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....
Hi everyone, I have recently bought a Meade 4504 Newtonian-Reflector with Starfinder and was wondering if an Autostar controler/suite would be compatible. ...
William, The Starfinder is an Autostar 494 controller programmed for GEM operation. You could replace it with a 497 patched for 4504 if you need the 497...
First I'll start by saying Hello. A Neighbor left his 4504 on the curb by the trash. No PS ot EP but I couldn't resist the price. I also have a very similar...
... Lucky lad... the 4504 is an excellent scope. ... Astroplanner (ridiculously inexpensive share-ware) is -aimed- at that application. Plus being a fairly...
I spent most of the long weekend setting it up. Both mirrors were badly scrathched, lucky I happen to have the another scope with the same size mirrors. I got...
... A 506 cable/converter will work, and many many of the typical astronomy programs (such as Astroplanner, StarryNight, TheSky, and even most chunks of...
Check the prices of a used AS497 or 495. They are listed on eBay all the time. Usually stripped out of a working scope by someone trying to make a few bucks...
i have to drive unit and hand controler from my meade 4505. its not working the controler states motor failer but both motors are working. i have sence learned...
George has a good point, I'll probably go shopping for a 497. Why dose "free" stuff always wind up costing me money? I still haven't been able to try out the...
hello, my name is Justin, and im realy interested in astronomy recently so i thought i would get a telescope. i found one on craigslist for cheap (i think) it...
Hello Frank, I came into possession of a 4505 a few months ago and I seem to have the handpiece that came with a glitch and is not reprogrammable. It says...
Hey Justin This is the best time!! And equatorial mount is the best to start with! (whoever told you different was trying to sell you something) Wash that...
Guess the bad weather even comes with "free" scopes. You will usually pay a little more for the 497 than the 495. Once the firmware is updated over the net...
And check out this easy to understand GEM tutorial: http://www.astronomyboy.com/eq/ <http://www.astronomyboy.com/eq/> ... be ... is ... [Non-text portions of...
... Justin, I doubt that you're all THAT dumb, but just in case DON'T point it at the SUN! Anything else is pretty fair game! Art ... No virus found in this...
Meade has recently started shipping a completely different (internally) 497 Autostar. It is not compatible with my current patch kits. It will not know the...
Hi, Justin. Good start you have made. ... Some people say that the equatorial is the easiest to start with, once you learn how to set it up. And that is not...
Ok, so I made the upgrade and purchased a slightly used 497 Autostar for my 4504. Now what I don't completely understand is the step by step to setup the new...
... 43E ... This is freely plagerized from Doc. Clay's instructions with some editing and updates. To update your As 497, you need three things: 1) you need...
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Thank you George, I'll spend some time with it and try it out. Larry ... Autostar ... files, ... there ... telescope, ... Objects" ... need ... a ... does ... ...
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