My journey has began

Post by **Airconvent** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 11:19 pm

You're really nicely along Kaomoo! Do keep the juices going and going!

BTW, OT : Is that Mot (now called Goodle!) Droid ? It looks very much like an old portable PC named OQO that I have seen years back.

kaomoo · Post by **kaomoo** » Wed Aug 17, 2011 1:28 am

That's a moto Milestone 2. My daily workhorse

kaomoo · Post by **kaomoo** » Wed Aug 17, 2011 1:32 am

just field tested (and fed my local mozzies)

conclusion.
1. GET A FREAKING AZ-ALT mount. Ball mount ain't for telescopes.

2. not bad! brings ALL objects within finderscope. I can point the scope and the stars and peep at the screen to see what it is. Located Altair this way.
gave up coz really hard to balance the scope on ball mount :p

kaomoo · Post by **kaomoo** » Wed Aug 17, 2011 1:33 am

just realised, you can just see the moon in the EP. Was calibrating to the moon

orly_andico · Post by **orly_andico** » Wed Aug 17, 2011 8:05 am

Hm! I didn't realize that the phones have enough resolution to bring objects into the finderscope. I will have to reconsider my previous conclusion that the AK8973 is a piece of cr*p....

kaomoo · Post by **kaomoo** » Wed Aug 17, 2011 6:25 pm

oh yeah! my Dandelions - AF confirm chip (Programmable) for Canon EOS Camera just arrived in the mail. Let's see if this makes a difference in focusing....

kaomoo · Post by **kaomoo** » Wed Aug 17, 2011 6:38 pm

Airconvent wrote:You're really nicely along Kaomoo! Do keep the juices going and going!

BTW, OT : Is that Mot (now called Goodle!) Droid ? It looks very much like an old portable PC named OQO that I have seen years back.

btw, I am still trying to find a working Oqo.... ideal for field work...

fizzy123 · Post by **fizzy123** » Wed Aug 17, 2011 7:27 pm

Hi Kao Moo,

I am also surprised that your mobile can be used as a finder. Stuart once tested similar system before using a rich field refractor and I think it was not up to expectation

orly_andico · Post by **orly_andico** » Wed Aug 17, 2011 7:31 pm

stuart was using an iphone.. maybe the moto uses a better chip than the asahi-kasei.

actually there is no reason why this won't work -- the celestron skyscout / meade mysky uses exactly the same technology. i'm just surprised that it has worked for Kao as well as it has..

kaomoo · Post by **kaomoo** » Wed Aug 17, 2011 8:10 pm

to be honest the testing wasn't exhaustive. Trying to work the ball head was. ha ha ha ha. Plus due to cloud cover, everything is near zenith and it was killing my back and neck..... anyone keen to give it a whirl?