Recent content by solarblast

How do I exit? Time to write this down. :-)

Tricky.

How do Ilogoff? Strange. I've done this before.

I'll give it a look.

Yes, deeply into the software. It's a rewrite of fortran iv, the late1960 era, into fortran 90. The code consists of two parts, plate reduction and meteor orbits. The reduction code deals with imagery from a doubly observed meteor. That is, from two stations. The reduction f90 code is...

Is anyone in this forum interested in computing meteor trajectories?

Good idea. I joined them. They have a lot of topics that involve the Bisque. I posted in a proper forum.

Yes, I have have their Paramount ME mount, German equatorial.. They provide The Sky X software for a hefty price, which allows one to control the ME. TSX has a feature called Profile, which save data about items like a camera and focuser. The documentation on Profile how to use it, but it's...

I'm taking a shot that this forum might know about the software in the title, SkyX. My question is about a feature called Profile. I need some help using it.

Believe me this is really a challenging project. I'm putting in a control system that will automate the movement of the shutter, and dome rotation. I was lucky to find someone who has the knowledge to do it. As far as I know there are only two people in the contiguous 48 states that can do it...

1. outward 2. lowers and raises with winch, just like a drawbridge. 3. not used when there are strong winds. I was wrong about where winch, motor, clutch. It is at the bottom. Thanks for the interest. The technician I'm working with resolved issues I had.

This is a practical application that I'm facing. It's been a long time since I did any physics. It would be interesting to know what the calculations are. I don't think it's tension. Torque is measured by force times lever arm. OK, here's the application. See the image file. The clutch is...

Suppose I have a four foot high rectangular slab that weighs 100 pounds, and is hinged at the bottom. The slab is essentially a draw bridge. It is anchored at the by two chains on either side. A winch can lower and raise it. Suppose the slab is at 45 degree angle. How much torque is there in the...

Sounds about right.

See the two pages I've attached. 47 and 48. I'm trying to understand the notation used for the (129) equations. A hint is just below the equations. ( ) ∑. These pages are describing the LSQ method. (aa), etc. aa doesn't make sense to me. Herget devised this notation in 1948. Comments