Hi Bill, Thanks for the offer. I am going to take Dick's advice and open it up to see if there is anything obviously wrong. If I do not find anything, or if...
I just got an Apogee HD and after astronomyboying it, it is pretty good. As good as the EQ4 robomount I had before. The Apogee is not roboscoped. No plans...
I bought an upgrade kit from Russel optics which includes 3(1 as a spare) motors, worm drive and star gear, new gear housings, power panel, standard dual-axis...
I have seen this periodically with LXD-55 motors. I haven't had much time to research this in depth but it appears that an Autostar [RESET], reconfigure and...
Hi, i'm new to the group....I have a 12.5in discovery setup and just received 492 kit...along with this I got a extra set of motors I think are the starfinder...
... As Chris suggests, you might try a RESET first. Otherwise, Setup > Telescope > TRacking Rate > Custom > ..and enter a number. The "units" are tenths of a...
Hi James, Along with talking to Steve (the pioneer) Bedair, check-out my pix on this site under Photos>Dan's Dob Also a fellow member has a very nice mod site...
Hi, thanks for the response, I think this is a little too much for me to do right now...and really not sure what the advantage will be over just pushing the...
The background: I'm trying to 492/497 roboscope an Orion SkyView Deluxe mount (an EQ3-2, or close enough, so I've come to understand) I acquired the SVD mount...
Sounds like quite a project! If you are in the USA I can send you a spare brass shaft. And it is not about how much work you are putting into it. It is about...
... messed up one I have? ... Hi James, If you send me your address (hfsarber 'youknowwhat' myeastern.com) I'll send you one of mine. I have a couple spares ...
Well... "yes", It has been fun so far!... with a bunch of Wagner glue clamps, it was just darned neat to see the thing in action... and as it gets further...
Glad to hear that your project worked out in the end, and that you were willing to share your experiences with this group. I am fairly new to this hobby, and...
Hi all, I have just released a new version (v2.4d) of my freeware controller program MTSca http://home.online.no/~arnholm/astro/software/mtsca/ This PC program...
I'm having more trouble than I thought I would finding support for mounting a celestron c8 on an lxd500b. I've emailed tons of retailers and the ones who do...
What parts are you lacking? Rings for the C8 should allow you to put it on the LXD500 mount without too much difficulty. Ken's Rings and Things comes to mind. ...
good advice ... I'll check them out! Part of my problem is that I'm quite new to "serious" astronomy. I've been working in technical photography and comp tech...
Hi everybody! My name is Lorenzo and I'm from Italy. I'm a newbie on this group and I'm starting to attempt the Autostar mods to my Super Polaris GEM mount. I...
... You need a Autostar firmware version which knows about the LXD55 models, If you can find one, then you can Clone it (which takes 9 minutes). ... The full...
My mate has an EQ-5 that was roboscoped with goto4 all brackets sever months ago. Out the box all was good and first 4 or 5 times the gotos were excellent....
... Ciao Actually I haven't this possibility. ... Well, the version number shown under Setup->Statistics is "Version: 22It" ... OK! What's, in your experience,...
Just some thoughts and nothing more... 1. [RESET], reconfigure and retrain. 2. Double-check your polar alignment setup and make sure you are not putting...
Hi Lorenzo, I may be wrong, but in order for the mount to 'track' successfully (maintain alignment) you WILL need to make sure the GEM is aligned to the NCP...
... Ciao Bill ... You're absolutely right, Bill. My GEM is, indeed, correctly aligned to the true celestial pole. Drift alignment was done and drift, measured...
Hey everyone, I've just finished adding goto to my 1980's vintage, Vixen mount. This mount predates the GP and I have heard it called the New Polaris mount. I...
Man-oh-man talk about a restoration project! I don't know the number of teeth but you can probably easily figure it out with a torpedo level rubber-banded to...
