Hi all, I am interested in purchasing a new AR-5. I was originally looking at the AR-6 but from the feedback I received in the LXD75telescopes group, it...
As long as you are not expecting a Tak for the price you are paying... the AR series are very nice refractors. I've had both the 5 and 6. The mount handled...
Hi All, I don't know why I didn't join this group earlier. Some of you probably know my name - Bob Piekiel, as the author of "Celestron The Early Years" and...
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I just uploaded a new folder to the Files section with my name: "Bob Piekiel." In it are photos of a wedge I made for my Meade 16. It's too bad they don't make...
... you probably know my name - Bob Piekiel, as the author of "Celestron The Early Years" and "Testing and Evaluating the Optics of Schmidt-Cassegrain...
... http://www.optecinc.com/optec_039.htm But it needs a permanent pier or you'd be badly unbalanced. And it costs a fortune. If you have a permanent pier,...
I just looked at that Optec wedge - you're right, it will be way off-balance. That's why I made my wedge as I did, to keep the scope's COG centered over the...
Just curious... How do you lift that 300 pound monster onto the wedge? Out there in the field? I've one in my shed, destined for a yet-to-be built club...
Hi Chuck, I use the "two-man" approach just like the manual shows - eacg guy grabs it from the side handles and you lift it up and bolt the OTA onto the fork...
I own a Meade LX200GPS. My question is, is there a way to know which star the telescope thinks it is pointing to, when it is going through its aligment...
Merely press the "?" key when the "Center Bright Star" message appears. Once informed, you press MODE to get back to the alignment process screen. Dr. Clay ...
The Autostar will tell you which stars it is using for alignment. Peace, Rod Mollise Look for Rod's new book: _Choosing and Using a New CAT_ Coming soon from...
Under Utilities there is a "Brightest Star" choice. Tell it "No" (or "Off") After that the Autostar will tell you -at the start of the slew- which star it's...
Yeah, that drove me to distraction a couple of years back until I--with quite a bit of head scratchin' and some advice--realized you could turn it off. Don't...
The 16" comes apart into three pieces: the drive base, the forks (both forks and the "crosspiece" at the bottom that attaches to the base are a single...
I've had the base off the fork assembly while I was replacing the RA motor, but for lifting the whole enchilada I attached a small winch to the overhead in my ...
... There's no reason something like the lift I and others have used for a 14" LX200GPS cannot be used for this purpose. Some pix of mine are here: ...
... Continuing ... Rod has rights to first refusal since I offered them to him for free (with only the cost of packaging and shipping plus $1 for gas to/from a...
Sigh....here we go again. Wasted bandwidth. Dr. Clay _____ Arkansas Sky Observatories MPC H45 - Petit Jean Mountain South MPC H41 - Petit Jean Mountain MPC...
I like your creative mechanism. I had the task of testing a Meade LX200 classic 12" on a wedge and tripod by myself. I set the tube, forks and base on a pool...
Let me add that if you _can't_ find anybody who wants these; let me know...as there's little doubt I could make them into something suitable for one of my...
I think if you give them to a student of yours, that guy/girl must have angered you pretty badly :) But an experienced user may have fun, let's say, may...
Not at all...little scopes like these (including these very scopes) can be made into something the average student will LOVE. I've done it before. ;-) Peace, ...
let me put it differently: yes indeed, in comparison galileo's scope was total junk :) but their potential (not so "stellar" already) is beyond the average ...
Sorry, but I must disagree, because I've used both straight Newts and this type with kids. For one thing, a little scope like this doesn't have to be ...
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