Hi guys ! I'm new to this group, so i'll introduce myself. My name is Ido Graiman, 25 years old student from Israel. Nice to meet you all. A month ago i bought...
I don't want to offend the group, just looking for tips in astronomy. I own an Orion SkyQuest XT8, but haven't been able to use it much. I had a knee...
Hi all I would like to introduce myself to the group, My name is Stuart Fox and I live in the UK near Hull on the east coast. I have become interested in...
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Sep 1, 2002 5:02 pm
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Meade came through with a new set of motors that cured my inability to do an accurate train so despite poor conditions I tried things out last night. I had...
I am obviously prejudiced but I think you will be extremely pleased with a 4504. I think Meade is a little weak in QC but they bend over backward to make good...
Peter, Are you sure you set your Autostar back so it would track celestial objects after you did the training on the microwave tower? I imagine you set it for...
I just saw a 4504 or equivalent on eBay, currently at $100. Anybody looking for a scope like this, or anyone wanting a "spare", this would be a pretty good...
Jim, I don't recall if I did or not but that was in the afternoon and I did the alignments in the evenings after repowering the scope so I would guess that it...
I used Radio Shack's 12 VDC 1.? amp for a bit and it worked very well. It reads over 14 VDC with no load but drops when loaded. You really don't need 15 V...
Hi guys ! I'm new to this group, so i'll introduce myself. My name is Ido Graiman, 25 years old student from Israel. Nice to meet you all. A month ago i bought...
Ido, Check out Siebert Optics' line of eyepieces. These are high quality for low price. I like Harry's eyepieces, and have several. His Web Site is at: ...
... I'm not 100% sure that the Starfinder has it (i'm pretty sure you do), but the rest of the Autostars -do- have a Tracking Rate adjustment: Setup >...
Dick, Thanks for the reply. I remember seeing the "Custom" but it never occured to me that it just modified the sidereal rate. For some reason I thought it...
Hi, Well we had great weather over the weekend and I managed to get a few photos of a number of objects. Still working on them but here is living proof that...
Hi Everybody i just saw Chris Feltons mods in the files section and i was just wondering if this is a common practice to upgrade your scope, or is it just for...
Hi, everyone. I have just acquired my first telescope, a Meade 4504. I live in northern NJ (Newton) and am in the process of getting used to the new scope. I...
Richard Sullivan
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Sep 2, 2002 3:22 pm
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Kevin, That's HIP6229 winking at us, and Phi Cassiopeiae glaring at us. The smaller "yellow" star is HIP6231. No, I'm not an astronomical whiz kid (kid - HA!)...
Jim, I normally invert and flip my images when I process them, but didn't in this case as it was easier to see the figure as it was. Thanks for the SNP...
Kevin, Is the elognagation of the stars a result of scope vibration, tracking error, or what? Anyway, it gives them a neat almond-eye shape. Jim ... didn't...
Jim, My tracking was not too bad although not perfect. It was a little breezy when I was taking it and I think it was more due to that. I kinda like the effect...
No, They were stacked but the longest interval was about 30 secs. I would have gone to 60 sec but the intermittant breezes made this too difficult. I was...
hi ray my scope came with a ten batt pack it was a pain keeping them charged i went to radio shack the staff were very helpful i bought a uniross adapter with...
Jim: Of course he rotated it! You wouldn't want to stand ET on his head, would you? (-; Wonder why Starry Night decided to use all those HIP catalog star ...
Kevin: Again, the striking thing about your photo is the great color! And you can really see that the two eyes of the ET Cluster are by far brighter than the...
Steve, I saw some colour visually but not to the extent that the camera caught it. I love these fun ones. Do you know of any others? There is a toadstool just...
