Learn something new every day. Congratulations, nice technique. So if you have a meter stick, we’d use a yardstick. With a pencil at each end, armed with a site’s solar noon , one could easily create that North-South line for any remote site you setup at. This would be handy for sites with no cellphone reception.
ESRL's Global Monitoring Laboratory (GML) form has date and location so we always need to put that information if we change place. We have to insert the day and also the latitude and longitude of the site and that we get usually from smartphone. But if we know where we go we can check those coordinates on google maps and calculate the exact solar noon of the site we will be. Of course, we will have to be there at noon.
You're welcome. Most people doesn't know that and it is a simple and accurate feature with the plus that it is a natural thing, provided by the cosmos. And having an institution online that make that good job of calculating that for all of us it's very nice indeed.
Hola Tiago. Gran video, pero me surgen dudas...hay que apuntar por la noche hacia la polar, verdad? No vale la brujula ...entiendo también que la plataforma es para seguir solo un objeto desde el principio? No podría utilizar el DSC mientras estoy utilizando la plataforma, verdad? Hay que quitar la base rodante del telescopio? Me refiero a un Taurus 400...son muchas dudas...gracias de antemano y un saludo!!
no, no hay que quitar la base. Lo he hecho en este 12" pero no hace falta. Los DSC no te van a dar tanta precisión porque la plataforma cambia la posición, se mueve. Puedes hacer como en el video o tan solo apuntarla a la polar. La brujula también vale pero no es tan precisa. Puedes utilizar la plataforma sin añadir complejidad, no hace falta para un uso normal, no te preocupes.
@@DobsonianPower ok!! Dudas resueltas... solo utilizaría para visual...y veo que podría observar varios objetos en la hora que tarda en tener que reiniciar la plataforma....gracias Tiago!!!
@@aitorodriozola4512 hombre para visual tu apuntala más o menos al norte y ya. No te lo compliques, no vale la pena. Si tarda 1 hora o hasta más, da para mucho. Ya verás qué diferencia de calidad al tener todo siempre en el campo de visión sin tener qué tocar el telescopio.
Hi. Align scopes (alt/az for EAA) based on true north or magnetic north? Thanks. I find that I’m always about 20 degrees off when slewing to new targets.
goto telescopes are different. I'm trying to have a good workflow aligning my virtuoso 6" and sharpcap with just 1 star alignment and then using sharpcap plate solve
I am thinking of having a concrete pad for my Dobsonians. One of them will go on a platform from Tom Osypowski. The latitude is already built into it and I am very close to 42 degrees north. The sun's shadow will pin down the longitude and latitude which can be corrected on the NOAA link for one's exact location...yes the magnetic north will help with the azimuth offset.
@@dankahraman354 It will. Nature doesn't fail. But remember if you want to do imaging then you'll have to fine tune with other methods like the drift method. That will require much more patience.
Yes. This is to visual observations. For fine tuning i then use drift method. And now for the 1st time with a dobsonian in eq platform i did it with Sharpcap pro with the help of Robin, the creator. In a few days i will share it with a video. It's even easier than drift.
Learn something new every day. Congratulations, nice technique. So if you have a meter stick, we’d use a yardstick. With a pencil at each end, armed with a site’s solar noon , one could easily create that North-South line for any remote site you setup at. This would be handy for sites with no cellphone reception.
ESRL's Global Monitoring Laboratory (GML) form has date and location so we always need to put that information if we change place. We have to insert the day and also the latitude and longitude of the site and that we get usually from smartphone. But if we know where we go we can check those coordinates on google maps and calculate the exact solar noon of the site we will be. Of course, we will have to be there at noon.
I never knew about the "NOAA Solar Calculator", the "solar noon" feature will help immensely in determining true north. Thanks
You're welcome. Most people doesn't know that and it is a simple and accurate feature with the plus that it is a natural thing, provided by the cosmos. And having an institution online that make that good job of calculating that for all of us it's very nice indeed.
Hola Tiago. Gran video, pero me surgen dudas...hay que apuntar por la noche hacia la polar, verdad? No vale la brujula ...entiendo también que la plataforma es para seguir solo un objeto desde el principio? No podría utilizar el DSC mientras estoy utilizando la plataforma, verdad? Hay que quitar la base rodante del telescopio? Me refiero a un Taurus 400...son muchas dudas...gracias de antemano y un saludo!!
no, no hay que quitar la base. Lo he hecho en este 12" pero no hace falta. Los DSC no te van a dar tanta precisión porque la plataforma cambia la posición, se mueve. Puedes hacer como en el video o tan solo apuntarla a la polar. La brujula también vale pero no es tan precisa. Puedes utilizar la plataforma sin añadir complejidad, no hace falta para un uso normal, no te preocupes.
@@DobsonianPower ok!! Dudas resueltas... solo utilizaría para visual...y veo que podría observar varios objetos en la hora que tarda en tener que reiniciar la plataforma....gracias Tiago!!!
@@aitorodriozola4512 hombre para visual tu apuntala más o menos al norte y ya. No te lo compliques, no vale la pena. Si tarda 1 hora o hasta más, da para mucho. Ya verás qué diferencia de calidad al tener todo siempre en el campo de visión sin tener qué tocar el telescopio.
@@DobsonianPower Ok Tiago!!! Muchas gracias por tus consejos!!! Da gusto que haya gente como tú para ayudar a gente novata como yo...muy agradecido!!!
That is a very nice platform
Yes it is. I'm very happy with it and will make a full video review soon.
Hi. Align scopes (alt/az for EAA) based on true north or magnetic north? Thanks. I find that I’m always about 20 degrees off when slewing to new targets.
goto telescopes are different. I'm trying to have a good workflow aligning my virtuoso 6" and sharpcap with just 1 star alignment and then using sharpcap plate solve
Very helpful information. Thank you!
Thanks Dan
I am thinking of having a concrete pad for my Dobsonians. One of them will go on a platform from Tom Osypowski. The latitude is already built into it and I am very close to 42 degrees north. The sun's shadow will pin down the longitude and latitude which can be corrected on the NOAA link for one's exact location...yes the magnetic north will help with the azimuth offset.
@@dankahraman354 It will. Nature doesn't fail. But remember if you want to do imaging then you'll have to fine tune with other methods like the drift method. That will require much more patience.
@@DobsonianPower Yes Tom Osypowski recommends the drift method. That will take time to fine tune
@@DobsonianPower Will PhD2 drift polar alignment work on /with Equatorial platforms?
Look into the star drift method of refining your polar alignment.
Yes. This is to visual observations. For fine tuning i then use drift method. And now for the 1st time with a dobsonian in eq platform i did it with Sharpcap pro with the help of Robin, the creator. In a few days i will share it with a video. It's even easier than drift.