Is any place making and selling autostar extention cables? I would like to view inside the house(where its warm) on the computer using a web cam. So I need to...
The voltage drop in a cable that long will probably be a problem for the Autostar. What about a heavy-gauge RS-232 serial cable from the Autostar to the PC...
I have an ETX 90ec with the Orion Steady Pix afocal adapter bought from sighandsoundshop.com Every time I attach a camera, the weight of the camera moves the...
I Have done this very successfully. for the etx the 497 coil cord works well with a 8 pin telephone extension cord and a female to female plug mine is 30'...
Hello all! I just purchased an ETX-125EC for beginning astronomy/terrestrial viewing/photography -- I hope it's a good start. (opinions/suggestions welcome) --...
NEVER MIND -- DISREGARD THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION! I just opened the PDF manual available online for (labled as the ETX-105 owner's manuals) and just ...
} I have an ETX 90ec with the Orion Steady Pix afocal adapter bought } from sighandsoundshop.com Every time I attach a camera, the weight } of the camera...
I recently bought a EXT90 RA for night work and as a spoting scope. I have tried several eyepiecs and they all come into focus with the 90 degree viewer but...
You can also use a cat 5 ethernet extension cable with a 8 pin female- female coupler. Mine is 50 ft long and works fine. I thought about making one 100ft,...
Hi all, I've added a couple more pages to my Web-based #497 Autostar, and I was wondering if anybody can tell me why some stars don't appear on the alignment...
Hi, I am a new member and joined the list to learn about the various etx scopes. I recently have seen the meade etx 90 for under $200 and am tempted to get on...
I found a really good deal on a rechargeable power pack for your scope.
It is the Vector "Pocket Generator" that has a 4.5 amp-hour battery and
a 120 VAC...
Dave Take a look at this site and any question about the 90 or any other etx models will be answered here. http://www.weasner.com/etx Good luck Bob Tobin ......
I recently bought one of those less than $200 ETX-90RA's. I would not pay too much attention to that review. The guy said he got his used and his sounds like...
... Polaris is no longer an alignment star because it does -help- to align on it (of course, in Polar One Star, it first -goes- to Polaris...). You've already...
... Ahh... i forgot to mention... The list of Named stars are the stars which have names in their records in the 9000-star Harvard Revised Bright Star Catalog....
} Hi all, } } I've added a couple more pages to my Web-based #497 Autostar, and I } was wondering if anybody can tell me why some stars don't appear on } the...
I thought of a few questions after my first post. Will either etx 90 (ra or ec) mount on top of a sturdy bogen photo tripod and has this been a good...
Richard at 21 degrees latitude. You can see Omega Centauri quite nicely I would imagine. I have driven 16 hrs just to get to 29 deg. 15 minutes for better...
... I do this with my ETX-125 and my Meade 2045 it works fine. I don't extend the legs all of the way out. ... Electronically with either the hand controller...
It was a clear night last night in Hemet California. I just received my new Televue 11mm plossl and was anxious to try it out. I lined up my stars and slewed...
Much better last night. It was another clear night with no moon. The waves were gone. When I had the pronblem, I don't think it was letting the telescope...
Anyone else taken a view of this little snowball yet? It's presently in Pisces, an otherwise unassuming piece of sky just below Mars and Aries in the western...
... Nope... no Updater needed (although it can take the TLE (Two Line Element) listing you showed as a darg-and-drop text file. But here's how to interpret the...
Lumicon makes eyepiece extension tubes that allow you to raise the eyepiece about 1". I know of other people who use them for the exact reason you are ...
Thanks, Dick -- helpful as always (I had been puzzled about that epoch date bit)! Keyed 'em in and seems to work -- gives back the right RA and DEC (or very...
