[M]: RE: MAGELLAN II : Pointing Accuracy
| Subject: | [M]: RE: MAGELLAN II : Pointing Accuracy |
| From: | Gould, Allan |
| Date: | Thu Sep 02 14:59:36 1999 |
Dear Tore,
Id advise against the MagII. I have an LX50 10" and MagII for the
last few years. I live in the Southern Hemisphere and the damned thing has
not worked properly here until just recently. The hardware is good but the
software really sucks. I do not know of any one that has either a MagI or II
unit her in Australia that can get all functions to work properly. This is
even with the current version of the software (2.5). You cannot do a one
star alignment on antares as this gives RA encoder errors (ie reads 64hr ...
sec) You need to polar align and level the scope. Buy something else and you
will be far less frustrated.
Regards, Allan
Dr Allan Gould B.Sc. (Hons) PhD
Senior Principal Research Scientist
Molecular Virology and Diagnostics
Australian Animal Health Laboratory CSIRO,
Division of Animal Health
5 Portarlington Road, Geelong East Geelong Vic, 3213
Tel:03 5227 5000 Fax:03 5227 5555
Email: allan.gould@dah.csiro.au
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tore.engen@storebrand.no [SMTP:tore.engen@storebrand.no]
> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 1999 10:19 PM
> To: mapug@shore.net
> Subject: [M]: MAGELLAN II : Pointing Accuracy
>
>
>
> I am in the prosess of ordering a 10" Lx50 with Magellan II. When I buy
> equipment like that in Norway, I have to pay the equivalent of nearly 5000
> US $,
> so it is important to make the right decision. I am seeking information
> and
> advice from different sourcec regarding the pointing accuracy of the
> Magelan II.
>
> The add say 5,3 arc sec (whitch I am told is a teoretical one based on the
> encorders) . As I understand it the use of the MII will be fairly
> sucessfull
> with a
> good polar alignment, one star alignment, frequent use of SYNC. My
> information
> so far is that the best I can hope for
> is an accuracy og about +/- 20 What is your experience regarding MagII??
> Should I go for MII og buy a unit from another vendor??
>
> Regards Tore
>
Id advise against the MagII. I have an LX50 10" and MagII for the
last few years. I live in the Southern Hemisphere and the damned thing has
not worked properly here until just recently. The hardware is good but the
software really sucks. I do not know of any one that has either a MagI or II
unit her in Australia that can get all functions to work properly. This is
even with the current version of the software (2.5). You cannot do a one
star alignment on antares as this gives RA encoder errors (ie reads 64hr ...
sec) You need to polar align and level the scope. Buy something else and you
will be far less frustrated.
Regards, Allan
Dr Allan Gould B.Sc. (Hons) PhD
Senior Principal Research Scientist
Molecular Virology and Diagnostics
Australian Animal Health Laboratory CSIRO,
Division of Animal Health
5 Portarlington Road, Geelong East Geelong Vic, 3213
Tel:03 5227 5000 Fax:03 5227 5555
Email: allan.gould@dah.csiro.au
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tore.engen@storebrand.no [SMTP:tore.engen@storebrand.no]
> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 1999 10:19 PM
> To: mapug@shore.net
> Subject: [M]: MAGELLAN II : Pointing Accuracy
>
>
>
> I am in the prosess of ordering a 10" Lx50 with Magellan II. When I buy
> equipment like that in Norway, I have to pay the equivalent of nearly 5000
> US $,
> so it is important to make the right decision. I am seeking information
> and
> advice from different sourcec regarding the pointing accuracy of the
> Magelan II.
>
> The add say 5,3 arc sec (whitch I am told is a teoretical one based on the
> encorders) . As I understand it the use of the MII will be fairly
> sucessfull
> with a
> good polar alignment, one star alignment, frequent use of SYNC. My
> information
> so far is that the best I can hope for
> is an accuracy og about +/- 20 What is your experience regarding MagII??
> Should I go for MII og buy a unit from another vendor??
>
> Regards Tore
>
