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    Montatura: Orion Atlas Eqg - GoTo


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CAMERE CCD
  • Camera di ripresa: 

  • Atik 16 hr 
    Sensore: Sony ICX285AL Exview HAD
    Dimensione sensore: 10.2  x 8.3mm
    Dimensione  dei pixels: 6.45 x 6.45 microns 
    Formato immagine: 1392 x 1024 pixels 
     

    binning 1x1,2x2, 3x3,4x4
     



  • Camera di guida e di ripresa

  • Starlight-Xpress mx916 + star 2000 + mk2 
    Sensore: Sony ICX083AL SuperHAD CCD
    Dimensione sensore: 8.7mm  x 6.5mm 
    Dimensione  dei pixels: 11.6 x 11.2 microns 
    Formato immagine: 752 x 580 pixels

     
     
  • Camera di guida

  • Starlight-Xpress mx5c + star 2000 + mk2 
    Sensore: Sony ICX055CK CCD
    Dimensione sensore: 3.7mm  x 4.9mm 
    Dimensione  dei pixels: 12.6 x 9.8 microns 
    Formato immagine: 500 x 290 pixels


configurazione ok: (intes + bin1x1) 
1) backlash 0° 0' 10'' 
2) guida a 0,75 x 
 
  •  allineamento assi atik: nord in basso 

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    setup del 23 dicembre 2007 (aggiunta camera mx916)


    27 Agosto 2007 (aggiunto secondo cercatore)
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    setup del 24 Agosto 2007 (aggiunti anelli decentrabili)


    setup precedente:








    While autoguiding, AA has to know how fast your mount is moving when
    it 'pushes a button' in order to correct the position of the guide star.
    This is expressed in 'pixels per second'.
    It depends on:
    - the 'guide speed' setting of your mount. Common 'guide speeds' are
    1.5x or 2x sideral speed.
    - the effective focal length of your system ( including focal reducer
    or barlow )
    - the pixel size of the chip of your camera
    - the declination of the object you are imaging
    If you know all this, the speed can be calculated. The speed in declination
    will always be the same, but the speed in R.A. will depend on cos(declination).
    See below how to calculate this.
    One way to find out the speed empirically is to do the following :
    - put a star in your field of view and put on the West side.
    - start an exposure of 1 minute or so
    - pusch the "+R.A." button on the control of your mount for 30 seconds
    and then release it
    - now, the resulting image will show a long star trail
    - measure the x-position of the start of the trail ( by putting the cursor
    there) and the end of the trail. So : you will know how many pixels long
    the trail is. Divide this by 30 and you will know the speed in pixels per
    second.
    The 'calibration' routine of AA will in fact just do the same : after you
    have marked a guide star, it will note the position of it. Then, it will
    move the mount during a certain time and measures how many pixels the star
    has been moved. This way, it knows the speed.
    I never use this however. It does not always give optimal results because
    it only measures over a rather short time interval.
    For different declinations, the speed in R.A. will be different. However,
    remember that the guiding routine in AA works 'adaptive'. This means that it
    will learn 'on the fly' how many (fractional) pixels it moves after a correction
    of a certain time. So, if you calibrate with an object at about 45 degrees
    declination, you will have fair initial results. Best is to let the system
    'exercise' for a while ( 1 minute or so ) before you start your exposure.

    Calculation of guide speed in pixels per second (pps)
    -----------------------------------------------------
    pps in declination = (MS-1)/(B*240*arctan(P/1000F)) pixels per second
    pps in r.a. = (MS-1)*cos(d)/(B*240*arctan(P/1000F)) pixels per second
    Here is :
    MS = Mount speed, related to sideral speed, such as 1.5x or 2x (**)
    ( Is never < 1, otherwise you could not move in positive direction!)
    B = the binning you are using. 1 = 1x1 binning, 2 = 2x2 binning
    P = the pixel size of your camera in microns, such as 8.6 micron
    F = the focal length of your (guide) scope
    d = the declination of your guide star
    If you calculate arctan or cos, be sure your calculator is set to 'degrees'.

    (**) With some mounts like the Vixen GP or GPDX, the real guiding speed is
    set, such as 1.5x or 2x. With some mounts however, the setting can be quite
    confusing. Sometimes, the guide speed is set as 'the percentage of sideral speed
    above the normal sideral speed'. In that case, a setting of 60 would mean
    in fact 1.6x.
    When the guide speed is set to 2x and the mount moves in +RA, it runs at a
    speed of 2x the star speed. When it 'moves' in -RA, the motor stops, so that
    the star is moving in the other direction on your chip with the same speed.
    That means that it is not adviced to use a guide speed of more than 2x.
    When the quide speed is more than 2x, it means that the RA motor has to be
    reversed ( like it is the case in declination ). That would mean that backlash
    becomes important here. As long as the guide speed remains between 1 and 2,
    your R.A. motor does not have to reverse and there is no backlash in R.A.

    I hope this will help a bit.
    Amities,
    Patrick
     
     



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    altre configurazioni usate in passato:

    celestron acromatico r6 gt
    D=152mm F=1200mm @f/8
    (come guida e ripresa con la mx5c e con l'atik 16 hr tra il 2004 - 2006)

    rifrattore acromatico Ziel
    D=70mm F=500mm @f/7,14
    (usato come guida tra il 2005 e il 2006)

    newton skyline
    D=200mm F=600mm @f/3,3
    (acquistato a Milano nel 2000
    usato fino al 2001)


    teleobiettivo jupiter
    D=50mm F=200mm @f/4
    usato sin dal 1997 e ancora oggi

    rifrattore acromatico konus
    D=60mm F=700mm @f/11,6
    (usato nel 2004)

    rifrattore acromatico konus
    D=60mm F=700mm @f/11,6
    (usato nel 2004)
    newton auriga
    D=114mm F=900mm @f/7,9
    (usato dal 1994 al 2004)
    newton auriga
    D=114mm F=900mm @f/7,9
    (usato dal 1994 al 2004)


    (alcuni amici astrofili)
     
     
     
     

    ceco come non mai ... Carcarlo folgorato dal flash da 100 watts
    Carlo
    (come accecare un astrofilo che, dopo due ore di buio totale si e' adattato al buio ...)
    cumu su capitati male si telescopi ...
    (come stressare un telescopio ...)
    cchi fatiga ccu su trancano ..
    (lo so ... lo so ... dopo sta flesciata e' difficile capire cosa puntare ... :)))
    l'evidenza e' evidente ...
    io Gianni e Carlo
    (tre astrofli ... " veri ")  :)))