Jumping in late (without reading the entire thread) ... If you have not done a Cal Sensors operation, you have not told the Autostar how far from magnetic...
Hi, Unless you have already decided that you absolutely need the benefits of an electronically controlled scope, you should consider a basic reflector on a...
Hello everybody, My name is Axel Canicio. I'm from southern France. Does anybody know if Meade has released an SDK for controlling the LPI (lunar planetary...
Recently sold my old LX200 12" telescope and looking for a new one. I'm thinking about a new meade LX200GPS-SMT-UHTC 12 or 14 inch. But I have some doubts...
... Hi: I live in a high-humidity light polluted area, too. Aperture, always _helps_ under these circumstances. You may actually notice more gain with 2" of...
The 14" GPS has a much better drive system all together than the 12" GPS, but the old LX200 is a proven system., the GPS is a bit on the light side for the...
Hello to everyone! I just bought an old Meade 2045. It has a technical defect. The engine is quite well, but some chips on the plate seems to be destroyed....
If you were in the USA I would ask you to send the scope to me and I would see what I could do to repair it. As it is, the best solution for you might be to...
Is ver. 1.7 debugged at this time? Guy ... From: autostaretx To: Meade-Uncensored@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 8:04 AM Subject: Re:...
... For high power planet viewing, that will be true on most nights. But if you're using a 1616 CCD, I assume you're more interested in deep-sky, where ...
... Mostly. About the only real problem i can think of is that anti-backlash is not applied if you are slewing at Guide Speed in Polar Declination. have fun ...
Dick, I'm glad you jumped in. This thread has raised an issue about the Autostar programming that makes no sense to me. Izzy claimed that after the scope did...
If the guide correction speed is the conventional "2X sidereal" (more literally, (1 +/- 1)X sidereal), then the motor never reverses when making guide...
For those interested.... not a competing group... just an attempt to see if there is any interest in a mods / enhancements / tweak dedicated group. ...
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Izzy and anyone else, I too am experiencing this exact circumstance. It seems each time I take the 12" LX200GPS out and go thru the autoalign routine it finds...
Hey i'm new to this group i've been into astronomy for a while and i have a pretty simple telescope an Orion 3" refractor and i found this nice looking scope...
... <mars5150@e...> wrote: i found this ... much ... i ... Hi, Tom. That's the old 6" Starfinder EQ (6" F/8) if you want to dig around on the web a little for...
from the ReadMe: Upgrades to 31Ee Lunar Eclipse fixed in Tours Some serial commands fixed Note: Serial autoguiding commands only work with polar mounted...
Looks like a 951 6" starfinder. I have one myself. It all depends on the quality of the mirror. Some are good, some are not so good. The mount is nice and...
It's definitely not the current Starfinder. Some (much?) earlier incarnation. That's not necessarily bad- they made 'em pretty good back then. Looks to have...
Ok i looked up some reviews on this telescope and i was told that it has a really bad focuser that its made with really cheap plastic if this scope should...
Meade did use a really bad plastic focuser on the most recent version of the Starfinders for a while, but I think they upgraded eventually. The problem was...
It looks the same as the 951 I have, and the focuser is an all metal rack & pinion unit. I did have to take mine apart and re-shim the pinion to make it...
... Guide speed for the 497 Autostar is 66% of sidereal, (that's what you get in an LX90 with a 909 APM) Guide speed for the LX200gps is adjustable from...
