Paramount User Guide
146
|
P a g e
Paramount MX+ and about 20 minutes for the Paramount
M
Y
T.
Make sure to compute and record the image scale for your
imaging system. It is required for the next step.
Step 2
Generate the PEC Curve
After the position of the guide star has been logged for at least four periods of the worm, you
are ready to generate the PEC curve and save it to the control system’s “PEC table”.
1.
From
TheSkyX Professional Edition
, connect to the Paramount by clicking the
Connect
command on the
Telescope
menu.
2.
Open the
Bisque TCS
window (see page 120).
3.
Click the
Periodic Error Correction
tab.
4.
Click the
Open Tracking Log
button.
5.
Select the tracking log file and click
Open
. The “raw” periodic error data shown on
Figure 77. Your results will vary, but the noisy-looking data is normal. For this
example, each pixel of motion recorded in the tracking log equates to one arcsecond
of error. The maximum and minimum error values are displayed on the right side of
the graph (these values are not easily visible in Figure 77).
Figure 77: Graph of tracking log data.
5.
Enter the image scale of your optical system in arcseconds per pixel. If you do not
know the scale, use
TheSkyX Professional Edition’s
Image Link to determine this value.
6.
Turn on the
PEC Data Was Collected When Telescope Was Pointing West
checkbox
if the tracking log data was collected using a star on the west of the meridian. This
information is needed to determine the phase of the error. Turning this checkbox on
when the mount was pointing to the east while recording the tracking log results in a
Содержание ME II
Страница 56: ...Paramount User Guide 56 P a g e Paramount ME II Front View Figure 20 The front view of the Paramount ME II...
Страница 57: ...Paramount User Guide 57 P a g e Paramount MX Front View Figure 21 The front view of the Paramount MX...
Страница 58: ...Paramount User Guide 58 P a g e Paramount MX Front View Figure 22 The front view of the Paramount MX...
Страница 85: ...Paramount User Guide 85 P a g e Paramount ME II Rear View Figure 44 The rear view of the Paramount ME II...
Страница 86: ...Paramount User Guide 86 P a g e Paramount MX Rear View Figure 45 The rear view of the Paramount MX...
Страница 87: ...Paramount User Guide 87 P a g e Paramount MX Rear View Figure 46 The rear view of the Paramount MX...
Страница 103: ...Paramount User Guide 103 P a g e Paramount ME II Side View Figure 59 The side view of the Paramount ME II...
Страница 104: ...Paramount User Guide 104 P a g e Paramount MX Side View Figure 60 The side view of the Paramount MX...
Страница 105: ...Paramount User Guide 105 P a g e Paramount MX Side View Figure 61 The side view of the Paramount MX...
