Re: Both RA-Dec bearings too tight - any solution?

Vladimir — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:50:23 GMT

Peter Enzherink is my hero now. I successfully loosened the RA axis following the manual and pics, including cutting the allen wrench length, etc., however,

Both RA-Dec bearings too tight - any solution?

Vladimir — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:44:47 GMT

Thanks, Dieter. I used Google translate service for your Web address, and it managed to do its job fairly well: <

Both RA-Dec bearings too tight - any solution?

metalflash@... — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:15:06 GMT

Hi Vladimir, my guess you may have an alignment problem. Sirius and Aldebaran are fairly close ( about 45°) to each other. May be it is possible for you to

Re: Peter Enzerink's Sphinx ASCOM driver Questions

Mark — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:03:18 GMT

Thanks Jeff - No real issues with getting the RA axis to be reasonably stable. DEC is the culprit still - I uploaded a graph of the DEC motion during the PE

Re: Peter Enzerink's Sphinx ASCOM driver Questions

Jeff — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:20:45 GMT

Mark- Congratulations. Looks pretty good. I hope to get a similar measurement if I we ever get a clear sky again. We're approaching 6 weeks now without one.

Re: Both RA-Dec bearings too tight - any solution?

Jeff — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:13:54 GMT

Vladimir- Try this site: http://enzerink.net/peter/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48:vixen-star-book-faq&Itemid=75 for some information on

Re: Latest SB version?

Jeff — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:05:19 GMT

Gonzalo- The 43 build of v2.1 is the latest from 12/9/09. The previous one was build 42. Your Starbook should change from MB02042 to MB02043 after you're

Re: StarBook's freezing point

Vladimir Rojankovski — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:36:59 GMT

Pete, Please refer to my previous post. Yesterday I have succesfully tested continuous use of StarBook under extreme temp conditions (-23 C). Cheers! Volony

Re: StarBook's freezing point

Amy Stone — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:33:32 GMT

I attach toes warmers on the back of the Starbook in cold weather. It seems to do the trick. Amy ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: StarBook's freezing point

paul_winalski — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:22:20 GMT

... Well, that doesn't match my experience. At a temperature in the low 20s Fahrenheit, most of the Star Book screen was an illegible blue. -Paul W.

Re: StarBook's freezing point

pete@... — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:47:20 GMT

Forgot to note that this is the operating temp range for the mount as opposed to the controller P

Re: StarBook's freezing point

Vladimir — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:19:24 GMT

Yesterday I went out for a long observing session. The air temperature was around -9...-10 F (-23...-25 C), and over the 5 hour stargazing session, StarBook

Both RA-Dec bearings too tight - any solution?

Vladimir — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:10:09 GMT

Yesterday I went out to test the Sphinx again. Actually, I covered almost 130 km to pay a visit to a friend of mine and expected rather fruitful night with

Re: Newer Starbook for AXD may be compatible to existing Sphinxs

pete@... — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:04:26 GMT

The new Starbook will not be compatible with the existing mounts as the AXD uses stepper motors not the servo motors used with the current Starbook. According

Re: Sudden shifts in decination

Vladimir Rojankovski — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:46:09 GMT

Vixen_Sphinx at Yahoo! Groups

Re: Both RA-Dec bearings too tight - any solution?

Both RA-Dec bearings too tight - any solution?

Both RA-Dec bearings too tight - any solution?

Re: Peter Enzerink's Sphinx ASCOM driver Questions

Re: Peter Enzerink's Sphinx ASCOM driver Questions

Re: Both RA-Dec bearings too tight - any solution?

Re: Latest SB version?

Re: StarBook's freezing point

Re: StarBook's freezing point

Re: StarBook's freezing point

Re: StarBook's freezing point

Re: StarBook's freezing point

Both RA-Dec bearings too tight - any solution?

Re: Newer Starbook for AXD may be compatible to existing Sphinxs

Re: Sudden shifts in decination