I bought at a yard sale 2 Meade telescopes. The telescopes are a Meade Polaris electronic digital series with some sort of computer hookup box which says HBX /...
... Does it have motors on the two axes? The panel is just four sockets wired more-or-less in parallel, with the two outer wires (power and ground) of the...
Thanks V E R Y much - I believe you have found the right model old DS -60 You said "Your panel may have a power switch and a power socket, too." I forgot to...
I am going to assume you are new to astronomy and cover several bases. If you already know these things, then please disregard the extra. If the scope takes...
wow = Yes - I am new (although I am old) to this hobby. I will study on these good points and get on the net tomorrow Thanks a bunch ... From: William Steen ...
The Surplus Shack has many eyepieces of moderate quality for very little cost. http://www.surplusshack.com The ones with larger MM number give low power, wide...
Thanks for taking your time to get me going at the surplus shack. They have so many - the suggestions will get me started. When I was asked if it had motors I...
My scope looks like the one Bill Vorse is selling for $23 and it comes with 3 lenses. Mine has some sort of circuit board with plug ins but no motors. ... ...
Happy New Year All, I was just in a local Wal-Mart (PM on 01/02/08). They are selling the Meade ETX-60 BB Backpack Observatory setup for 50 bucks. Not sure...
Yep...in case you haven't heard, there's a new version of everybody's fave astro-soft available: http://www.ap-i.net/skychart/en/news/version_3_beta_0.1.4 ...
Dang... if you use an AutoStar 494 and need another, this is as cheap as you can usually find them stand-alone, with the scope thrown in to boot. Tony M ...
Hello All, I had one of the members in another group catch something. He advised that the ETX-60 has been discontinued for some time. I did a little more...
Hello Rod, You may be right. I ran a Dogpile search on the part number and came up with a few reputable places selling it as an ETX. However the Meade box...
Thanks for the update. I was hoping this was the software I was trying to find recently, but I don't think it is. I beleive sometime back there was a posting...
... You may be thinking of Skytools 2 from Capellasoft. http://skyhound.com/skytools.html I does just what you want. I have it and love it. When I was new to...
I found a wal-Mart that still 13 of them on the shelf, so I purchased 3 for giveaways. They also had a scope for 24.95 with a color CCD Camera (USB).....2...
Lets try that one again ... Had the Meade #140 Barlow a few years back and I remember it had `Japan` stamped on the Barrel - I sold it - Just made another...
Are you talking about AstroPlanner? If so, go to www.ilanga.com. There is a freebe version and the one you buy. The program is the same. The difference is...
AstroPlanner is great. So is Deepsky. http://deepsky2000.com/ So is SkyTools. http://www.skyhound.com/cs.html This genre of program is called the "planner" and...
Depends on the camera. If it's the LPI, the answer is "Yes, barely." It's a CMOS rig and not overly light sensitive. As for the 494...I believe it can be used...
I have a friend that has an ETX-70 and a 125, the 125 will not work with the Autostar 494 Freddy Díaz 35.07' N 90.00' W http://fdiazhome.tzo.com/Astronomy ...
I believe BB is the us name for the ETX-AT version plus the backpack. In eu they are called ETX-AT like their backpack-less brothers, and the backpack is...
Thanks Rod, It is not an LPI...it says Meade with an external shotter button... bob ... barely." It's a ... someone ... purchased ... Camera ... guide...
In case anyone is interested, contact me off line as I have several nice pieces for sale - nothing over $125.00. Warp Freddy Diaz <fjdiazg@...> wrote: I...
