Last Wednesday, Steve came over to the dome/clamshell and verified the operation as I opened and closed the dome. Everything seemed to be working fine.…
Got a couple of relatively clear hours last night, so I ran a Big Model (308 points). Raw results indicates that both Alt and Az…
Last night, it looked like we might have a coupleof hours of relatively clear sky. I wanted to a) Try getting the slew failure error…
Making progress with the calibration routines. After adding the straps, I no longer see the drift in RA. Odd, I now see some wandering in…
I added two pipe straps on the C11. One is in front, just goes around the OTA and the dovetail. The second goes around the…
After all the hee-haw about getting SkyX to use Maxim for images, apparently I can’t actually use that to do the PEC training. Not sure…
OK, one problem solved with a couple of posts to Bisque. Apparently SkyX needs an outside driver X2MaximCamera to access Maxim. Makes sense, unfortunate that…
I ran another alignment run of 45 points. The Polar Alignment indicates that the Az is excellent, the Alt is “good enough”. Weird thing in…
Finally, some clear sky! Bad news – suddenly the SBig won’t connect. Updated drivers, played with it awhile – doesn’t seem to be picking up…
Last Monday, Leo delivered the cut-down pier. This allows the MX to successfully park so the roof can open/close. I immediately ran down and installed…