Paramount User Guide
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Figure 75: The telescope’s orientation versus CCD detector orientation.
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1.
Choose the
Connect
command from the
Telescope
menu to
connect to the Paramount.
2.
Turn off the
Apply Pointing Corrections
checkbox on the
Setup
tab of the
TPoint Add On
window. (Click
Telescope > TPoint
Add On
to show the
TPoint Add On
window.
3.
Turn off the
Activate ProTrack
checkbox on the
ProTrack
tab
of the
TPoint Add On
window.
4.
Open the
Bisque TCS
window (see page 120).
5.
Click the
Periodic Error Correction
tab.
6.
Turn off the
Apply PEC Corrections
checkbox.
7.
Click
OK
.
Note that you can use your autoguider or imaging camera to create
the tracking log. We recommend using the larger imaging camera
to make the process easier.
1.
Click the
Telescope Setup
command from the
Telescope
window and expand
Autoguider
.
2.
Double-click
Camera
and select your main imaging camera
imager for the detector that will collect the tracking log
data.
3.
DISABLE AUTOGUIDING CORRECTIONS IN BOTH AXES
.
Click the
Autoguider
tab. (Click the
Autoguider
command
from the
Display
menu if this window is not visible.)
4.
On the
Autoguide
tab, click the
Setup…
button.
5.
On the
Relay Settings
tab, turn off both
Yes
checkboxes for
Relay Enabled
in the
X-Axis
and
Y-Axis
columns (Figure 76).
Turning these options off prevents the
Camera Add On
from making corrections to the position of the guide star.
6.
Click
OK
.