I will be happy to have talented people with your kind of knowledge be friend in my new astronomical forum http://www.alltelescopes.com/forum That board is...
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Hello everyone! Last night I used my SP8 again that I have mounted on Celestron's GT mount. After spending some time viewing Saturn, which looked wonderful, I...
Hello All, I just picked up a laser collimator to aid in the repair of my 10 in Schmidt Newtonian. I decided to try it out on my 8 inch Konus. First thing I...
Well, the problem is indeed a slight turned down edge. COnfirmed the other night with good seeing using Capella as the star test. Ronchi test shows turned...
Yes, it used to be that way. Currently Konus scopes are made by someone else. Nobody knows who, but the consensus is that quality has taken a severe...
Tom, I may be wrong, but you might find that you would be buying another mirror that came from the same place. If you want to improved the mirror, you could ...
About 11 last night I took the 8 in newtonian out (the one with the mirror I'm not all that happy with!). Almost didn't set it up as it was pretty humid and I...
yes, it'd probably be pretty foolish to replace that mirror with one of similar quality. Besides, after tonight I'm not all that unhappy with it! (see my...
... <tomnicolaides@d...> wrote: Hi Tom. Never assume that a laser is correct without checking it first. I bought a basic laser from Orion and a Laser...
Chris Erickson graciously invited me to join your esteemed group because I own a reflector, although its a Mak-Newt <G> I live near West Point, NY and have...
Thanks, Roger... It was pretty obvious it was off when I rotated it in the tube. I made a "V-block" yesterday using a 10 inch piece of 2x4 and four two inch...
When I was younger I did quite a bit of stargazing with a Tasco refractor that my Father bought me. It's been quite a while since then and I will finally have...
Andy, Congratulations on your new scope. Wally's advice about getting familiar with it during daylight is good. That's a heavy scope and it comes mounted on...
... Hello Andy and all. I just joined the group, my name is Wayne and I own a Parallax 10" f/6.5 with Royce primary and Protostar quartz secondary. I've been...
Welcome to the group, Wayne... This group and some of the others have been a big help as I plowed my way through mount and scope problems. That's quite a...
Tom and all who have replied, Thanks for your valuable feedback. I took your advice Tom and ordered the laser collimation tool. I have been reading the manual...
... WG: Thanks, Tom. There are two pictures now in the Photos section. As the OTA is about 70 pounds, I generally use it on an HGM200 (shown). WayneG...
I received the telescope yesterday and have assembled and disassembled several times. Really not that difficult of excessive in weight. I am having a problem...
Chris, Thanks for the info. I reset to factory defaults in hopes of aquiring the original home position just in case I finger checked. No avail. It seems that...
Sounds like you need to double-check and adjust the spur gear spacing in the axis motors. There is also a Yahoo group specifically for that mount that might be...
Well, I have concluded that the DEC drive in the mount is defective. When using the arrows on the keypad, the down arrow creates alot of noise from the axis...
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