Re: [APML] Call for Input

["Bob Hughes" <rhughes@extremezone.com>]

Hi Kent: Many thanks for your reply. Yes, I remember talking with Dan before
I purchased mine. We discussed how it worked and how the easy it was to put
the guide star right in the middle and it would then be in the middle of the
chip - hah!! Well at least I'm finding that I'm not alone which is not a
good thing. Paul VanSlyke at VanSlyke Engineering could make a good one for
sure but probably at double the cost.

Thanks,

Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: <KGKIRKLEY@aol.com>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 11:36 AM
Subject: Re: [APML] Call for Input


>
> In a message dated 4/6/00 9:15:38 AM, rhughes@extremezone.com writes:
>
> <<
>
> On another note, I purchased the Flip Mate for the ST4 from Spectra. I
find
>
> that when I have the ST4 tracking and I get an x,y display of say, 55/50
or
>
> some where close to the center of the CCD, optically the star shows up
down
>
> in the lower left corner of the chip image as seen through the Flip Mate.
If
>
> you or anyone else on the Reflector have any ideas on how to align the
Flip
>
> Mate, comments or suggestions would be appreciated. I use a William
Optics
>
> 80mm as a guide scope. >>
>
> Bob:
> This is a problem with almost all Spectra Flipmates. They were advertisied
as
> being parfocal with the chip and the center of the chip was to be
indicated
> by the center of the reticle. Unfortunately, the Flipmate was not built
with
> enough precison for this to happen very often and it's not (easily)
> adjustable. I bitched over and over to Dan and was sent 4 samples, none of
> which worked exactly as advertised.
> BUT, there is really no other product which does what the Flipmate does
for
> the money. I've had to learn to live with the inaccuracy and where the
50/50
> position is in the reticle.
> Kent Kirkley
> www.connecti.com/~rreeves/kirkley.htm
>
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