The rain and the gales stoped this afternoon here in Devon. So at about 17.15 I remembered the comet Mc Naught, the western horizon was seaward and there in...
... Lucky mate I'm in Bristol, and I had about a 15 minute window of clear skies not enough time unfortunately, good you caught McNaught though. Cheers Lee....
I had better luck that Bob in Devon and Lee in Bristol. I live below the northern fringe of the North York Moors (England), and was able to see Comet McNaught...
Rod, Great photo mate, hope you did,nt mind but I thought they were that good I added them to my website, please check at http://www.theskyshed.co.uk and go to...
Hi Gang: Heads-up...the battery type for the Smartfinder Meade lists in its literature is _wrong_. After a year, I had occasion to replace mine (it kept losing...
I changed the battery in my ETX towards the end of last year. I'd had it from new in 2005, and it now keeps the time and date for the first time. It must have...
I've noticed recently that the movement on my ETX105 isn't always as smooth as it should be, it can be jerky as it's tracking. It's not a great problem as I...
... About the only easy suggestion i can think of would be to perform the Setup/Telescope/Calibrate Motors routine (takes only 5 seconds, but botches any...
Hi Alan, I have a ETX105AT. Is it your RA axis (Az)that is jerky? If so, does it sound like the gears are not meshing or jumping? My 105 had a RA gearbox...
Hi: That's possible. It's also possible that the tension on the RA/AZ lock is not quite right. Work it back and forth a few times and then lock it securely...
Thanks everyone for their replies. I think it's generally in the AZ movement that the jerking takes place. It's not bad, and not there all the time. I doubt if...
Sorry, but I am not an ETX owner. I am actually a 14" LX200 owner and I am looking for similar folks. I just installed my super-wedge and now have the scope...
Hi: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Meade-Uncensored/ Peace, Rod Mollise Author of: Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope and The Urban...
I have an ETX125 and it was working great. It was hiting all the objects and I must of had a power sure using a external battery. Could have been low battery....
John, I had something similar a little while ago. Everything was fine except the move left button didn't work, and I got the motor failure message. It turned...
I recently purchased a used ETX-90 EC all seems well with it except for when I hook up a 497 Autostar controller, the elevation axis runs at full speed no...
Have you done a CALIBRATE MOTOR and TRAIN DRIVES with the used ETX-90? Whenever you switch the AutoStar between different telescopes you need to repeat those....
Mike Weasner
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Hi: I have a ETX 125 scope. You can update your 497 Autostar Software, by Internet. When I did update my Software, Speeds was changed. Sorry for my English,...
... except for ... at ... up to ... anyone ... for ... be in ... Thanks for the quick advice. I'll try the motor training today and see what it does. Is there...
... and ... Calibrate motors seemed to do the trick for the speed settings. I tend to think things through too much (or try to anyway) before trying something,...
... and ... Calibrate motors seemed to do the trick for the speed settings. I tend to think things through too much (or try to anyway) before trying something,...
... Train Drive -measures- the backlash, the "Percentage" settings tell the Autostar how much of that measured backlash to apply as a "quick spin" when the...
