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Re: Celestial Simulator
From: Luc Van den Borre
Date: 2018 Mar 15, 22:31 +0100
From: Luc Van den Borre
Date: 2018 Mar 15, 22:31 +0100
On 15/03/2018 21:30, Phil Sadler wrote: > I also have two MD-1 units (Father's Day present > from my sons last year), but can not understand how the simulator and > MD-1- star tracker were connected together. The simulator, from what I > can tell, has a Sun, Polaris, and 3 stars and one small port for the > light to come out. The MD-1 has a full hemisphere with scanning mirrir > inside. Phil You'd unlock the simulator from its case, lift it by the handlebars and place it over the dome of the KS-120/KS-140 star tracker. In other words, the interface is on the bottom of this thing, like in Frank's drawing. Whether it fits over the MD-1 I can only guess at. The square base with orange rubber feet is, I think, not part of the instrument, rather it's part of the case. I don't think the small prism-port is the main interface to the star tracker. An inspection port? Luc
