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10241
LOL, I live in a rural area of upstate NY. A lot of the farmland is being purchased by the Amish fleeing the growth of Wash, DC. Their kerosene lamps aren't...
George Cushing
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Apr 16, 2008
11:11 am
10242
Most of the plastic on Meade stuff is ABS. I use universal plastic pipe cement on it. Good for ABS, PVC and CPVC. HTH, Geo. ... with super glue and more...
George Cushing
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Apr 16, 2008
11:38 am
10243
Hello Everyone, Just thought I would say hello; I just found the group! I live the Raleigh/Durham area of North Carolina. I'm fairly new to Astronomy (since...
kmkeefe
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Apr 22, 2008
6:09 pm
10244
Mike, Welcome. This group has been fairly quiet recently. I had bought from the Meade Factory Outlet one of those scopes. I have a Celestron C5 snd some decent...
bekirwicz
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Apr 22, 2008
9:46 pm
10245
Ben, I'll have to check my settings as I did not get this message sent to my email but rather saw it when I logged on to the yahoo user group. As for the...
kmkeefe
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Apr 24, 2008
9:00 pm
10246
Mike, I wondered about the small motor on my old Polaris mount. The old grease is real stiff, but the small RA motor is geared down and has no trouble driving...
Benjamin Waranowitz
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Apr 25, 2008
12:25 am
10247
What I found on the LXD500 was that it was between the Celestron CG4 and CG5. I found a source for the 2 axis drive for the LXD500 it was about $190. When I...
Benjamin Waranowitz
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Apr 25, 2008
8:08 am
10248
The LXD500 has some collector interest and it's a decent mount. The drives are a problem as they are pretty unique. They are similar to the 4505 DH drives,...
George Cushing
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Apr 26, 2008
3:21 am
10249
is missing from my M4501 I just bought. I found it at the local Goodwill Store. $20.00 I called Meade and they have nothing. So if any of you have one or know...
Ron Delvaux
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May 6, 2008
5:59 am
10250
Hello everyone, I just wanted to post a note informing ya'll that I am going to be moving tomorrow. While it will be nice to be back out in the country again...
Dr. Jim Menius
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May 6, 2008
6:12 am
10251
im having problems finding the north star. i know to follow the 2 stars on the big dipper to the north star and the tail end of the small dipper but i just...
FRANK ZALDIVAR
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May 6, 2008
5:43 pm
10252
Frank, I'm not sure where in California you live, however even in San Diego, Polaris is 32 degrees above the horizon. At the Northern border or California...
Michael Keefe
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May 6, 2008
6:23 pm
10253
Yeah keep looking I live down in the deep valley of Happy Camp and I can always see it after I step around a certain cedar tree. Try a crappy night, it's...
scott grandstaff
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May 6, 2008
6:39 pm
10254
There is a HUGE DIFFERENCE between magnetic north and true north. Northern California magnetic north is almost NE! Looky here: ...
bekirwicz
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May 6, 2008
7:49 pm
10255
In the ranking of northern hemisphere stars from brightest to fainter, Polaris is about 50th place. It is within 1 degree of true Celestial North and will be...
bekirwicz
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May 6, 2008
7:58 pm
10257
It is not clear what is missing or what you bought at Goodwill. My best guess - On eBay, dealer Telescope Warehouse has the hub for some of the Meade ...
bekirwicz
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May 7, 2008
12:14 pm
10258
Posted today on Mike Weasner's site was this note: http://www.weasner.com/etx/techtips/2008/gears.html about someone's successful search for an alternate...
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May 11, 2008
7:22 pm
10259
This was recently sent out by a member of my local astronomy club... http://dingo.care-mail.com/cards/flash/5409/galaxy.swf -Mike...
kmkeefe
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May 30, 2008
2:11 am
10260
... just out of the blue my goto controler is stating. a falt with the motors. there seems to be nothing rounge with the motors is there some way other then...
frankzaldivar
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May 30, 2008
3:44 am
10261
Give us a little more to work with. Scope, type of drives (DH, DS, etc.) and autostar type. Thanks. ... some...
George Cushing
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May 31, 2008
3:35 pm
10262
well i thought this was the meade 4505 sight. and thats what kind of scope i have. its a meade 4505 with the goto set up that came with it. i opened up the...
FRANK ZALDIVAR
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May 31, 2008
5:03 pm
10263
Good morning, My name is Albertine; I bought a used telescope after taking an astronomy class and am learning to use it. The telescope is the Meade 4504, but...
Albertine
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Sep 5, 2008
4:50 am
10264
Sounds like the batteries are dying; try replacing them. ... some...
Albertine
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Sep 5, 2008
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10265
So if I am following this correctly, ds motors, with a modified "dumb" paddles set as specified below will allow a lxd500 mount to track correctly? If anyone...
Dan
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Sep 5, 2008
4:50 am
10266
For the life of me I cannot get this set up. As of lately, the moon has been fairly bright and full so that may be making it difficult to locate the stars. so...
pbrud99
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Sep 5, 2008
4:50 am
10267
... You do this in the daytime. At least I do. Find a small object that is distant enough to focus on. Get the object centered in your telescope eyepiece. Now...
scott grandstaff
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Sep 5, 2008
6:16 am
10268
Pi: When I got my 'scope, the motors were switched.? That raised absolute hell with trying to do anything more than a NP alignment.? You might want to check...
PIASAN@...
piasanaol
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Sep 5, 2008
11:52 am
10269
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the Meade4504Telescopes group. File :...
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Sep 5, 2008
9:39 pm
10270
Take look at the 4504 User's manual I just put up in the files (Files ... aligning the finder scope. I'm not sure what you mean by the "tripod". Generally, a...
George Cushing
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Sep 5, 2008
11:05 pm
10271
I'm really not sure. It depends on the gearing ratios of the mount and the drives. The DH drives slew more slowly than the DS and ETX drives, but if IIRC the...
George Cushing
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Sep 5, 2008
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