My LX200 sat for over a year without use. Now when I try and reset the time and a more precise lat-long it doesnt want to accept the new setting. Enter doesnt...
Oh....I just realized you likely are talking about the classic LX 200 with the standard handbox, not Autostar. Is this correct? If so I assume that you are...
Hi Guys: Most everybody knows about the Chromacor, the device produced by Aries in the Ukraine that purportedly turns an achromatic refractor (as in a Chinese ...
Hi Gang: The CAT Project, my program to put manuals and other data (advertising fliers, etc.) in the hands of used catadioptric scope owners rolls on. If you...
Remove the front control panel under the back of the panel you will find a lithium battery change it Buck ... From: "P. Clay Sherrod" <drclay@...> To:...
Thanks Dr. Clay. I'll try it and let you know. I am going to set up tonight in alt-az mode for the first time in a long time. I took my wedge off yesterday,...
I'm a Starry Night Pro snob myself, but Cartes du Ciel works with a #497 Autostar too: http://www.stargazing.net/astropc/index.html Its freeware in case you're...
Observinng / Performance Report for Meade LXD55 / AR6 The skies tonight were awful - more milky white than black, but the weather was perfect and I had just...
Definitely. Pointing is much better in alt az, because you don't get varying sideways fork flexure. Polar is only needed to avoid field rotation in long...
Warp, Two questions for you. Why do you retrain every time you set up the scope? I wouldn't expect backlash to change unless you have been messing with the...
I've always retrained each time to make sure the the weight load factor is taken into account by the autostar. Also depending on temperature - gear meshes...
... I'm surprised by that... the 494 controller has 98% of the serial command set that a 497 has. I use StarryNight Bundle (comes with the ETXX70) with both...
In a message dated 6/2/03 4:26:53 PM Central Daylight Time, ... Proxima Centauri. Peace, Rod Mollise, Author of _Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain...
... As Ron said, Proxima Centauri ("proxima" for "near"), a companion of Alpha Centauri, also know as Rigel Kentaurus. But it's about 4 light years away, not...
Thanks for fast response... My mistake, I was looking at the Smithonian Book, "Stars and Planets" and it refer to the edge of our solar system being 2 light...
... Dick: Thanks for your comments. Well I really dont want to spend the money unless I have to. I have been buying little bits of this and that to make this...
The "edge of our solar system" would be the distance to the outermost comets in the Ort cloud, about which we have very little hard data, so that 2 light year...
... The ETX70 falls into the "Autostar" group (if they offer one). I can also operate (somewhat) as an LX200, but you have to prevent TheSky (which i've never...
... Actually, $20 gets you the ability to download all the stuff (apart from one enormous catalogue). $35 gets you (additionally) the CD-ROM with everything,...
... This is not strictly true... Dick has been most useful in helping debug LX200GPS problems and has been indirectly responsible for the inclusion of several...
is there anyone using an 'old' laptop with their telescopes & webcams? i'm contemplating going this route shortly, but i'm not sure what i'll need minimally...
Hi. I have an opportunity to purchase a 10" Meade Starfinder (motorised mount, not goto) for £200 ($325). Is this a good deal? It is 1995 vintage, the only...
Just and FYI... I have decided to sell some as new absolutely perfect shape equipment. Includes scopes, accessories, pier and solar filter. You can check...
Steve, It sounds like the Equatorial Starfinder 10" you're talking about. I owned one of those, and $325 would be a great deal for it. Mine tracked quite ...
Thanks Mark. Yes it is the Equatorial model, the one on the big black mount (three pronged feet). I have little experience of these mounts. I do have a 4504 on...
Hi, In earlier posts I mentioned the possibility of me getting hold of a 10" Starfinder for about £325 (£200). I would like to use GOTO with this OTA but...
