Can anyone tell me how to get into the azimuth motor on an ETX-60AT. I keep getting a motor fault and it sounds like the motor is labouring due to something...
I have a new ETX-90RA that should be arriving on Monday. I have no other eyepieces at this point. I know that if I try to use an eyepiece with too long a...
My ETX90EC which I've had for over a year now and recently supplanted when I received my LX90 was blessed with many eyepieces. Sadly I really only ended up...
... I haven't noted any obvious obstruction in my ETX-RA (or my LX-90 whose central obstruction is much larger as a percent of the aperature) with a 40mm ...
Hello! I found a website while looking to purchase some filters for my ETX- 70 and wondered if anyone has comments/opinions on them before I buy. They are: ...
In a message dated 5/4/02 4:50:17 PM Central Daylight Time, ... HI: You can't make your own cable for the ETX 70AT, unfortunately. The little thing does not...
When using Starry Night to control the telescope. Should it be already aligned or in home position when you connect Starry Night to the telescope. thanks in...
I just bought myself an ETX-90RA, which I've been lusting after for about five years now. A sudden chunk of money otherwise not spoken for and the deals out...
Actually it (#506 Autostar cable) converts from the Autostar bus interface to RS-232 and it is anything but trivial to duplicate. The #505 cable IS trivial to...
} Actually it (#506 Autostar cable) converts from the Autostar bus interface } to RS-232 and it is anything but trivial to duplicate. Just curious ... how do...
Two ways for you to verify this. 1. Take my word for it as an Engineer who has taken apart the electronic module of a #506 cable and studied it carefully. 2....
} Two ways for you to verify this. } } 1. Take my word for it as an Engineer who has taken apart the electronic } module of a #506 cable and studied it...
Well, i had a borrowed 506 to play with, so i couldn't destructively test it... so -i- didn't tear into it. There are photos of the insides somewhere on the...
... Starry Night likes Autostars to already be fully aligned. pick up the patches for ACP, too... they'll fix things like the totally whacko date displayed on...
... Mike Weasner, owner/operator of http://www.weasner.com/etx/ to name a very useful one... (see the June Sky & Tele) have fun --dick (well, i ran my ETX90ex...
Here are some photos I just took for your viewing pleasure. http://24.237.160.4/files/astronomy/Autostar/506_cable/ There is the big Meade custom-programmed...
Yep, very sad. Thanks for the pics. It might be nice to send those to Weasner. Richard } } Here are some photos I just took for your viewing pleasure. } }...
I keep meaning to ask Mike if he is interested in putting up some links to my web site and/or my archive server. Or if he is interested in copying anything he...
I don't have the Meade filters but I have the Orion glass solar which, in my opinion is excellent. It isn't as fragile as mylar's (which I also have) and...
In a message dated 5/4/02 8:59:50 PM Central Daylight Time, ... Hi: Well, as they say on the car rental commercials, "NOT EXACTLY!" Given the time and money,...
} > I prefer `isn't easy' to `can't'. } > } > A magical active component that does language translation. Hmm. } > } > Stories of this great magic seem to grow...
In a message dated 5/5/02 10:04:14 AM Central Daylight Time, ... Is what I'm referrring to. What was the need for this when I was trying to help you out, for...
... No. Or, no more so than any other company in a competitive market. Less so than many (advertise the 10" LXD55 in October... ship, er, well.. sometime...
... VERY nice photos Christopher, thanks for putting them online (at that resolution, why can't we see the electrons?) re: Mike Weasner... he'll happily post...
Cool. I wasn't clear on how Mike handles content inclusion on his web site and I had not taken the time (yet) to find out. Feel free to copy or point to...
