Left: at 20mm EP projection, the solar disk was overexposed and getting the iPhone to compensate was insufficient
Trials & Tribulations of the Acuter Maksy 60 at Sun Baked Observatory
The Acuter Maksy 60 is being tuned for solar work. A number of fixes are needed before this telescope will be fully up and running.
Here's a List of Thirteen Anomalies
* the small tripod mount is insufficient to hold the telescope and the weight of the iPhone
* the small tripod mount is incapable of making the fine motions needed for adjustments to image positioning
* The small tripod did not fully fit the observatory platform
* the stock iPhone mount failed - mount number one with the stock bands was not fully adjustable and the phone camera would not stay over the eyepiece at the proper position
* The 2nd iPhone mount failed - it pressed on the side of the iPhone against the function buttons and locked p the phone
* The 3rd iPhone mount failed, the lock holding the phone was not able to have fine tuning
* The 4th phone mount failed, it was too heavy
* Just as the project was getting started, the sun moved into a position blocked by the roof
* The sun features were relatively void due to viewing the sun through the clouds and haze
* The iPhone continued to fail as any touch to the screen activated some unwanted feature
* The iPhone screen was invisible in the bright sun - a shield was fabricated but it too had too many reflections to see anything
* Two different iPhones both had the same problems
* The observatory platform needs to be completed in construction and moved to an ideal location
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