Has had an everlovin' update: http://uncle-rods.blogspot.com/ Peace, Rod Mollise Author of Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope...and... The Urban...
Hey All, This is my first post to this group, and I really need some help regarding a problem with my Meade 2080. I got this telescope as a gift from my uncle...
Come on 2080 fanciers...I need an image of your scope for my new SCT book! What do I mean by 2080? An 8-inch Meade fork-mount SCT with an AC powered clock...
You might try the pipe tape technique. This is very thin plain white teflon tape used on waterpipe joints to make them very tight. That may make up enough...
Where in the world are you physically located? Do you have any pictures of the offending parts? "My advice is always free and worth every penny!" -Christopher...
http://skywatch.brainiac.com/used/used_sct.pdf page 14-15 discusses the non-standard threads of your 2080. You might try Meade headquarters to see if they...
I don't know if anyone makes a commercial 2" visual back adapter but if you can't find one and you are able to give me the exact thread pitch and diameter, I...
You might be able to get that machinist to tap the hole with the next size tap and then make a new adaptor with the right threading. It might cost something....
You might be able to get that machinist to tap the hole with the next size tap and then make a new adaptor with the right threading. It might cost something....
I recently purchased an LX200. The owners manual in Appendix D suggest to "train the drive" every 4-6 months. Does anyone do this? It says it is for...
... It *really* helps if you specify "LX200R" or "LX200GPS", since you -might- be referring to the Classic LX200, for which the answer may differ wildly. ... ...
http://uncle-rods.blogspot.com/ Peace, Rod Mollise Author of Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope...and... The Urban Astronomer's Guide ...
As noted in the LX200 <http://www.dv-fansler.com/Astronomy/LX200/LX200%20HC.htm> Hand Controller, I decided to design and build an advanced version of the...
Cool! What about FORTH as a development language? (It started as a telescope controller!) -drl ... Controller, ... controller to ... am happy ... to fit ... ...
Thanks - C or C++ is what the Rensas development system supports, so not much chance of changing that. Take care, David David V. Fansler S/V Annabelle ...
This sounds very interesting! Please keep us updated! -- -Robin Lee Founder, 2007 President & 2008 Counsultant of CHHS Astronomy Club, Kluang, Johor, Malaysia ...
Got the plate in. Put a couple of pics in. Thanks for the help. Steve http://tech.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/Meade- Uncensored/photos/browse/c9d0?c= ... ...
Now that I am set up. I would love to find a SIMPLE way yo drift align and actually use my DSI cameras. Read Dr. Clays version. Seemed a bit too difficult for...
Doc Clay's excellent instructions will get you there, but if you prefer a different version of the same story... Unless you are using a polar finder, just skip...
Hi Steve, you might want to give this program a try. I use it and works for me. You do a drift align using your DSI camera. http://wcs.ruthner.at/index-en.php...
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1309902,00.html ... Peace, Rod Mollise Author of Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope...and... The...
Really sorry to hear that. I have read most of his sci-fi books and have been reading his material since the early 60's. He lived to be 90, a good age. Tim...
... A quiet end to a full life! I still think "Childhood's End" would make the blockest-buster sci-fi flick of all time! - and one that would make you think!...
Hope they don't screw it up. Which they probably will. Sigh. Peace, Rod Mollise Author of Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope...and... The Urban...
One of my favorites' is "A Fall of Moondust" and of course, the "2001" series of books! Steve Ralston [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
