Yes I finily got my ETX125 today. It looks great ,just hope all gos ok when the scope gos first light. Any tips??????????? For first light on scope? Do's &...
Yesterday I got an ETX-105 with #884 tripod, Autostar and the 30th anniversary eyepiece deal. I trained the motors in daylight this afternoon and had a chance...
Hamish, The accuracy of the home position is not particularly important when doing a two star alignment as long as it is close. It really only affects the...
... important when ... affects ... one star ... as one of ... finding the ... have ... you can ... manually ... alignment ... after a ... viewing. ... ...
Thought some ETX70 / Starry Night users may be interested in these FOV Indicators they are on the Software section of my homepage (below). Regards, Darren PS-...
I noticed that the manual for the #884 tripod says the positioning of the tripod legs is not important when using alt-az mounting. However the ETX home...
Hi all, After many weeks of not being able to observe (weather related, work travel related, etc...) I finally got a chance to take my light mug (an ETX 105...
... The ETX "power panel west" is the overriding concern. Some scopes (LX90, newest ETX60 and ETX70) don't have internal hard stops, so it truly doesn't...
Hi there, a simple question: I am thinking of doing a polar setup of my ETX105 instead of the alt/az setup I use, in order to get more accurate positioning in...
My personal opinion is that unless you are doing astrophotography, the polar mode is not worth the hassle. For me, the biggest problem is that it puts the...
... As Paul said, you probably do not want to use Polar unless you need to. All telescope mounts involve compromises... trading some features and limitations...
... <snipped> ... Another option is to Easy Align on one star, and then use High Precision (http://www.meade.com/manuals/autostar/ch05.html#4)to zero in on...
Hi all, I have decide to sell my ETX125EC with AutoStar and electronic focuser, it was just tuned by Meade, it will enclude 4 eye pieces , hard case , 884 ...
RC Helicopters Joe ... From: Bernhard "Rendelius" Rems To: ETXASTRO@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 11:39 AM Subject: RE: [ETXASTRO] Changing...
RC Helicopters Joe I would suspect that you already know, but in case you don't, The life expectancy of a new rc helicopter, is often times measured in...
I am well aware having had the earth come up and smack one of my ships. However I have been flying for sometime now and am just trading around assets to offset...
From: joek@... I am well aware having had the earth come up and smack one of my ships. However I have been flying for sometime now and am just trading...
Hi All, This morning I managed to drag myself out of bed at 3:00 AM for my first look at Mars in three weeks. The equipment used was the ETX-125, 12.4mm Meade...
Pardon me but as I read some of these posts, the temperature issue keeps coming up. Something like "wait for the scope's temperature to cool down". What ...
... Different materials expand at different rates. If you have your scope indoors, then move it outdoors and focus it, the materials will be changing their...
Hi, For those of us up North, the inside temp and outside temp are rarely the same. Maybe a couple of months a year. The temp issue also has to do with the air...
I almost sure this question is going to involve more information than one can post, but I'll ask anyway. I profess that I know nothing about satellite...
Hello, Yes, it can be done. Go to http://www.weasner.com/etx/menu.html and do a search for satellite tracking and you will find what you need to know. Richard...
See the Autostar Information page on my ETX Site. Several satellite and ISS articles. Mike Weasner mweasner@......
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... Yes. In short, you load current orbital parameters into the Autostar, it predicts the satellite's path, GoTo's the starting point (AOS in Autostar-speak) ...
Hi. I was really surprised not to find the Double Double in the Autostar common name listing for the double stars section. However, I probably could have found...
