Hey Everybody, As promised, I can now report on this problem and I believe it's cure. A momentarily clear night and enough time off from work, we attacked this...
Hi: "Calibrate motors" only needs to be performed when you change batteries. Remember, alignment stars don't have to be in the field of the eyepiece in order...
... For validating alignments, the only true tests are stars. The planets and moons are calculated from orbital parameters, and the Autostar will induce...
... get outside(with my external 12volt power pack). Only once.......as Uncle Rod & Dick have said it's OK to slew the scope to center the alignment...
OK, I remember a long time ago, someone was selling an 80mm lens upgrade for the ETX-60 -- did anything become of that? I haven't used the ol' ETX-60 in a...
Hi: I don't know about an 80mm lens upgrade, but one would be more trouble than it's worth. I don't know what you mean by "update the internal settings." If...
Perhaps you mean the wo apograde, but that is not for the etx-60, it is for (many not all) refractors with a front lens of 80mm (and appropriate threads etc...
... trouble than ... you mean ... The 60 and the 70 are the same tube assembly and a 60 can be easily changed to a 70 with the right objective and retaining...
Hi, It can be done if you can get the focal length close enough, and be able to adapt the original lens cell just right to keep the internal baffles from...
... short ... You'd have to add 8.25" in length to use that 560 f/l Objective and 2" to use a 400mm f/l. I've used a $30 63mm dia. 360mm f/l objective from the...
I found the calibrate drives setting in Autostar and actioned, easy!!. Now have to train the drives. I did however hook it up to the PC & Starry Night Pro 5....
... Unless you tell it not to, the ASCOM drivers will attempt to set the telescope time to match the PC's time. They do that by sending an "offset from UTC"...
... easy!!. ... & ... set ... Thanks Dick, Another stupid question here!.. when i set my local time do i set the time less DST?. i.e if its 10pm by my watch,...
... It's not stupid... but it may be unanswerable by anyone other than yourself... ... *Where* are you setting the time, and (to quote Sesame Street) what...
Weasner's Mighty ETX Site and Weasner's LXD55/75 Site are temporarily down. Some fiber optics cables at the hosting facility were cut overnight. No estimate...
Mike Weasner
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Jul 25, 2007 2:47 pm
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Setting up the Autostar is just to much work most nights. Where I live I can't see the north star, light pollution and smog. If I level the scope and point in...
Not me! Server is in another state! ... Mike Weasner Email: mweasner@... iChatAV / AIM: mweasner@......
Mike Weasner
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Jul 25, 2007 11:44 pm
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Hi I'm a new member here. I just bought ETX-90PE and can't wait for it to arrive. I've been away from astronomy for past 20plus years but I'm hoping this new...
... That's where my ETX90 had "first dark", too... (i bought it at Rivers Camera in Dover NH, and then had a week of overcast). ... I use a wrap of black...
Meade's thread-on shield is fine. I prefer the Astrozap Flexishield http://scopestuff.com/ss_azap.htm which is what I use on my 125PE, simply because it's...
Hi, I'm fairly new to the group and have been trying to glean all the info I can about a 1247 focuser for my 125AT. After reading everthing I could about the...
You can read my comments about the focuser on my ETX-125EC (same as the AT model) on the Accessory Reviews: Showcase Products page on my ETX Site. ... Mike...
Apparently, some do work with the PE models and some don't. ... Mike Weasner Email: mweasner@... iChatAV / AIM: mweasner@......
Mike Weasner
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Jul 30, 2007 1:41 pm
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Hi, everyone. I haven't posted in a long time, but I had a question. I have an ETX 105 and I have noticed for some time that when I go to change the batteries,...
Thanks for the input guys. Sounds like it will work fine. Right now I have a Flexi-focus from Scopetronix and it's a lot better than the original knob but...
