I just purchased a 4 1/2 inch reflector scope with a nice Equatorial mounting. It is mechanical drive at this time. I would like to get the aproximate cost...
You might try joining the roboscope group. They have put goto on just about everything there and have a lot of information on motors, mounting, and controls...
Is yours the mount with the small dovetail? (I believe this is the EQ- 2) If so, then the declination axis has a limited range of adjustment and would not be...
That's a pretty unique drive setup, that is, not similar to any other Japanese GEM mount (or Chinese copy). The 4500 RA worm gear has 100 teeth, which would...
... The first EQ mount I bought was a no-name Meade from Bill Vorce at Telescope Warehouse on ebay. It has one worm gear, the RA axis. That chromed gear in the...
When I checked on 11/08/2008 Bill Vorce, Telescope Warahouse, was no longer registered. As of last week he was still on eBay. I bought a nice 20x80 binocular...
Woke up at 3AM and realized I'd messed up my maths. Doing the gear ratio correctly gets me .440 (7/10) and a worm axle gear with 36 teeth driven by a motor...
Bill's still around: http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/scopehed1 Looks like he may have dropped his eBay store. eBay has been beating up on sellers lately in an...
... The patch kits are specific to the firmware versions, so i sincerely doubt (without looking, and that would take a lot of work for those ancient versions)...
I am new to telescopes, picked up a DS114ATE on ebay a few weeks ago. I have since bought a 6" f8 Dob, and wanted the DS to be a little more useful. I could...
Oh Frank, you were supposed to cut from the other end! :) There's a lot to be said for a short tube wide field Newt. I have 114mm 500mm "Bushnell" that I...
Well, George, I'm an old analog guy, so it's fine with me. I picked up (very cheaply) a 3" Bushnell 700mm Newt with their version of goto. Not as user friendly...
My handy plastic Harbor Freight digital calipers come up with 1.92 by 1.37". I've seen 1.75" minor axis secondaries being sold. A f/9 aprochromatic 3"...
Help! I am new here and need advice. My 13yr old son wants a telescope for Christmas really bad! He has had the beginner crappy one from a retalier for a while...
look on ebay for a scope with goto installed i picked my 4505 for $120 on ebay its a good place to start looking. any scope with goto can find any star he...
Hello :-D I received a 4504 like a gift, but it no have its servos, i want to know if I buy a new set of servos and computer, it will work fine? Thank...
Melissa, Welcome to the group. I would strongly urge you read the 3-part article entitled "Starting Off Right in Astronomy" on CloudyNights.com. I have a...
Mellisa, I Strongly agree with Michael. At this time I wouldn't buy a Meade scope at all. The company is on hard times and quality control is taking a big hit....
Mellisa Don't buy anything right away, is my advise. First, help him fix his old scope. I don't care if its a radio shack plastic fantastic toy special. Its...
Oh Melissa If you do decide to listen to me, prepare yourself for resistance. An example When my youngest was 12 or 13 he wanted video games. All the kids ...
Frankly, I don't know if any of the scopes in your price range are going to be effected by Meade's recent move of production to Mexico. Most of the stuff under...
OK, George, I finally got around to replacing that secondary and removing the clips from the mirror. I collimated it last night and it star tests absolutely...
Sounds like a winner! Back in the days of metal focusers and 35mm SLRs, both Meade and Celestron sold Newts with standard thread off extensions so the film ...
Hi George, sounds logical. I miss metal focusers. And I shot 35mm until just over a year ago. On another note, I looked for your English translation of the...
... new in the box, on CN. Was this the first GoTo GEM Meade produced? I set it up last night, and it confirmed my belief that scopes in the 1000mm focal...
Frank, Sent you the translation. Meade's first goto was the 1992 LX200 8" Schimdt-Cassegrain. I had a on board computer very similar to the Mac of that period....
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