Hi all....I have the above scope and feed the scope from the conservatory about 25ft away into a laptop. At the moment I only use the laptop to look at the...
I worked a while with the LPI in alt/az and decided to try polar. Biggest problem for me was getting a good polar alignment, second problem is getting a good...
Hi All, I have been a member for awhile, but this is my first post. I have a Meade 8" LX200 and I just purchased a Deep Sky Imager with autostar. I thought I...
Hi: Well, the first challenge is focusing. Spend a lot of time getting your star images as small as possible. Begin by focusing up on a bright star at 1 - 2 ...
try to epoxy the broken part try using jb weld ... From: Joe Lalumia To: ETXASTRO@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 6:51 PM Subject:...
Thanks Rod, I'll give this a try and if I get any good pictures I post. I think my biggest proble is the guiding, right now i am getting just streaks Craig ...
First of all, what telescope mount have you got? Do you have the equatorial wedge aligned to the true North Celestial Pole? Have you tried to fine tune with...
... By "tripod arm" I'm assuming you mean the upper plastic part that the steel leg sockets into and that is bolted to the head of the tripod. The 884 is made...
Hi all, Last night I aligned my ETX-105 in Polar mode and GOTO seamed to be working fine; M27 within 20mm eye-piece etc. Then I slewed over to M31 and...
Hey Chris, I think you might be right with one of your theories. The 105 with a D50 and a 300MM lens (along with the piggybacking attachment) seems like and...
Greetings all...looking for a little help I own an ETX 90 that is having a problem with the RA assembly. Basically here is what happened. During use, I...
Look more closely. Balance is important...BUT... What you see in the picture is the declination drift of a mis-polar-aligned mount, and the gentle wobble back...
Hi Edward, thanks for the quick reply. The surface is steady and performs well for just viewing objects so I guess this has to be caused by the weight of the...
Thanks Rod, I did actually take 10 x 30 sec images last night as well but haven’t had too much joy with stacking yet, best results with Rot’n’Stack but I...
Hi: I've had NO problems with the Neximage. I also have the LPI. What do I think? The Neximage does far better on the planets. I prefer the LPI on the Moon due...
The "not moving" sounds like a balance problem. Peace, Rod Mollise Author of Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope...and... The Urban Astronomer's...
BTW Chris, I managed to snag one of the last remaining new D50's from Amazon a few weeks ago and I'm anxious to use it. Are you using the famed "Mode 3" work...
Hey Rod (great book, BTW!), I have a problem that stumps everyone. When I hook up the camera to my computer (off the scope, I'm using a 10" LX200) and wave it...
HI: I don't think it's a stray voltage, whatver that is...it's likely a grounding problem. How are you powering the scope? If by AC put it on DC and try that....
Thanks, yes that was the other suggestion. I have the scope powered by AC, it's sitting on a Millburn wedge on a 42" steel pier on top of 6' of concrete in...
The Jupiter problem is overexposure. The way you use this camera is insert it into a barlow...get the scope focal length up to about f/20 or so. At that focal...
Thanks Rod for your comments regarding Dec drift etc, I’ll have another crack at it asap. Edward: I have read about the “Mode3” method on the D50 but not...
Yes, saw that page on the D50. I'm debating whether or not to send mine off the Hutech (for $400) to have the IR filer removed. I use a D200 for "normal"...
Hi Dean, Rather than sending your scope to the Abyss (and I share your opinion having sent them a tripod that was never seen again this side of the rings of...
