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15-10-2015, 05:39 PM
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Illusions of adequacy
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Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Fraser Coast
Posts: 136
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Has anyone here failed to perform a meridian flip when the the movement became critical when tracking? God, please let me not be the only person to admit to this...
Happily, It's not a rookie error either, I've known seasoned pro's do this one while slewing.
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15-10-2015, 06:33 PM
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Ultimate Noob
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 6,980
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Quote:
Originally Posted by astroboof
Has anyone here failed to perform a meridian flip when the the movement became critical when tracking? God, please let me not be the only person to admit to this...
Happily, It's not a rookie error either, I've known seasoned pro's do this one while slewing.
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I am still trying to get my EQ6 Pro to do an automatic meridian flip, playing with settings. When I hit the meridian the ASCOM driver just starts whinging about horizon limit being reached and stops everything! Better than it trying to continue and breaking something
I have slept through several alarms, once or twice to do the meridian flip
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15-10-2015, 06:47 PM
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Senior Citizen
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Bribie Island
Posts: 5,056
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Scope was put away .... RDF was left switched on .....dead battery at next viewing session....
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15-10-2015, 07:11 PM
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Novichok test rabbit
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Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Somewhere in the cosmos...
Posts: 10,388
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OH MY GOD COL! That is the WORST thing anyone could ever do.
You saint you...
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15-10-2015, 07:52 PM
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Ultimate Noob
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 6,980
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About two years ago I was getting set up for a local astronomy evening... Forgot to take the brackets for my ED100 Luckily I was only 15 minutes from home and had some of my family coming down anyway When I noticed I just sighed and half decided not to bother with the refractor and just use the 10" SCT.
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15-10-2015, 10:41 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Sydney
Posts: 1,452
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Shifting everything up to the dark site, having a long weekend glass of wine or two, then starting to setup and realising the standard bolts which connect my pier plate adapter to my pier, are too short by 1/4 inch when connecting to the new tripod.
Nearest Bunnings 100 km away. Should have checked at home first..duh.
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15-10-2015, 11:01 PM
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Illusions of adequacy
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Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Fraser Coast
Posts: 136
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FlashDrive
Scope was put away .... RDF was left switched on .....dead battery at next viewing session....
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Darn, that happens to me like three times a month! almost.
Lets see... I have lost approximately 341 lens caps in my lifetime. For the price of those lens caps, I could have got more seriously into astro-imaging and have forgotten about the loss of caps. I've burn't small holes through caps too, it only takes 1/2 second through an EP. It's not that bad, but for the smell that freaks you out.
I've stuck a running hose down the throat of a Newt when viewing Mars almost ten years ago, that sucked.
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15-10-2015, 11:20 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: May 2014
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 493
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Quote:
Originally Posted by astroboof
Darn, that happens to me like three times a month! almost.
Lets see... I have lost approximately 341 lens caps in my lifetime. For the price of those lens caps, I could have got more seriously into astro-imaging and have forgotten about the loss of caps. I've burn't small holes through caps too, it only takes 1/2 second through an EP. It's not that bad, but for the smell that freaks you out.
I've stuck a running hose down the throat of a Newt when viewing Mars almost ten years ago, that sucked.
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Er, how exactly did you manage the hose trick? Trying a rapid cool down technique?
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15-10-2015, 11:45 PM
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A very 'Senior' member.
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: South Coast N.S.W.
Posts: 2,567
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^^, or were the mirrors just due for a clean?
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16-10-2015, 06:07 AM
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Lost in Space ....
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Auckland, NZ
Posts: 4,949
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rrussell1962
Er, how exactly did you manage the hose trick? Trying a rapid cool down technique?
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Yeah, you got me on that one ! Why ?
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16-10-2015, 07:53 AM
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Illusions of adequacy
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Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Fraser Coast
Posts: 136
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Are you all sure you really want to know why that was done ?
I omitted the details out of respect for the sensitivities of the optically sensitive and kind folk here. It's not for the squeamish. It was a horror story.
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16-10-2015, 08:00 AM
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Illusions of adequacy
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Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Fraser Coast
Posts: 136
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Ok then, no point trying to avoid it, or supress the memory.
Bat sh!t, thats what. Yep, steaming hot acidic excrement sent from the heavens.
