From: Milton Aupperle <milton@outcastsoft.com>

Date: March 6, 2009 9:44:58 AM MST

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] Rupes Recta


Hi Mark;


On 6-Mar-09, at 4:37 AM, Mark Gaffney wrote:


Very nice, Milton! You must be pleased with the detail the Grasshopper

is giving.


A mono camera does pick up every pixel detail, but it was a very turbulence free night.  Probably my one good night for the year.


With a color camera I'd have come close to these resolutions.


I've never imaged Rima Birt before either, my seeing has always been too poor.


I was out trying to image the moon tonight & no sooner had

I got the exposure settings right for the Flea 2 & new Antares f6.3

reducer than the moon crossed the meridian & I had to re-slew to find

it.


Why is it doing that? Can you not turn that off in the options for the mount / hand controller?


My HEQ5 never does that sort of thing, except if I use the GOTO and then it may flip once it crosses the meridian.  If I use the normal up/left/right/down controls on the handcontroller it slews as one expects.


I really wish electronic manufacturers would not do this "flip over" crap, or give us the option of deciding if it need "flip" when we press GoTo.


Then suddenly there were clouds in the way..! Next week is

forecast as cloudy if not rainy but I might get another chance

tomorrow night if I`m on my toes! Mark.


Calgary clear for the next 24 hours, but it's snow and -23°C temperatures until around wednesday.


TTYL..


Milton Aupperle