For about a year now my ETX-60AT #882 tripod legs have been slipping. Now one leg refuses to extend. Since the entire telescope was purchased for only $200 I...
Hi Ed, You'll find a version of a homemade tripod on my site (below) under the modifications section, it may give you a few ideas. It essentially utilises a...
I want to choose between these 2 goto scope mounts. It will be for a 5, and then 8in SCT used for photography. I can get the meade mount for $150AU less and it...
Darren: I went to your site but I can't figure out how to enter. Clicking "Browse" got me to a Japanese site where the screen was filled with ?????. How do I...
Click on the graphic of the Autostar Handbox displaying "ENTER" across the face. Otherwise click http://astronomy.customer.netspace.net.au/default.htm Regards,...
... ...this does perhaps suggest that a (for example) Meade-like list of clear-text entry links across the bottom of the page might help some visitors... (for...
Fixed! Hopefully the current version is a bit easier to understand. (May need refreshing) Thanks to all who pointed this out! Let me know if you believe this...
FYI..... Any Interest Out There??? This is simply a "feeler" to see if there is enough interest in these kits to warrant putting them together. This kit would...
Now posted on the Meade updater site: http://www.meade.com/support/auto.html Autostar Update (ASU) Client Application for Windows, Version 4.3 (1,692 KB). This...
Now at the Meade site, some new firmware for the RCX scopes: http://www.meade.com/support/auto.html Autostar II version 2.0c (2,189 KB) is available for all...
Now at the Meade site, some new firmware for the RCX scopes: http://www.meade.com/support/auto.html Autostar II version 4.0g (1,826 KB) is available for...
Mars is the hottest topic in the sky right now, and the Arkansas Sky Observatory will have the latest results of the "Rover" quest in its search for possible...
The terminology is not quite right here. The part that attaches to the scope is called a T-adapter. The etx T adapter is smaller than the one for SCTs, so ...
Well, here's yet another quirk: I updated my LX-90's Autostar to version 33El (ell), reset, re-entered the lat, long, time zone, etc. Then I took it out into...
Hey Guys, I may be aquiring a scope that is mounted on a Meade LXD-300 mount. It has no drives for it and I wanted to see if anyone knew of a place that I...
... Why 33EL ??? That's ancient! The current version is 40Eb, and the previous year saw the reign of 34Ec (one of their better vintages...). ... It may think...
Dick: I'm using 33El because (a) I've found many times the hard way that If It Ain't Broke Don't Fix It. I had this borne home to me just a few months ago...
The Roboscope group in Yahoo has a discussion from 06/13/05 about putting motors on this mount. The DH type (same as on the 114EQ) fit on, as they are made...
... I don't remember ever hitting that in 33Ef. Annnd.... one of the bugs in 33EL is that it sometimes doesn't properly -track- the moon and the outer planets...
I recently sent an email to Gary Russell looking for DH motors for my LXD500. He replied that all he has is DH motors for the LXD300 (He noted, too, that...
I purchased A Meade DS 2114 and have not been able to use it. I put in the info and try to use the two star setup. The scope trys to find the first star,...
