Greetings: I agree that it appears that someone broke into the yahoo groups on the yahoo servers. A number of my friends in other yahoo groups have been...
Optical Defect The other day I decided to check the collimation of my 8" LX200GPS and I noticed an odd deformation of the out of focus star image. So, I got...
Hi Charles, obviously annoying ,but interesting, firstly your diagnosis seems correct when you refer to the optical path misalignment it certainly looks as...
Hi Ian, Thanks for the feedback. It is interesting, if annoying. My curiosity as to what could cause it is almost on par with my annoyance at having to deal...
Is the corrector plate a little crooked? -- Joe ________________________________ From: Charles <charlesgriffith1@...> To: LX200GPS@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
NEAF 2012 was bigger than ever. And the LX600 & 800 shown at Meade's NEAF display just blew me away. They have reinvented the SCT as we know it. I'm not...
Hi Joe, I removed it and checked that it was still oriented properly (the factory alignment marks still line up) and that it was sitting centered inside its...
Hi, We'll probably go to New Castle. I hope we'll be able to f ind a spot to park and get out of the car. We'll probably have a pair of friends with us, as...
... When using an artificial star, you're still looking through a few hundred feet of air, and much turbulence is near ground level, so daytime seeing of...
As far as I can tell, yes, the secondary is on straight. And it appeared to be free of any obstructions. I thought maybe a bug had gotten into it and made a...
Hi John, Thanks for the reply. I haven't done any testing in the daylight. And aside from pointing straight up for a real star to test with I haven't tried...
Were it not for it getting lost in the stars of the Milky Way and for all it's showcase neighbors like M8, M22 would be a showcase in itself. 12" Meade ACF,...
Beautiful! And a special aspect of M22 is that it's one of the few globulars that have planetary nebulae. -- Joe ________________________________ From: Jason...
There is a new Yahoo group named NexGuide. LX200GPS members can join it and concentrate on autoguiding without using a computer with this autoguider from...
I have recently completed the purchase of a nice set of Tele Vue/Orion/Baader eyepieces, powermate etc and decided to also buy a photographers carry case to...
My telescope is up for sale and I'd like to replace the bad one that Dr. Clay found during his supercharge activity. I know I can get the case for $1.90 and...
My scope has been put away for some time, and I'm trying to get it going. It's an LX200GPS SMT I'm using a wireless autostar II running 2.0e. I start...
... What type of plastic? I usually discard any "plastic bag" covers since they're more trouble than they're worth. Inside the EP case, it still helps to...
I have a LX200GPS and had start-up problems if the computer is connected before the scope is turned on. My main problem is Polaris would off-set by 10 degrees....
... If it's the kit with the "16" as the last part of the file number: Yes, it's the latest *posted* version. Andrew's working on an update that should be...
(whoops... my interspersed answers were written before reading the "history". Read the interspersed, but don't start sputtering until after you read what i...
... Thanks John Its only a plastic bag and I intend to still leave the plastic caps over both end of the eyepiece. Thanks for the other advice as well, much...
Went to an individual locally who is getting this vs. a Celestron Nextar 8. Dr. Clay, I will give him all info regarding the supercharge services and have...
Thanks Dick! I think I figured out my problem. I was trying to change the slew speed by using the up/down arrows. I just read that I should be using the...
Until you're (again) familiar with its operation, i would NOT recommend upgrading (and i certainly don't recommend a senseless reload if it ain't broke). ...
I fixed two LX200GPS scopes - an 8" and a 10", both of which had the problem of Polaris being 10 degrees off by doing the calibrate sensors utility. I don't...
