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2nd night out...new RA gear
Tonight the seeing looks promising.
A front of showers has passed through and
sky was clear at sunset.
I've just finished a 10sec set at Declination -55
somewhere in ARA.
A few very faint fuzzies here.
This set is the best frames from a set in which the
worm completed several cycles.
With the Bartels Arc sec per step size almost spot on for
this new gear, the PE was minimal.
An early impression is that this 10sec set had more good frames
than a set with the old spur gear drive.
So it's looking very promising.
I still have to log a lot of cycles and put it into an Excel
spreadsheet to visualise the PE but it's looking pretty good!
Hopefully I can continue tonight, weather permitting.
A 15sec set is in progress right now.
Edit: 2nd image added
As per my usual setup: 12" F5 Newt / Meade DSI II/ Baader IR
FL 1500mm.
Steve
Last edited by kinetic; 14-07-2009 at 09:36 PM.
Reason: added the 15sec set image
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