A bat crap bombardier decided to jettison its load in mid flight, perfectly delivered into the ota of an old Omcon Newt, splashing copiously across the mirror and down the sides of the tube. In split seconds without thought I had the hose down there pronto, almost like an autonomous reaction.
A little damage was done, so I upgraded the scope and handed the Omcon on to a friend in need.
Look up, look Bat, and prosper.
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16-10-2015, 06:55 PM
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Senior Citizen
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Bribie Island
Posts: 5,056
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Quote:
Originally Posted by astroboof
Ok then, no point trying to avoid it, or supress the memory.
Bat sh!t, thats what. Yep, steaming hot acidic excrement sent from the heavens.
A bat crap bombardier decided to jettison its load in mid flight, perfectly delivered into the ota of an old Omcon Newt, splashing copiously across the mirror and down the sides of the tube. In split seconds without thought I had the hose down there pronto, almost like an autonomous reaction.
A little damage was done, so I upgraded the scope and handed the Omcon on to a friend in need.
Look up, look Bat, and prosper.
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Priceless .....
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16-10-2015, 07:02 PM
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Novichok test rabbit
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Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Somewhere in the cosmos...
Posts: 10,388
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Quote:
Originally Posted by astroboof
Ok then, no point trying to avoid it, or supress the memory.
Bat sh!t, thats what. Yep, steaming hot acidic excrement sent from the heavens.
A bat crap bombardier decided to jettison its load in mid flight, perfectly delivered into the ota of an old Omcon Newt, splashing copiously across the mirror and down the sides of the tube. In split seconds without thought I had the hose down there pronto, almost like an autonomous reaction.
A little damage was done, so I upgraded the scope and handed the Omcon on to a friend in need.
Look up, look Bat, and prosper.
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I wait to uncover until the bat nocturnal migration has ended.
In fact, I cool down from about 4pm on - I put the bahtinov clip on mask onto the dewshield and leave it - the THIN slots allow radiative cooling still, and keeps the crap out.
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17-10-2015, 09:21 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Sydney
Posts: 1,003
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LewisM
... I put the bahtinov clip on mask onto the dewshield and leave it - the THIN slots allow radiative cooling still, and keeps the crap out.
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Always wondered why it was called a batinov mask
I'll get me coat...
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18-10-2015, 11:16 AM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Bright, Vic, Australia
Posts: 2,158
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- Driving to a remote imaging location and realising I'd left the camera battery on charge at home;
- Driving to a remote imaging location and realising I'd left the camera SD card firmly wedged in the computer at home (is there a pattern developing here?);
- Driving to a remote imaging location and realising I'd left the star tracker polar alignment scope at home (does this guy never learn?);
- Driving to a remote imaging location and realising I'd left the remote shutter release at home (give this guy a brain!);
- Grabbing the laptop after a webcam session and pulling the telescope & mount over, crash onto the concrete (well, something different);
- Three times (groan)
Cheers -
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18-10-2015, 12:04 PM
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Illusions of adequacy
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Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Fraser Coast
Posts: 136
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^ there appears to be a underlying and recurring fault here, RK.
If you drop vehicle transportation, most all your problems will dissolve.
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18-10-2015, 12:59 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Bright, Vic, Australia
Posts: 2,158
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Quote:
Originally Posted by astroboof
If you drop vehicle transportation, most all your problems will dissolve.
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Good thinkin' boof, no car no problem.
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18-10-2015, 01:08 PM
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Mr Avalot To'Learn
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Newcastle, Australia
Posts: 159
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rob_K
- Driving to a remote imaging location and realising I'd left the camera battery on charge at home;
- Driving to a remote imaging location and realising I'd left the camera SD card firmly wedged in the computer at home (is there a pattern developing here?);
- Driving to a remote imaging location and realising I'd left the star tracker polar alignment scope at home (does this guy never learn?);
- Driving to a remote imaging location and realising I'd left the remote shutter release at home (give this guy a brain!);
- Grabbing the laptop after a webcam session and pulling the telescope & mount over, crash onto the concrete (well, something different);
- Three times (groan)
Cheers -
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I had a habit of the same sort of behaviour until a wise man said these words - "O for Christ's sake Ulrich, make a list and tick things off as you load them!".
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18-10-2015, 02:13 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: perth w.a.
Posts: 2,275
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i stupidly took my counerweights off while i had my c11 riding on top!
i think i was lucky it was a cf tube because it absorbed the impact, i just damaged the gearbox on the g11
pat
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