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[KC1SOZ]

Ok, but then you have to update the catalog every hundred thousand years or
so as the objects move around in the sky. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

73,
KC1SOZ
Juan


On Sun, Jun 11, 2023 at 1:17 PM Marla A. Wallace <wa1gsf at comcast.net> wrote:

> Ah, not having the camera input, my program works from an object catalog.
> So it's running "open loop" on catalog data, location and time rather than
> with the feedback from the autoguide camera.
>
> Me ke aloha
> -- Marla
>
>
> On June 11, 2023, at 13:04, KC1SOZ <kc1soz at bd5.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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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>>>
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>>>
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