... Hi: As you've been warned...don't...do NOT...plug a camera into this port! Peace, Rod Mollise Author of _Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_...
Hi: These are such wildly different scopes that it's hard to do a direct comparison. One is a medium-short ED scope, the other a high focal ratio MCT. The...
Thanks Rod - My question was based on a dillema I'm facing. I had an ETX-125 for a little over a year. Wonderful optics, but the mechanics bothered me, so I...
Hi: The 125 is certainly an option. So is an 8 inch SCT. If it's properly collimated and cooled, an 8 inch SCT can best either of these scopes on the planets...
It seems to me (experience with a ETX90) that a MCT is not only more portable, but with the exception of the small central obstruction (smaller than that of a...
I had the Konus 150 Mak for a very short time - I did a review of it for Cloudy Nights, and you can judge from the review whether or not it's good to get. I've...
I have an ETX-125 that is about 2 years old. Does anyone know if the automatic alingment feature of the new Premier series be added to the older ETX-125 as an...
Does anyone know how to get a hold of anyone above the basic level of Customer Service (not!!). I have had a drive in for repair and it has been a month. All...
Perhaps a Meade dealer could help you. I suggest OPT at 800-483- 6287. Their staff has contact names at all their sources of hardware. (I just drive up to...
Yeah, but better late than never. I think you'll be happy with this one, considering the fact that those two characters, Tropical Storm Cindy and Hurricane...
Which scope is this? The "next level" consists of people who actually know something about the scopes, but it's divided into groups (one person handles one...
Rod It may just be me or too much Rebel Yell, but when I downloaded Skywatch on two different computers, the first page is missing [Non-text portions of this...
Mount only, no OTA. The mount is the LXD-650. Thanks Kevin ... actually know ... person handles ... you mention ... contact. ... level of ... it has ... ...
Try the Meade refractor group <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meade_refractors/>. There's a lot of info there, so I suspect someone knows. -John ... ...
Hi: Or the perversity of the Internet? I tried it at home and at work and it was fine...but I will look into it. Peace, Rod Mollise Author of _Choosing and...
Maybe he was expecting a fancy cover page? -John ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best...
If he expected "fancy," he was definitely in the wrong place. ;-) Actually, I do have plans to put Skywatch into a better and more professional looking format....
Rod Thanks for checking. I was trying to read it in MS Internet Exploder and the first page shows as blank. I downloaded it to my machine and it appears fine...
I've learned to _always_ download a pdf before trying to read it. I think I heard Gates is trying to squeeze in on Adobe Acrobat Reader, so it honestly...
Is there a visual advantage / disadvantage to purchasing better 1.25" diagonal for this scope and NOT using the standard flip mirror diagonal? Will it accept a...
John, I don't think this glitch is particular to IE. I use Mozilla and have experienced the same problem when trying to read before downloading. Stan ... ...
... Optically, I would guess that the flip mirror is about the same quality as the inexpensive diagonals Meade includes with its SCTs, so the optical advantage...
The alignment of the flip mirror is open to question, as you never are as sure what the rest position will be when you turn it back to position. It is more...
So adding a higher quality 1.25" diagonal to the back of the ETX90 should enhance the views and eliminate the image shift due to the "flip" mechanism not being...
... Probably. If it increases the optical path length. ... Probably not. On SCTs, you get an increase in spherical aberration when you move the focal plane...
So... what are the parts I need? Thanks in advance. ... Probably. If it increases the optical path length. ... Probably not. On SCTs, you get an increase in...
See my earlier reply. For SCTs there are simpler single-part solutions, but they are made for a standard SCT rear port. I don't know if you'll find a...
