Where astronomers unravel the mysteries and reveal the beauty of space. Its sturdy build, precision tracking, and ability to handle heavy payloads with ease are just a few of the reasons why the paramount can be found in multitudes of observatories, both professional and amateur, throughout the world. Thesky, t point, orchestrate, ccdsoft, iaclient, iaserver. Software bisque paramount me ii equatorial mount the meiis belt driven motors are nearly backlashfree. Creating tpoints in theskyx for better tracking with charles walker opt. Software bisque paramount me ii equatorial mount mks 5000 dualaxis dc servomotor control system versaplate mounting plate paramount user guide usb 2. Software bisque urges you to compare the paramount myt feature set with every other commercial mount in this price range before buying any mount. With the tpoint add on to theskyx, you can discover the errors inherent.
Protrackcreates a set of points across the sky and slews the telescope to each point. Software bisque calls to the process of collecting and recording pointing observations as telescope pointing calibration. Software bisque paramount mounts come in a variety of sizes to suit your needs. Software bisque paramount tpoint model tutorial with skyx duration. Whether you live in australia or arizona, youre covered just the same. Jun 28, 2018 i decided to go with the software bisque paramount myt due to its slightly higher payload and because it is packaged with the amazing sky x professional software. Software bisque paramount tpoint model tutorial with skyx. Oversized 8 right ascension and declination bearings provide max stability. The myt is the most portable model, weighing only 34 lbs. Software bisque paramount mx heavy duty robotic german. Integrated altitude scale provides accurate altitude starting point for polar alignment. Software bisque paramount me ii german equatorial mount.
Thank you for purchasing the tpoint add on to theskyx serious astronomer edition software and theskyx professional edition. Software bisque paramount me ii robotic telescope system. This software bisque paramount mx heavy duty robotic german equatorial mount has 90 pound payload capacity and a broad range of advanced features and capabilities that will keep you focused on the universe and not your equipment. The paramount myt includes the mks 5000, software bisque s fourth generation dual axis telescope control system. Clutchless design maintains your tpoint assisted pointing accuracy. Paramount robotic telescope mounts software bisque proudly manufactures the legendary line of paramount robotic telescope mounts. Software bisque paramount t point model tutorial with skyx. To connect to tsx, the tcp server needs to be enabled. The software bisque paramount is legendary amongst serious amateur astronomers and astroimagers. This indi paramount driver interacts with paramount mounts via theskyx tcp server either locally on the same computer or across a network connection. Software bisque paramount myt mount lowest price high point.
Increased bearing size, a larger counterweight shaft diameter and, of course, a far greater weight capacity make the me ii a more heavy duty follow up to the legendary paramount me. Setup is enabled via the software bisque tcs window in theskyx pro software. Although lightweight, the myt still offers a maximum payload of 100lbs. Coming in at a variety of price points all high ones software bisque offers three paramount options to the typical amateur. Paramount me ii observatory mount paramount mounts. Completely redesigned control system mks 5000 featuring usb 2. Thesky astronomy software is the engine that controls thousands of observatories worldwide, orchestrating an array of sophisticated tools, on the operating system of your choice. Software bisque paramount myt robotic telescope mount.
The collection terms used to correct the telescope s position is called a pointing model. Software bisque paramount myt mighty robotic german. The other, the pro tool, which uses a traditional commandbased userinterface, was until april 2017 licensed by its original author, p. The software bisque myt mount delivers precision tracking with 7 arcseconds or less peaktopeak periodic error before pec. The consequent development of the paramount me mount with higher load capacity and improved performance.
Paramount me ii robotic telescope system mile high astronomy. Bisque does not permit a direct control of the mount and so theskyx must be started and configured first. The software bisque me ii mount is designed to cover any astroapplication with utmost professionality. Software bisque paramount myt mighty robotic german equatorial mount. Paramount mx from software bisque is a little bit of a paradox. Once paramount is online, you can control it from your favorite client software just. The paramount myt has a broad range of exciting features and capabilities that will keep you focused on the stars and not your equipment. One is a mac or windowsbased system which is fully integrated with the telescope control facilities in the software bisque package theskyx. Paramount myt robotic telescope mount the software bisque paramount is legendary amongst serious amateur astronomers and astroimagers.
The sky x planetarium software includes a software component called protrack that is tightly integrated with the paramount me. Creating tpoints in theskyx for better tracking with charles. Thesky 6 is not itself 100% compatible with the ascom environment, so weve provided some adapter components to make it fit in. The software came on a large a capacity thumb drive in the same box. Always striving for perfection, the paramount meiis belt driven motors are nearly backlashfree. The software bisque paramount myt robotic german equatorial mount is the most compact and portable option in the bisque paramount eq mount series with a instrument capacity of 50 pounds. The software bisque paramount is legendary among serious amateur astronomers and astroimagers.
The paramount myt robotic telescope mount astronomy. Software bisque paramount me ii optical universe scientific. It is 16 inches long, and the identical width to the paramount me counterweight shaft so the same counterweights can be used and two paramount memx. Paramount myt robotic telescope system paramount mounts. The mount has a 5060 pound capacity and has excellent pointing ability 12 arcminute with t point modelling. Wallace, but is now available from software bisque. Creating tpoints in theskyx for better tracking with. As expected with every software bisque mount, the me ii is strong and smart. This is about my new user experience with software.
Software bisque paramount myt equatorial mount ships free. Includes the skyx pro software so you can control your mount, camera, focuser, and other equipment through your pc. The myt mount came nicely packed in foam and plastic. Working with thesky x and thesky 6 software bisque provides 100% ascom compatibility for thesky x.
All electronics and wiring are enclosed within the mount power supply is external the paramount me ii mount of software bisque is available with installed encoders in radec ex factory software bisque offers to mount their new on axis encoders into me ii mounts. Software bisque paramount myt robotic telescope system robtics. Installationindi paramount driver is released with indi library v1. An image is taken at each point, plate solved and compared to where the telescope thinks it is pointing. In the unlikely event that you should have a problem with the. The paramount meii equatorial mount is software bisques flagship, researchgrade equatorial mount. Professional telescopes worldwide benefit from tpoints pointing analysis and correction. Software bisque sb1851155 paramount me ii, montatura peso 38kg, piastra versaplate, 2 contrappesi in acciao, barra contrappesi, joystick e software suite. Software bisque paramount myt robotic telescope systemthe software bisque myt.
The optional tpoint add on to theskyx professional edition or theskyx serious astronomer edition provides worldclass telescope pointing analysis and. The mount is one of the original paramounts by software bisque and has been upgraded with new servo motors and an mks4000 control system. Tpoint can employ a set of values, called terms, that are used to correct the telescopes pointing errors. Like many of you, i agonized between several mounts, reading every post i could find, and making extensive pro vs.
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