Rotatot at work | tracking rate wrong?
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2022 8:11 am
Hi Pegasus!
I got the falcon rotator to work!
I 3D-printed the necessary adapter including Baader Coma corrector and a filter drawer as well.
ASCOM based it was easy to integrate it to Sharpcap!
And when activating the camera inside sharpcap the falcon software starts as well automatically.
My first light I did with M13
Interesting facts, it seems to de-rotate very well but it looks like that the mount is to fast or to slow
when tracking. During stacking there was already visible a growing, black border at the below and right edge.
I will check next CS night! I guess it may end that I need guiding!
As first idea I will try to manually modify the tracking rate value in the hand controller of the mount.
Do you have any idea what might cause this borders? Do you think I am right assuming to slow/fast tracking?
Servus! MunichAtNight - Ewald
I got the falcon rotator to work!
I 3D-printed the necessary adapter including Baader Coma corrector and a filter drawer as well.- falcon-skywatcher-01-mini.jpg (110.46 KiB) Viewed 3540 times
ASCOM based it was easy to integrate it to Sharpcap!
And when activating the camera inside sharpcap the falcon software starts as well automatically.
- sharcap-rotator-04.jpg (46.49 KiB) Viewed 3540 times
- Skywatcher 200PDS
- ASI294MC (Uncooled)
- 724 frames, 4 s: 2912 s
- Azimut/Height ~230° | ~ 74°
- Mount SW AZ-EQ5 at AltAZ-mode
- M13_ALL-1500_Stack_724frames_2896s_WithDisplayStretch.jpg (644.6 KiB) Viewed 3540 times
Interesting facts, it seems to de-rotate very well but it looks like that the mount is to fast or to slow
when tracking. During stacking there was already visible a growing, black border at the below and right edge. I will check next CS night! I guess it may end that I need guiding!
As first idea I will try to manually modify the tracking rate value in the hand controller of the mount.Do you have any idea what might cause this borders? Do you think I am right assuming to slow/fast tracking?
Servus! MunichAtNight - Ewald