I am considering the purchase of the new Series 5000 30mm Ultrawide eyepiece. Does anyone have any info beyond what Meade has listed on their web site? What...
ScopeTronix 5th Annual Scopes for Kids Program For the last five years ScopeTronix has been donating small quality telescopes to deserving kids during the...
Hi James I have noted your dilemma and carried out a couple of tests. Firstly I have a permanent pier which is 6 ft high and supports a 12" LX200GPS. I cannot...
... forks ... G'day y'all Hi Will Take a look here at Peter Wallner's site http://members.aon.at/hwallne9/page_2_1.html also Steve Bedair's site here...
Hello Group The focus/eyepiece assembly has detached from the right angle on my ETX125 8x25 finderscope, when I refit the focus assembly I cannot achieve a...
Hello all - new ETX70 owner. I just bought it from the Meade eBay store and was getting acquainted with it. I purchased the plug-in A/C power supply from...
It sounds like without a doubt your Autostar is defective, losing communication after the initialization process; there is a small chance that the motor driver...
In a message dated 12/4/04 1:58:09 AM Central Standard Time, tacode@... writes: Hello all - new ETX70 owner. I just bought it from the Meade eBay store...
A reminder that the spectacular and somewhat rare occultation of Jupiter by the waning gibbous moon will take place in the very early hours of Tuesday morning,...
Hello All, Firstly thank you to the moderator of this group for the permission to post the following. I am selling my SBIG ST-7, CFW-8 and AO-7, if you're...
I recently purchased a right-angled viewfinder for my ETX-90. When I first received the viewfinder the directions indicated that I should unscrew the angled...
Hi all, Just a quick post to let ETX70 users know that I've updated the Starry Night FOV Indicators on my site to include the LPI with and without 2x barlow....
Thanks for the reply, Dr. Clay! Unfortunately, I'm the lone ETX owner in the area. I switched from A/C to battery as suggested by Rod, but to no avail -...
Thanks for the reply, Rod! I switched from A/C to battery (duracel alkaline) as suggested, but to no avail - still hangs after entering the Daylight Saving...
Meade has just posted new firmware for the 497 Autostar (v33Ef) and the LX200gps (v3.0i) Available from: http://www.meade.com/support/auto.html have fun --dick...
... No. The only recommended procedure when changing power sources is a "Calibrate" ( Setup > Telescope > Calibrate Motors). That does NOT affect your Drive...
... Hi: Let me add that I have never had to do any drive training with this ETX. Not when changing power sources, and not over the four years I've had it. -- ...
... Since the Drive Training measures a physical quality (gear backlash) of your telescope, it would stay fairly constant (unless you performed a mechanical...
Cleaning Autostar's Keypad For a long time I have been having trouble with the AutoStar 497 keypad for my DS-114 Telestar. After reading several post on ...
The best meteor shower of 2004 is coming up this Monday evening/Tuesday morning, Dec. 13-14 when the Geminids peak around midnight and after. We have posted a...
Thanks for the heads up, Dr. Clay, I'll be out there watching! (I use method #1). - Rick ... evening/Tuesday morning, Dec. 13-14 when the ... comprehensive...
Now for a real surprise.... I just received today (yes, Christmas came early) - a brand new MoonLight CF2 dual rate focuser for the AR6..... Man, what a piece...
Hi! Could you please take a look at my problem out lined below? I think that it may be a Star 8" GEM A/C drive. A manual would be most helpful. Kind regards, ...
