coe
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