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...
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...
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...
... 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...
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...
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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...
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...
batterys are good and its plugged in the wall any ways. its still messed up i even opened the motor housing and tryed blacking out the optic gear like i have...
Try this, most video cameras can see into the infra red spectrum, so if you aim it at the output of the optic sensor you should be able to see if it works....
In memory of, and respect for Jim.... ... From: Meade4504Telescopes@yahoogroups.com To: Meade4504Telescopes@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 1:56 am ...
Need more info. What kind of scope? Which battery pack does it use now? I have converted more than one to use either a transformer that plugs into the wall or...
I'm not clear what you were requesting either but here goes. Please look at the Photos section. It's under "4504 AC/DC conversion" The pictures show you how I...
Oh yeah forgot to mention - don't fry your telescope's motors - make absolutely sure of your positive and negative when you splice wires okidokie? ... now?...
You don't really want to go over car battery voltage (12.5-13V), what you need to run most scope motors is ample amperage. I use at least a 2.5 amp power...
Meade pretty much universally uses a "N" sized coaxial power plug. the center terminal is always positive and the outside barrel is ground. there are...
Jim Griggs, founder of this group, passed away in 2005. I believe it was in April but I can't remember exactly. Luckily he thought to make me a moderator...
Well - Geo - the dude that repairs telescopes - as always right on point!! :) Thanks Man. FYI: I just added some more pictures in the Photo's section. ...
I see - Doc, thank you for updating me. I suppose the only thing these guys at yahoo would consider is a court order - I suppose Jim's receiver could have...
... From: khang <supercoolone@... Sent: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 7:37 pm stupid question - so i've got an ac adapter in the house from an old laptop. its output...
... The 4500 has only partial travel in one direction. This will present a problem. You'd really need to exchange the whole tube mount/gear outfit. Everything...
I only need to drive the RA axis, not goto or motorized DEC. -drl ... a problem. ... carriage is wider and more secure that the 4500 and the scope suffers less...
I have the 4500 and have tried to get it motorized just to keep objects in the FOV. Meade says the motor for the 4500 is model #531. However it appears that...
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