Hi All,
We went for a short weekend brake to a place near lake Eildon in Victoria and the sky cleared one night for a change.
I wanted to test my motorised Alt-Az mount for panning and set it to turn at the sidereal rate. No matter what direction buttons I pressed on the Synscan handpad it only turned one way. Only the next morning I figured that Synscan simply ignores the direction buttons if the tracking speed is set at 0 and turns according to the configured hemisphere. To make it turn the other way I needed to change S to N in the coordinates.
Although the result is not quite what I had in mind but is nice nonetheless. The first part of the time lapse is illuminated by the gas torches around the house.
Less bandwidth consuming clip on Vimeo
32MB HD clip (1280x720) in MP4 format
Tech Details: Nikon D700, 14-24mm lens, f/2.8, ISO 3200, 30sec. Orion Teletrack Alt-Az mount.
Thanks for looking,
Alex