Thanks to all who replied. Good, solid answers and positive endorsement. Just exactly what I was looking for. Also, thanks to Tandy for straightening me out...
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Here are the Whale and Hockey stick - fruit of my session out in the desert last Sunday.. All in all 90 min (30 x 3 min.) using no filters, while the objects...
Hi Tom After another all nighter I finally found the problem The gasget between the mirror and the CNC cell was twisting the mirror so I bined it and put a...
... Sounds good! You might want to do these tests: set collimation and focus for the scope near zenith, then slew to various places in the sky. Does ...
12-inch LX-200 - corrector cell hard stops New photo/text: <http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Meade-Uncensored/files/LX200-OTA-disassembly/> The corrector...
The corrector plate must remain "floating" or you will get the result of optical flexure; for that reason, the many small screws on the retaining ring should...
Hi I have a 16" LX200 classic, works fine but the problem is that the star tracking not work, align and go-to funcions works really great. the ponting...
What tracking rate do you have selected? There is also a Meade LX-200 16" Yahoo group too. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/16-LX200/ "My advice is always...
unps shristopher The telescope is installed in my observatory 20 miles away from torreon mexico, i dont remember, i think the defatult, i reset this parameters...
... Ah, if you reset everything to factory default, it will still be set for "land" mode, so it won't track (but I don't know how you could align if for good...
Hi Tankyou. I really dont understand, the pointing acurrancy is really good for a telescope without fine mounting. Tomorrow check the parameters, but really i...
... If you switched to "land" mode after aligning, I think the goto will continue to work, but it won't track. I think this scope has a switch for N/S...
You cant use 3 points of hardstop on the corrector. It will flex or stress afecting the optics. Juan. ________________________________ From: tom_krajci...
No idea how well it will work for GPS-enabled scopes inside metal domed observatories but it looks very promising and the price is certainly reasonable. ...
... You need to tell that to a C11 and C14 that I modified months ago, and have used with no problems. Perhaps it would be helpful to conduct this experiment:...
I think if you send $5 and return postage to Meade, someone there may be grateful enough that you have one of their largest telescopes to run off a copy of the...
http://www.astro-engineering.com/LX200%2016/accessoriesforme.html has AC456 for GBP 15.99 or you can make your own from hardware store parts as I did for a 12"...
Absolutely no doubt, you want a moonlight focuser. http://www.focuser.com Give them a call and they will fix you right up. "My advice is always free and worth...
http://www.frostydrew.org/observatory/courses/docents/booklet.htm has the instructions for using the 16", hope that helps. They did have a PDF of the Meade...
Hi, The Schmidt corrector (as the name says) perform correction of spherical aberration. It is not image forming. (that's the job of the primary & secondary...
... See the images and text at: <http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Meade-Uncensored/files/LX200-OTA-disassembly/> Your 16-inch will have many similar design...
The 16 has very little in common with the smaller LX-200 scopes. "My advice is always free and worth every penny!" -Christopher Erickson Network Design...
Tank you very mucho for the answers. Today go to observatory and check each parameters but i remember this scope track few seconds and stop, in other cases,...
Manuel: Just today I read something (maybe from a link here?) about a fellow who cleaned the drive gears on an LX200 and reduced his tracking errors to...
There are current 16 inch LX200 models from Meade that have a slightly different mount or mechanical drives as the 16 inch LX200 classic. It is run with an...
No point in getting into a conflict over this; the secondary mirror is attached to the corrector plate as well as the optical configuration of a SCT rather...
... And they come with three free meals a day, free haircuts, free dental and medical care, and free room and board. In prison. GPS reradiators are illegal in...
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