I think the metric system is like speaking Japanese. Many of the words are the same with a different deflection to distinguish them. I lived in Germany for...
Man, I learn something new from you guys just about every day. Where else on the web would you read both about the Sumerians love of the number 60 and ...
No need to vote this month as we had only 1 photo entered for each contest. Congrats to Derek Santiago for winning the Advanced contest with his image of the...
Hi guys, I want to take some photos of the meteor shower tonight. I can do it 2 ways. 1. AT66 and DSI camera. 2 or My sony digital camera. It only has a max of...
in Philly this time of year?.best way to do it?.. Hmmmm A warm Touque, gloves, heavy boots, warm coat...LOL sorry I couldn't resist From the great white...
Just to show what can be done with the nexstar 8se+ dsi 3 + f/6.3 reducer + 0.5 reducer combo, Ive uploaded the following pics. Its been cloudy (and snowy)...
Well, I have always said that the only way I could win one of these contests was if I submitted an image and no one else did. Hmmmmm, I think I will go play...
hi kent I an having the same problem. I can't seem to get an answer from this group. I will keep watching to see if we get an answer ... with limited success. ...
Can anyone tell me if the Meade 1.25" CCD filter set will fit into the Orion filter wheel? I've read that the Meade filters are too thick to fit properly in...
Take a look: http://www.astrophotogallery.org/showphoto.php/photo/2290 Please leave constructive criticism or tips if you have any. Thanks, Kelsey Golden...
Hi There, I am using the Meade CCD filter set with the Orion Filter Wheel and I'm having no trouble. I may be wrong but I believe the Atik Filter Wheel is...
Guys I have the Atik filter wheel on a DSI II (I think its the same as the Orion just rebadged) see here: http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/calleja/equipment.htm...
Hi guys. I also have read that the Orion and Atik filter wheels are the same, just labeled differently. I have both the Atik manual filter wheel and the...
The Meade filters are to hi profile as some have already said. However they will work just fine. I have the Atik version. I had to buy the Orion 0-profile 2"...
Kelsey, Great first light photo! Nice job. If I miss the post office in the morning, would you mind if I send your Patriot scope by UPS Mon. morning? I have...
Hi All, I suspect that this has nothing to do with your refractor, but everything to do with your Focal Reducer. Specifically, it is important WHERE your FR is...
Oklahoma by 3... but maybe I'm a bit biased. Matt ... From: Ray Pickett To: Meade-DSI-Advanced@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 9:35 PM Subject:...
Thanks to all of you for your help. It's great how quickly a person can get answers from this group. I will go ahead and order the Orion filter wheel as it...
Help I just got my DS3 Pro and when I went to load the software, I ran into some major problems. First, my computer thought it had a virus. Next I was no...
I don't use envisage (I'm a Maxim DL guy) but I'm assuming a good start would be to go to meade's website and download all of the updates and install them. ...
Ray, I also bought a ring spacer as referred to in John's message #6716. I wish that Atik or Orion would supply 2 of these rings instead of only one. I found...
I had both the Atik and the Orion filter wheels and the Orion is slightly thicker, according to a ruler. The Orion filters are slightly thicker and they have a...
Hi, (first: excuse me my bad english...) I have now a dsi3 for imaging (great!!) and a dsi1 for autoguiding... but there is a problem with Envisage (7.03 and...
Hey Ray. I know what you mean. Since I'm usually the runnerup in a two entry contest, this is a little anti-climactic. It's a good thing I couldn't enter the...