dawson Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Would there be a way to tell an equatorial mount to track say the ISS or are they all set up to only really be able to smoothly track things that go east to west? James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 (edited) my mount will track satellites and the like but unsure if all do. The track speed would be quite high. There is a you tube video of the mount tracking a satellite and it looks very quick lot quicker than stars that is... the meridian flip is awesome i am sure someone will know Sheila Edited May 15, 2013 by Sheila Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawson Posted May 15, 2013 Author Share Posted May 15, 2013 Blimey, at times that is tracking at some speed, but when it's just tracking a normal bit it's not too fast. I was just thinking about how one could try and track ISS to image it. What program from the laptop to you use to tell it the satellites coordinates and to control the mount? Thanks Sheila. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Its the meridian flip that is a bit scary :lol.: Sheila Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 See this thread and links: http://stargazerslounge.com/topic/112822-tracking-the-iss-using-a-driven-mount/ http://code.google.com/p/skywatcher/ http://www.optictracker.com/Home.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawson Posted May 15, 2013 Author Share Posted May 15, 2013 Yes, I didn't know that is what it was called, but blimey, that was a bit hairy, I thought the sight seer who was taking photos was going to get knocked over by it in full swing That would have been funny (but not for the equipment). I don't think my hips or back would allow me to do a meridian flip JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawson Posted May 15, 2013 Author Share Posted May 15, 2013 It would be fun to try, but I think I have more pressing matters. If you ever do it at a meeting Sheila I'd love to see. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 It would be fun to try, but I think I have more pressing matters. If you ever do it at a meeting Sheila I'd love to see. James might try it one time just for fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 I recon this should just about cope with it ;) >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6GvuO_9tLY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 (edited) I recon this should just about cope with it ;) big brother to mine that is Edited May 15, 2013 by Sheila Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawson Posted May 15, 2013 Author Share Posted May 15, 2013 Blimey! Can I buy one of those on Friday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 If you do I'll give you a grand for the AZ/EQ which you obviously won't need any more lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawson Posted May 15, 2013 Author Share Posted May 15, 2013 Nah, that will become my grab-and-go scope, haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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