{"id":530,"date":"2011-03-19T21:45:43","date_gmt":"2011-03-20T01:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/?p=530"},"modified":"2013-12-30T13:27:10","modified_gmt":"2013-12-30T18:27:10","slug":"orion-ed80t-cf-gets-motorized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/?p=530","title":{"rendered":"Orion ED80T-CF gets motorized&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Got the MoonLite focuser back from Ron&#8217;s shop in PA today. Tested it in the garage, works smooth as glass. Attached it to the ED80T-CF, put it back in the ADM rings, and ready to run a bunch of V-Curves in FocusMax the next time I&#8217;m out. I also picked up a second Astro-Tech ATF illuminated multiple reticle &#8211; these things are by *far* the best finders I&#8217;ve ever seen, touched, or used. Solid as a rock and the brightness is adjustable in 8 increments. I won&#8217;t use anything else at this point.<\/p>\n<p>So, first, here&#8217;s a DivX AVI video of the focuser moving out 7500 steps and then back in, to position 0. This shows the Parsec 8300M, Nautilus motorized filter wheel and Astro-Tech ATFF field-flattener in the drawtube.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"MoonLite CF motorized focuser.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.silvren.com\/misc\/focuser.avi\" target=\"_blank\">MoonLite CF motorized focuser.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the focuser itself.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMGA0256.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-531\" title=\"IMGA0256\" src=\"http:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMGA0256.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another shot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMGA0257.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-532\" title=\"IMGA0257\" src=\"http:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMGA0257.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And another.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMGA0259.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-533\" title=\"IMGA0259\" src=\"http:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMGA0259.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Astro-Tech ATF.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMGA0260.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-534\" title=\"IMGA0260\" src=\"http:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMGA0260.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Focuser screwed onto the scope.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMGA0262.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-535\" title=\"IMGA0262\" src=\"http:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMGA0262.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another shot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMGA0263.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-536\" title=\"IMGA0263\" src=\"http:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMGA0263.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dew shield fully extended.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMGA0264.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-537\" title=\"IMGA0264\" src=\"http:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMGA0264.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now the rings on.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMGA0266.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-538\" title=\"IMGA0266\" src=\"http:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMGA0266.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One last shot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMGA0267.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-539\" title=\"IMGA0267\" src=\"http:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMGA0267.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Because the camera end is so heavy I use 3lbs of counterweight on the front end of the Vixen bar. Here&#8217;s the ADM piece for that.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMGA0268.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-540\" title=\"IMGA0268\" src=\"http:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMGA0268.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And the ATF mounted.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMGA0270.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-541\" title=\"IMGA0270\" src=\"http:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMGA0270.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Got the MoonLite focuser back from Ron&#8217;s shop in PA today. Tested it in the garage, works smooth as glass. Attached it to the ED80T-CF, put it back in the ADM rings, and ready to run a bunch of V-Curves &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/?p=530\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astrophotography-and-astronomy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Ogee-8y","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=530"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":545,"href":"https:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530\/revisions\/545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}