Tom, I have a Meade fork mounted scope with ds motors working with good success in polar mode (see http://home.att.net/~mike- hadley/equipment.htm ). Assuming...
Mike, I'll try the one star method to get closer to polar aligned. My mount is a Celstar wedgepod with no motion controls for the wedge and no adjustments for...
Tom, The Weasner URL is correct for Polar Home. The Autostar 497 quote below is for Alt/Az home. I assume that when you are trying to get alignment in polar...
Mike, Yes, I selected ETX-125 and polar for mount, but I had the scope level, my 497 manual specified level for both Alt/AZ and polar, but I checked the Meade...
Great Tom, If you are still having trouble after you try the new home position, feel free to contact me off list. Mike ... I ... quote ... get ... the ... My ...
Hi people, my first post here. I have one of the Chinese Skywatcher 127mm Mak-Cas scopes on an EQ-3 mount (the Orion 127mm Starmax is the same scope and...
Welcome to the group, I believe it was stated elsewhere that the non-goto ASC mounts are *not* upgradable to goto. The goto ASC mount without scope will sell...
An autoguider port allows certain CCD cameras to be used for guiding the telescope. A guide CCD is aimed onto a star and generates north,south,east, and west...
Hello all, I new to the group and have reviewed many of your personal websites, thanks for all the great info. I have 2 questions. 1. I have a newer Orion...
I believe the Orion Astroview is the same as the EQ-3 mount. There are three basic motor solutions available to work with retrofitting Meade Autostar control...
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Hi all. I have a DS mount I last night I brouke the shaft of the mount where connect the 22 tooth nylon gears and the wheel. Any have one to seld me? I am from...
I have some but I am hoping there is someone closer to you who can help. Let me know if don't find anyone. And how did you manage to break that brass shaft? ...
Hi Alejandro, If you mail me your adress I can send you the parts you need. I`m from Austria so delivery shouldn`t take too long to Spain (at least I hope so)....
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Hi all of the group. Know I am waiting the worm gear of Peter W. that said that will send me. Very nice persone. Thanks Chris too. What I done to brouke? I sed...
Hiya, I'm obviously new to this and have been reading quite a lot, but I do have one or two questions. I currently have an EQ-5 mount, and on that an 8 inch...
You can look for a used DS-Series telescope on eBay or in your local classified ads. If all else fails, I am sure that one of us in the States can mail you the...
Hi all, My first post on this site. I want to convert a Vixen GP mount with GOTO. How well does the mount track for astrophotography? Can the mount incorporate...
The GP is one of the best medium-sized mounts out there for astrophotography. The Autostar retrofit system is more accurate than the mount itself when it comes...
Hi first post on Roboscopes...Ive completed a C8 Fork mounted DS motor ALT/AZ and it works ok..Now considering making an EQ5 mod using LXD motor on the RA and...
Thanks Christopher, Can I have the retrofitted mount do autoguiding with a guidescope? Cheers, Mike In RoboScope@yahoogroups.com, Christopher Erickson...
I have not tried it yet and probably won't for a while. Has anyone else tried it yet? -Christopher Erickson Network Design Engineer We Byte 5432 E. Northern...
