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Veteran
I just picked up a DS2000 with an autostar 494 controller. (I know 497 would be better but it was a great deal)
I'm trying to figure out how best to use this to do MOCO pan/tilt for timelapse.
The manual settings have 9 speeds but they are in arc seconds. My question is how does this translate to something I can wrap my head around like RPM or perhaps Rev/Hour or perhaps minutes/revolution?
From the manual:
The nine available speeds are:
Speed 1=2x= 2x sidereal (0.5 arc-min/sec or 0.008°/sec) n
Speed 2=8x= 8x sidereal (2 arc-min/sec or 0.033°/sec) n
Speed 3=16x= 16x sidereal (4 arc-min/sec or 0.067°/sec) n
Speed 4 =32x= 32x sidereal (8 arc-min/sec or 0.13°/sec) n
Speed 5 =64x= 64x sidereal (16 arc-min/sec or 0.27°/sec) n
Speed 6 =0.5°= 120x sidereal (30 arc-min/sec or 0.5°/sec) n
Speed 7 =1°/s= 240x sidereal (60 arc-min/sec or 1°/sec) n
Speed 8 =2°/s= 480x sidereal (120 arc-min/sec or 2°/sec) n
Speed 9 =Max= (Maximum speed possible, dependent on battery power)
I'm trying to figure out how best to use this to do MOCO pan/tilt for timelapse.
The manual settings have 9 speeds but they are in arc seconds. My question is how does this translate to something I can wrap my head around like RPM or perhaps Rev/Hour or perhaps minutes/revolution?
From the manual:
The nine available speeds are:
Speed 1=2x= 2x sidereal (0.5 arc-min/sec or 0.008°/sec) n
Speed 2=8x= 8x sidereal (2 arc-min/sec or 0.033°/sec) n
Speed 3=16x= 16x sidereal (4 arc-min/sec or 0.067°/sec) n
Speed 4 =32x= 32x sidereal (8 arc-min/sec or 0.13°/sec) n
Speed 5 =64x= 64x sidereal (16 arc-min/sec or 0.27°/sec) n
Speed 6 =0.5°= 120x sidereal (30 arc-min/sec or 0.5°/sec) n
Speed 7 =1°/s= 240x sidereal (60 arc-min/sec or 1°/sec) n
Speed 8 =2°/s= 480x sidereal (120 arc-min/sec or 2°/sec) n
Speed 9 =Max= (Maximum speed possible, dependent on battery power)