Just received one of these as a birthday gift. I have been studying the night sky off and on for about a year with binoculars and looking at all the various...
... the Coriolis Effect: http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~dvandom/Edu/index.html ...gonna write this stuff down and work with it, until i get it... i really...
Hey, JS; welcome to the Meade-DS-2130s' A.B. Meade-DS-2130-at 43N 77W roch,ny ... looking ... seem ... in ... scope ... with ... mind ... is ... (no...
I tried your idea on my webcam... a single teenie screw holds the whole thing together... after removing it, i pried the eggshell-shaped caseing apart... ...
I have had my DS-2130ATS for about 1 month and haven't had good enough weather to really play with it, but the few chances I have had I have had a good time....
I saw that thing and was tempted to give it a run against my 114, but I'm happy with my 114 until I jump to an 8 or 10". While I think the older ones were...
... I've sent a note to the author of that paper... let's see what happens ;-) have fun --dick Just remember that you're standing on a planet that's...
... lol...& the author is a professor too! got some books on trig to add to my growing collection... got my first veiw of Jupiter tonight..was able to see 2...
... Does ... shaky ... very ... done. ... to ... two ... that ... its a very fine scope for beginners...i totally agree the setting circles are just a bit too...
--recently perchased 300mA Universal AC Adapter from Office Depot.. it has a multi-adapter attached to it,one of them being the 9v battery clip. it covers...
My concern would be that a 300mA adapter simply won't be able to put out the current that the motors require when they start up, and you will get noise spikes...
Dear All, I'm contemplating buying either a Meade DS2130 or Celestron Nexstar 130GT. Could anyone offer any comparison comments? Or, perhaps suggest something...
Hi Jay - For your observing requirements, it sounds like you are looking at the right direction, namely small newtonians on alt-az mounts. I cannot comment on...
To all of those who changed there eyepiece from a .965 to a 1.25, did you gain the total field of view with the 1.25 eypiece? If i change the DS-90 eyepieces...
Dick,...for the next ten years many tens of thousand of students and amatuer metorologist will benefit from that correction...I hope the author remembers to...
i like to start up my own yahoo homepage... would the Moderator...or anyone else in the post object if i use edited or paraphrased portions of this posts? as...
... Hello, I've had the DS-2114ATS telescope since August '03. I've seen a lot of things with this scope: Moon, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Venus, Mercury, most of...
... Its that time of day Jake; we are either catching up on the shut-eye after a good night's viewing or we are struggling through the exhaust fumes to earn a...
I have been clouded out. Just don't have much to say. No questions at this time. Kevin ... From: astro_jake [mailto:jakejacobso@...] Sent: Thursday,...
... QCUIAG. ... Dunno, but your comment just reminded me I need to follow-up on a backorder. Last year I ordered two of the #1240 (?) electric focusers, one...
HI! Interesting...I saw that Discovery had a good price on the 1240. I thought about ordering one, but the estimated ship date was three weeks away. I have...
I just got one from OPT. Took about a week to get here. J.D. Watson Phil Pasteur <ppasteur@...> wrote: HI! Interesting...I saw that Discovery had a good...
I ordered the 1240 focuser from Discovery just before the New Year and it arrived in about 3 weeks. It's my understanding that they are shipped directly from...
I just purchased the orion hybrid prism (for my fathers telescope), to test it out and see if it would work with the DS-90AT. I asked people in this yahoo...
Thanks for the earlier replies on my 2130 from Wally World. The weather hasn't cooperated enough for me to really get to try out the scope. Just wondering if...
... Actually I wrote here about 1-1/2 years ago that almost the day after I bought a DS-80AT I slapped an Orion hybrid prism on it for use while waiting for...
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