I am having problems aligning my scope. I have a 9.25 ultima. Does the warp factor play a big part in alignment, I can never get mine any smaller than 2.9. any suggestions. the alignment stars I use are capella and arcturus. the encoders i am useing are USDigital S2-2000. does the AAM box read encoders in quad mode? I have my encoder setting at 8000.
need help with celsetron advance astro master
Started by colsen_65, 04/23/2003 01:38PM
Posted 04/23/2003 01:38PM
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Posted 04/23/2003 05:06PM
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Chris,
Although I don't have an astromaster, I do have a minimax and a sky commander unit on my dobs and I have used my minimax on a 10" schmidt-cass. The warp factor of 2.9 is too high and indicates your alignment is off. It should be no higher than 1.5 and preferably under 1. Most encoders operate at 4000 tics or less so you might want to consult your owners manual to see if your encoder settings are possibly too high. Also, and this is important, make sure your optical-mechanical axis are in alignment. Finally, make certain your mount is level. If you stiil have problems,contact a tech at Celestron and ask for help.
Although I don't have an astromaster, I do have a minimax and a sky commander unit on my dobs and I have used my minimax on a 10" schmidt-cass. The warp factor of 2.9 is too high and indicates your alignment is off. It should be no higher than 1.5 and preferably under 1. Most encoders operate at 4000 tics or less so you might want to consult your owners manual to see if your encoder settings are possibly too high. Also, and this is important, make sure your optical-mechanical axis are in alignment. Finally, make certain your mount is level. If you stiil have problems,contact a tech at Celestron and ask for help.
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