For months, I have been having trouble with FocusMax / ACP interaction problems. The Problem FocusMax (3.8.0.15) keeps crashing with the typical “Object not set”…
I recently had the opportunity to borrow a Sky Quality Meter from NOAO at Kitt Peak. This allowed me to measure the darkness at my…
My Arduino temperature probe is about done. A small Arduino Uno uses two TMP36 temperature sensors to log temperature. The temperatures are retrieved by the…
I am kind of afraid to log this, it may jinx the system… The Tak is successfully running 15 minute exposures unguided! I can’t really…
Original Critical Focus Zone Calculation: CFZ = 1.6 * λ * f^2 λ = 500 nm (green) f = 10 for Edge11 New Critical Focus Zone…
I finally got my Mark IV version of the light box built and operational. Procedurally it works well; ACP can change between two brightness settings…
As part of my plan to use the Edge as the guider for the Tak, I worry that the Edge will get out of focus…
I spent quite a bit of time trying to get the Celestron OAG to work with the Tak Sky90. In the end, I cannot get…
Finally got a chance to test the full system, after the refractor only system worked so well. I’m not out of the woods yet.First, after…
I seem to have found the source of my drift problem, although it is perhaps slightly early to tell for sure. Unfortunately, the answer raises…