Saturday, May 04, 2013

resolved Paramount alarm

Manuel was imaging the Sun with the Tele Vue. Capturing lots of frames with his camera. We were chatting by the pergola when I heard the Paramount alarm go off. I raced to the observatory floor. Whew. Fortunately, nothing bad had happened. No collisions. No wild slews.

Ian and I restarted everything. And all was fine.

I messaged Dietmar. He said that alarms could be caused by balance issues.

I wondered if the gear engagement controls were too tight again.

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