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Re: EM-400 spikes while tracking
      07/16/08 11:39 AM

Your Dec should not have any spikes for sure if it was unguided. This leads me to think your data is bad or your seeing was terrible. Another thing is you are undersampling a bit too much for accurate PE measurement, try a barlow. I've noticed your unguided RA graph looks very good. The few spikes in the unguided graph could be a lot of things ie, seeing, unbalanced. I think you need to look at your guide parameters and get your arc seconds a pixel down to around 2 at least.

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* EM-400 spikes while tracking Garcres 07/16/08 10:37 AM
. * Re: EM-400 spikes while tracking TxStars   07/17/08 02:53 AM
. * Re: EM-400 spikes while tracking lineman_16735   07/17/08 11:20 AM
. * Re: EM-400 spikes while tracking lineman_16735   07/16/08 11:39 AM
. * Re: EM-400 spikes while tracking Garcres   07/16/08 01:50 PM
. * Re: EM-400 spikes while tracking lineman_16735   07/16/08 01:59 PM
. * Re: EM-400 spikes while tracking tim53   07/16/08 02:58 PM
. * Re: EM-400 spikes while tracking Garcres   07/16/08 04:49 PM
. * Re: EM-400 spikes while tracking Garcres   07/16/08 04:52 PM
. * Re: EM-400 spikes while tracking tim53   07/16/08 05:05 PM
. * Re: EM-400 spikes while tracking lineman_16735   07/16/08 05:17 PM
. * Re: EM-400 spikes while tracking Dan G   07/16/08 09:10 PM
. * Re: EM-400 spikes while tracking Rusty   07/16/08 11:27 PM
. * Re: EM-400 spikes while tracking Garcres   07/17/08 02:40 AM
. * Re: EM-400 spikes while tracking Dan G   07/17/08 10:44 PM
. * Re: EM-400 spikes while tracking Garcres   07/18/08 08:00 AM
. * Re: EM-400 spikes while tracking Garcres   07/19/08 07:59 AM
. * Re: EM-400 spikes while tracking Dan G   07/19/08 01:31 PM
. * Re: EM-400 spikes while tracking Garcres   07/19/08 06:02 PM
. * Re: EM-400 spikes while tracking Dan G   07/20/08 12:10 PM
. * Re: EM-400 spikes while tracking Garcres   07/23/08 04:38 PM
. * Re: EM-400 spikes while tracking tim53   07/23/08 04:47 PM
. * Re: EM-400 spikes while tracking Garcres   07/23/08 05:22 PM
. * Re: EM-400 spikes while tracking freestar8n   07/24/08 03:01 PM
. * Re: EM-400 spikes while tracking Garcres   07/25/08 07:52 AM
. * Re: EM-400 spikes while tracking freestar8n   07/25/08 09:45 AM
. * Re: EM-400 spikes while tracking Garcres   07/25/08 02:05 PM
. * Re: EM-400 spikes while tracking freestar8n   07/25/08 06:52 PM
. * Re: EM-400 spikes while tracking Garcres   07/26/08 11:31 AM
. * Re: EM-400 spikes while tracking freestar8n   07/26/08 03:46 PM
. * Re: EM-400 spikes while tracking Garcres   07/26/08 05:56 PM
. * Re: EM-400 spikes while tracking freestar8n   07/26/08 09:27 PM
. * Re: EM-400 spikes while tracking Garcres   07/27/08 07:01 AM
. * Re: EM-400 spikes while tracking freestar8n   07/27/08 10:20 AM
. * Re: EM-400 spikes while tracking TxStars   07/24/08 10:04 AM
. * Re: EM-400 spikes while tracking Jaxdialation   07/22/08 09:10 PM

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