... unless safety limit switches are installed that will stop motion that could exceed the telescope's mechanical constraints ... use a tilt switch on the OTA and mechanical limit switches on the RA axis to prevent motions that would go beyond safe limits ...
... Sidereal Technology . Mountings using Galil Motion controllers based on your own design . Software Bisque Paramount ME (requires RTS2 library) . ...
... The coelestat mirror system shown here tracks the daily motion of the Sun and directs light downward into the telescope supported from the ceiling of the astronomy lab. ...
... drive systems built using Galil's industrial motion controller, and RC Optical's ... from Meade or other vendors * Galil Motion Control servo motor system for research ... Galil ----- Galil Motion Controls DMC-4020 servo controller is a very versatile ...
... spring tension to minimize retrograde motion by REDUCING carriage spring tension ... spring easily handles this, but extra tension not needed causes retrograde motion ...
... It is possible to do some rather simple experiments that demonstrate that it is really the rotation of the Earth that makes this daily motion occur. ...
... Date: Night of 2010-03-30 Telescope: CDK20N Filter: Sloan i' Observer: John Kielkopf First image: 2010-03-31T02:57:25 Last image: 2010-03-31T03:31:47 See vesta_20100330.gif for an animated sequence showing the motion of Vesta. ...
... Observer: John Kielkopf Processing: John Kielkopf Color images: z -> red r -> green g -> blue Processed in AstroImageJ after alignment with stackaligner Unsharp masking 2 pixels (~1") Color dispersion on satellite is due to motion between filter exposures ...