Ben's Astro Stuff 🇺🇦
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New space photos whenever the sky is dark, clear, the equipment is working, and I have time and energy. :P
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Want to see something kinda cool?
Here's my mount slewing from park to the horse-head (previous post), with the dome rotating to follow it. 🔭
The dome is an old 8ft ExploraDome, and the rotating motor is from NexDome, which I modified to work with it.
Here's my mount slewing from park to the horse-head (previous post), with the dome rotating to follow it. 🔭
The dome is an old 8ft ExploraDome, and the rotating motor is from NexDome, which I modified to work with it.
March 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Want to see something kinda cool?
Here's my mount slewing from park to the horse-head (previous post), with the dome rotating to follow it. 🔭
The dome is an old 8ft ExploraDome, and the rotating motor is from NexDome, which I modified to work with it.
Here's my mount slewing from park to the horse-head (previous post), with the dome rotating to follow it. 🔭
The dome is an old 8ft ExploraDome, and the rotating motor is from NexDome, which I modified to work with it.
So... two things.
First, in my last post I misremembered how bad my declination backlash was. I thought it was 2000ms... it was MUCH worse: almost 8000ms. Tonight I was able to test test again after the mount rebuild and it's 2130ms. That can be managed.
Second: Here is the before/after graph. 🔭
First, in my last post I misremembered how bad my declination backlash was. I thought it was 2000ms... it was MUCH worse: almost 8000ms. Tonight I was able to test test again after the mount rebuild and it's 2130ms. That can be managed.
Second: Here is the before/after graph. 🔭
March 3, 2025 at 12:02 AM
So... two things.
First, in my last post I misremembered how bad my declination backlash was. I thought it was 2000ms... it was MUCH worse: almost 8000ms. Tonight I was able to test test again after the mount rebuild and it's 2130ms. That can be managed.
Second: Here is the before/after graph. 🔭
First, in my last post I misremembered how bad my declination backlash was. I thought it was 2000ms... it was MUCH worse: almost 8000ms. Tonight I was able to test test again after the mount rebuild and it's 2130ms. That can be managed.
Second: Here is the before/after graph. 🔭