Re: [APML]: Re: PEC CORRECTION

["Bobby Middleton" <bobbym@webwide.net>]

Seems like a good full moon project; I'll see how it works with my LX 200.
Bobby Middleton 
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> From: michael grady 
> 
> Interesting.  Any thoughts about letting the st-4 pec train a lx200?
> 
> ----------
> > From: Wil Milan 

> > Something you might try: If you have an autoguider you might try
letting
> the
> > autoguider do the PEC training. I tried that with my Ultima mount and
it
> didn't
> > seem to work too well, but I've heard from others (including someone at
> SBIG) who
> > say that it's the best way to train the PEC. I only tried it once, so
> maybe I
> > should try it again on my G-11 mount and see if it works better. It
seems
> like it
> > should work, and if so if would have at least two advantages: (1) it
> would allow
> > me to start each exposure with a fresh PEC training (if the PEC
playback
> is
> > strictly time-based it will tend to go off over time), and (2) it will
> allow me
> > to use the fast slew rates between exposures (on many PEC mounts the
fast
> slew
> > speeds are locked out while the PEC is enabled).
> > 
> > Does anyone else have any insights or experiences with having the
> autoguider
> > train the PEC?
> > 
> > Wil M.
> > --
> > "When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and
the
> stars
> > which You have set in place, what is Man that you are mindful of him,
or
> the son
> > of Man that you care for him?"  -- Psalm 8
> >