} It depends on if you are left-eyed or right-eyed. } } People who heavily prefer their right eye have always had a little more } trouble with the ETX scopes...
Due to a failed ISP, and a subsequent change of DSL providers, my web pages may now be found through the link below. Leroy Guatney Aurora, Colorado ETX105/EC...
I saw a photo of the 884 on the web but I can't remember were. It was a Meade dealer website. Not Astronomics or Sight and SOund. The 883 does have round legs...
Thanx everybody for the replies. It looks like I'm going to go with the 884. Now the real question is.. How do I fork out 200.00 for this thing without my...
I have used the Electronic Eyepiece, and it seems to work OK It (the one I used) gives you a picture in Black and White..so I tried it on the sun, with a...
... When I ordered the 2" length above, I asked about the other 1" they list (LAD110) for $12. It just threads into the barrel of the eyepiece, which is ok if...
Tonight I just finished boring out and filter-threading three Lumicon LAD110 1.25" by 1" extension tubes so they could be used as full-aperture eyepiece ...
Has anybody had experience with the Celestron #93503 vibration suppression pads?, Or the Meade #895 vibration isolation pads? Which ones are better? The Meade...
I finally got a chance to test a scope last night, although it wasn't the ETX-105. There were only sucker holes, and I knew that the clouds would probably move...
... At one point in the Update process, a boxs pops up asking if you want to reset all of the calibration, training, etc. data. The default (if you just press...
http://home.earthlink.net/~ngc5139/SCI/497/ Can you tell I've had a little time on my hands? Actually, it had occurred to me that this was doable, so I did...
... Visit: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ETXASTRO/files However, i see that this egroup does -not- have any Tours stored there (unlike the LX90 group) So visit...
... Thanks. I don't know if I'll ever get all of the context sensitive help installed into it or not. Right now, the "?" points to the main menu page, so I...
As I mentioned earlier, I got out the other night with my two Orthoscopics. I didn't mention that I also used two Radians and a Meade Super Plossl. And I...
I brought home the 884 today. I love it!! It is extremely stable. Solid as a rock. I can focus and even occasionally bump my head into the eypiece and and...
I've had very good luck with the Celestron pads with my ETX 90 - use them every time out. ... From: Jaidev To: ETXASTRO@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday,...
... up ... This is my first German Equatorial mounted scope. I would have preferred something else, but Orion had nothing else to offer me. Lee Dawson...
Hi, my name is John and I reside in Queens County,(NYC) Long Island, NY. I have an ETX90EC and for its size, I am quite satisfied with its performance;...
1. Use some Celestron or Meade anti-vibration (vibration suppression) pads. 2. Keep the legs as short as possible. 3. Hang some weight from the center...
... Velcro works great on any tripod. I placed a strip on the back of the Autostar and a strip around a couple of tripod legs. Mike Weasner mweasner@......