For any of you who are looking for spare parts for your DS-Series telescopes, Gary Russell of Russell Optics and Bill Vorce of Telescope Warehouse both have a...
Hi everyone. I just got my first telescope, a DS-2130AT (the Wal- Mart edition). While trying to collimate it I ran into an issue. Here is how I understand the...
This is just my 2 cents worth... but I could never really get my scope collimated until I center spotted the primary mirror and purchased a laser-collimator....
Meade might consider it "normal" but it sure doesn't sound good to me. That comment might diminish the hopes of exchanging for a better one too! Do you have a...
I do not have any special collimating instruments. I'm using the visual method described in the manual. As for "left" and "right", I'm referring to the...
If you take a Kodak film canister and cut off the bottom and put a 1/16th" hole center in the lid you can make yourself an inexpensive but effective...
If I need it to be a bit "left" (closer to the primary mirror), then I'm definitely in trouble because mine is a little bit "right" (farther from the primary...
Okay, I guess try to get it as close as possible and as soon as you have the entire collimation completed, inspect it again. Sometimes problems like this...
I hope this makes sense....I have completed the collimation. The center of the secondary mirror is probably 8mm to the right of the center of the focuser....
This has probably been answered before, but I couldn't find it. Is there any difference between the 495 and 497 autostar other than firmware (i.e. internal...
That sounds like it as good as it is going to get unless you decide to start modifying your scope tube or back to the store for a swap. Do you know how to...
None that I or anyone else has ever seen. Mike Weasner's mega-ETX site has a lot of discussion and details on this subject. http://www.weasner.com -Christopher...
Andrew, They are the same except that the 497 says ETX Autostar on it...and the 495 just says autostar. Out of the box, the 495 has the same internals but ...
This is where my inexperience might cause a few laughs. If by "star test" you mean the autostar alignment, then yes. If you are referring to something...
No laughs here unless everyone gets to laugh! By "star test" I meant having your scope under the stars and deliberately defocusing the scope slightly while...
Good reading. Thanks for the links! Andy ... by "star ... decide ... swap. ... The ... it ... the ... the ... your ... mirror ... possible ... secondary ... ...
Sorry if this gets posted twice. I hit "post" and the page went blank. Question: My DS-2130AT is supposedly capable of good quality images at about 260x...
You certainly don't need to use the Meade 4000 lenses only. Any 1.25" lens will work. ...btw 160x with the 6.4mm will prob. be all you'd want anyway. See if...
I would suggest that you look closely at the University Optics and Televue eyepiece lines. University Optics Orthos and Konigs are higher quality than the ...
At a club observing party last night, one of our members had a strange problem with her LX-90. She had no trouble with set up and alignment and managed several...
Hey Don, long time no hear! Glad to see you back! It sure sounds like a cable or connector problem. If an Autostar and cable swap doesn't fix it, it might be...
... We have a star party next Friday and I told her I'd bring a couple of HC's along to check it out. If a different HC fixes it, then we know it's the old HC....
My suggestion (as an electronics engineer) is that it may have a 'faulty' flash memory, and I would suggest re-flashing the operating system (and do it a...
... Thanks David. That's pretty much the solution I've been hearing on the Roboscope forum too. I know she has never updated the OS in nearly 2 years. I'll...
Hello all after a long absence. The wind nailed my observatory last night bigtime and took out my DS90EC and my ETX. Is it possible to glue Meade plastics??...
Yikes! How extensive is the damage? It might be easier to buy replacement parts from Meade or send the scopes to Meade for repair. There are special plastic...
... I've found the so-called 5 Minute Epoxies to be great for this. The specific product I use is "DevCon High Strength 5 Minute Epoxy", part # S-208 (or 20845...
Thankee Christopher and Thad. But Meade sent me two (2) new assemblies for free via 2ndday ground even tho the scope was OOW and the damage was entirely my...
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