I want to say a big public thank you to Coleman Coates and John Hou from iOptron.
I just recieved a brand new iOptron MiniTower from these kind people as thanks for the article in Astronomy Technology Today.
I'd like to thank them in return for giving me the opportunity to write it and for their continued encouragement and support.
I want to say a big public thank you to Coleman Coates and John Hou from iOptron.
I wish I could say thanks to them for their assistance in fixing ASCOM drivers for their Gotostar/Gotonova (GTS/GTN)..but...they have given very little assistance to those said users...in fact none!
They (iOptron) appear to be concentrating on the "Cubes".
Don't get me wrong ...the GTS/GTN work well but they has a few ASCOM & other issues (autoguiding) they have been dragging their heals on for over 2 years & they ignore emails & ban non-gratuitous users from their yahoo forum!
I'm jealous of your "cube"...I don't think they'll be giving me one .
What handset do you have with your Cube? Does you handset internal clock run fast? I had quite a time with my GTS handset clock being around 18 seconds a day fast.
I changed out the clock crystal with a few differing types (differing pico farad capacitance types) & got it to running around 2 seconds a day fast...best I could get.
What handset do you have with your Cube? Does you handset internal clock run fast? I had quite a time with my GTS handset clock being around 18 seconds a day fast.
I changed out the clock crystal with a few differing types (differing pico farad capacitance types) & got it to running around 2 seconds a day fast...best I could get.
Better but still not as good as my $10 watch!
My little blue Cube is the most basic model, 5000 object database.
I've not had any problems with the clock.
I did have some trouble in the beginning with the goto just going anywhere, but I just went back to the default settings, deleting everything I'd entered, then started over again, and I've had no problems since.
Congrats JJJ! This should double your imaging capabilities... what you need now is a 2nd GSTAR, and have 2 running side by side... Double the data in half the time!!
Like Jen, I'm green with envy. Congratulations JJJ. Nice scopes, one for imaging I guess, and one to look through. Heaven on a duel-stick goto. What more could an astronomer want? (And nice background, too. Is that your place? Looks roomy.)
It does come with a counter weight, but the option is there for guiding in eq mode.
Though for tonights first light I took off the ed80 and took a tour using the 120mm.
Great fun. Perfect night for it too.
We're on a few acres here.
Thank You iOptron
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Being a newbie I don't know much about it, but it looks impressive and expensive.
