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[KC1SOZ]

Yes. I get that. But what I found more challenging was taking the image
from the autoguide camera, allowing the user to select what to guide on,
and then tracking that as it moves.

73,
KC1SOZ
Juan


On Sun, Jun 11, 2023 at 12:56 PM Marla A. Wallace <wa1gsf at comcast.net>
wrote:

> It would be essentially the same algorithm, but whereas I update the
> computation once a minute, your algorithm would have to use higher
> precision in the time and recompute every second.  Then convert alt-az to
> slew commands.
>
> Me ke aloha
> -- Marla
>
>
> On June 11, 2023, at 12:12, KC1SOZ <kc1soz at bd5.com> wrote:
>
>
> That's pretty cool. I wanted to try my hand at making an autoguider for my
> telescopes as well, but soon lost interest.
>
> 73,
> KC1SOZ
> Juan
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 11, 2023 at 11:07 AM Marla A. Wallace <wa1gsf at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>> I have been working with the Raspberry Pi Pico, myself.  In the course of
>> experimenting, I breadboarded a device that sent a canned morse message,
>> but my major project was for astronomy: it told me the altitude and azimuth
>> to point a camera to take astrophotography of a given object.  That used
>> the Pico and a GPS receiver, an LCD display and a little glue logic.  I
>> wrote it up for the BARS newsletter a couple of years ago.
>>
>> Me ke aloha
>> -- Marla
>>
>>
>> On June 11, 2023, at 06:47, paulacrock at fastmail.com wrote:
>>
>>
>> Very cool!  I've done a lot of work with Arduinos but haven't yet used
>> them in this hobby.
>>
>> KC1EDA
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 10, 2023, at 11:04 PM, KC1SOZ wrote:
>>
>> I find it amazing how easy it is to work with these little Arduino
>> boards. This tech is pretty cool stuff. In exactly *one* day I have my
>> little ESP32 board and optorelay connecting through bluetooth to my
>> computer and sending out picture perfect morse through the CW jack, and all
>> for maybe $25. By doing this, I am also picking up morse code much faster.
>> If anyone would like to do the same thing with your rig and computer let me
>> know.
>>
>> 73,
>> KC1SOZ
>> Juan
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 10, 2023 at 6:17 PM KC1SOZ <kc1soz at bd5.com> wrote:
>>
>> My Arduino-powered CW keyer has awakened and taken its first steps. I
>> always get s kick when my creations wake up and say "Hey! Where in the
>> wide, wide of world of sports am I??" 🤣🤣🤣
>>
>>
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