Category: Technics

The universe as seen through a C14 Edge HD

Adjusting and maintaining a Losmandy Titan Mount

how to adjust a telescope Losmandy Titan mount and periodic error

Achieving SCT thermal equilibrium

Hard data showing Schmidt Cassegrainian Telescope cooling time and temperature profile

Star tracking with ASI662-MC camera

Startracking calibration procedure under MaximDL

A worm’s story (or star tracking on Titan mount)

Did you ever wonder how accurate was star tracking on your mount?Well, while imaging, I noticed that the autoguider tended to always correct in roughly the same direction even though I knew my polar alignment was near perfect. Strange…So, I finally decided to look into it (little did I know what can of worms, literally,…
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