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Originally Posted by Liz
Thank you Eric and Gary. 
Alas, given up already, and just skulled a beer to recover. 
Tried the encoder test ? if worked, mozzies nipping at my heels ... aligned Sirius and Regulus, then tried to find ... anything .... started with double star in Leo, but it wouldnt do anything. Now frowning and sweating (still about 24) and could hear the beer in the fridge calling to me. 
Have a couple of night duties the next 2 nights, so will reread the manual, and become familiar with all the terms and workings of the AN.
Dont you fancy a trip up to Townsville Gary? It is beautiful up here now with temps 19 - 30. Mia would love it. 
You could promote the AN to our members, and get mine working. 
Time for another beer, I reckon. |
Hi Liz,
I've just come back in from outside and your 24 degrees in Townsville sounds
much more agreeable than the cool, clear, night we have here in Sydney
at the moment.
It certainly would not require any arm bending to have Mai and I wish we
were up in your part of the world again right now.
Here is a quick synopsis of the alignment steps you would have performed.
1) Power ON unit.
Unit will initiliaize and show MODE FIX ALT REF.
2) Push optical tube to mechanical vertical stop.
At this position the Optical axis is approx. parallel to the Az axis.
i.e. if the scope were on level ground (and it need not be) it would be pointing toward the zenith.
3) Push ENTER button. If need be, spin the dial until display shows ALT REF=90 AUTO ADJUST OFF.
4) Press ENTER. Display will show for two seconds WARP=ALT REF OK
5) Press EXIT. Dial up MODE ALIGN STAR. Press ENTER. Dial up first alignment star by name.
6) Center first star in eyepiece and then press ENTER.
7) Spin dial and select second alignment star.
8) Center second star in eyepiece and then press ENTER.
9) Display will show WARP=xx in lower line of display for two seconds where xx is
a numerical value. Next time you get out, please let me know what WARP value you received
after aligning on the second star (the WARP factor after the first star you can ignore).
Best regards
Gary