Me want me want me want!

LewisM · #1 16-11-2014, 09:03 AM

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Takahashi...item5b07d72c14

Don't think I could fit the Temma 2 to it though, but it is the RIGHT colour and time period for my FCT-100

My NJP arrived on Friday - almost had to call Mr. Sidonio to make a visit to heft it out of the box

tonybarry (Tony) · #2 16-11-2014, 09:08 AM

Hi Lewis,

I am dubious about the eebay item. I would definitely use Paypal :-)

Regards,
Tony Barry

LewisM · #3 16-11-2014, 09:10 AM

I don't like his non-Paypal edict too. Odd, and worrying.

Not buying anyway... the NJP is enough

cometcatcher (Kevin) · #4 16-11-2014, 09:41 AM

Looks like something from the 1950's.

LewisM · #5 16-11-2014, 01:13 PM

Yeah, delicious ain't it!!!

Paul Haese · #6 17-11-2014, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by LewisM

I don't like his non-Paypal edict too. Odd, and worrying.

Not buying anyway... the NJP is enough

No it isn't and you know it.

Besides if you ever want to go automated, the you won't be using an NJP. No Tak mount has a home position. That is why I got rid of the EM400 which makes the NJP look a bit like a toy anyway. This is Taks only real failing is that they don't have home positions in their mounts.

Terry B · #7 17-11-2014, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Paul Haese

No it isn't and you know it.

Besides if you ever want to go automated, the you won't be using an NJP. No Tak mount has a home position. That is why I got rid of the EM400 which makes the NJP look a bit like a toy anyway. This is Taks only real failing is that they don't have home positions in their mounts.

I park my NJP to the same position each time. This is the mount horizontal. I then just start it up and slew to a target. Isn't this the same as a home position?
It remembers the position and I just synch on the first pointing just to refine the pointing.

DavidTrap (David) · #8 17-11-2014, 02:24 PM

Terry,

What you have is a "park" position - provided you park the mount each time, you can unpark it, the controller will still know where it is pointing. If you release a clutch and move the mount, the controller doesn't know where it is pointing. If you were to have a power failure before parking the mount, it may well get "lost", so would need to be resynced to the sky before you can goto again.

Paramounts (and others) have a "home" position that the mount can find all by itself. It then knows where it's pointing and can navigate across the sky. I'm still learning about this, but I believe you have to do some sort of sync after homing the mount. As I understand it, the biggest benefit of this in a remote observatory situation is recovering from a power/computer failure, but I guess that is less of an issue now days with all-sky plate solves being possible.

I'm sure others will correct my inaccuracies.

DT

Paul Haese · #9 17-11-2014, 07:45 PM

What David said.

Terry B · #10 17-11-2014, 09:40 PM

This makes sense but as you said is less of a problem now with plate solving.

LewisM · #11 17-11-2014, 09:41 PM

Automation is a VERY VERY distant possibility for me - heck, I removed 2 Sharpsky auto-focus systems! (I enjoy the trivialities of this hobby). I could never automate. I do enjoy being out there with it - half the fun - escape the kids for a night

Put it this way, at least it's not a Losmandy

Terry B · #12 17-11-2014, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by LewisM

Automation is a VERY VERY distant possibility for me - heck, I removed 2 Sharpsky auto-focus systems! (I enjoy the trivialities of this hobby). I could never automate. I do enjoy being out there with it - half the fun - escape the kids for a night

Put it this way, at least it's not a Losmandy

I agree. I love being outside in my observatory. No kids but a few moths and bugs tonight.

My observatory is 100m up in my paddock. Even if I did try to automate it it isn't much of a problem to walk up and check it.