Hello All Chris Erickson was kind enough to post the scanned pages of the LXD500 manual on his archive server. The link is ...
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khazdor
Feb 3, 2005 1:56 pm
Hi all A question for the more experienced in the group. Does anyone have any experience in curing a Tracking problem with the EQ10 mount that comes with the...
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lynol1000
Feb 3, 2005 10:48 pm
I know every once and a while the Mapug archives come up in postings, this is a notice that Mapug listserv and the Mapug site have new homes. Gene The...
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Christopher Erickson
data_plumber1
Feb 4, 2005 7:33 am
Re-machining probably is not worth it. EQ10? Could it be an EQ-4 instead? If so then motor systems from many compatible mounts are available. -Christopher...
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Tom Nicolaides
shadowalker8...
Feb 4, 2005 4:48 pm
Chris, It's actually an EM-10 mount - that's what Konus calls it. It's a CG5/EQ4 clone. Andre, Try to find out where the slippage is occuring. Maybe it's in...
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Tom Nicolaides
shadowalker8...
Feb 4, 2005 5:04 pm
Found this in the MAPUG user group posted above. Sounds interesting. Might work for other EQ4 type mounts. I think I may try it. Thoughts? Subject: Meade...
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rp_astro
Feb 4, 2005 6:32 pm
... Hi I guess, as you need a scope for tracking, you will also add camera/ccdcamera and perhaps a guiding device. That will probably prove too much for the...
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rp_astro
Feb 4, 2005 6:41 pm
... Hi Andrea don't be fooled by those 2 extra kilos. The standard Vixen GP is by far superior! It is much more exact and has far less periodic drive error. (I...
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David Vosgien
vosgolf03
Feb 4, 2005 6:51 pm
Sounds like you are asking a lot. I would say it is marginal...Dave V ... From: rp_astro To: ScopeMounts@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 1:31...
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ginsboy2003
Feb 8, 2005 2:36 pm
I hope this post is OT or considered spam, but I have been making worm gears and selling them on ebay for a year now. Most have been made of CA954 bronze, and...
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Andy
zekaitino
Feb 9, 2005 8:39 am
... Hi Ron, Thanks for the feedback, I suspected the vixen would be superior. I also have the suspicion that while vixen gives a true indication of maximum...
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Andy
zekaitino
Feb 9, 2005 8:45 am
Hallo, According to the specs, the shafts in the Vixen GP (and GP-E) are made in aluminium as apposed to the steel shafts in the GP-DX. Worm gears in both...
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Christopher Erickson
data_plumber1
Feb 10, 2005 7:23 am
I think it has more to do with rigidity and vibration control. And I have never heard of problems with Vixen mount internals. -Christopher Erickson...
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drjeeva7
Feb 10, 2005 2:37 pm
Can anyone help me with this. I live in low lattitudes is 4 degrees N and have the above mount. The instruction manual describes the polar axis tilt range as 0...
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Keith Graham
kagkkg
Feb 10, 2005 3:52 pm
Hi, I did a search of the archives for any posts on the Mathis mounts, but nothing came up. Has anyone had any experience with or otherwise know anything about...
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Christopher Erickson
data_plumber1
Feb 10, 2005 3:59 pm
Are you saying the scale only goes between 20 and 60? Can the mount itself still go between 0 and 70? If so then leveling the tripod and aligning on celestial...
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lebisuzaki
Feb 11, 2005 5:34 am
I am buliding an observatory (SkyShed) and am looking for advice re: pier height. I am planning on setting up an GP-DX on the pier but also may put an LX200 on...
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timastroray
Feb 12, 2005 5:11 am
OT. Keith I have a dead 12" LX200GPS and I am looking for any alternative to sending the mount back to Meade. Do you have just the 12" OTA or a complete scope?...
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timastroray
Feb 12, 2005 5:18 am
Lawrence, I have a roll off roof observatory with a pier. The height of the pier should take into account your observing habbits, type of scope you will have...
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renaudvl
Feb 12, 2005 8:53 am
Hi again, I am trying to mount a Celestron C9.25 on a LX 200 Classic mount.One of the option I am considering is to put the OTA into large rings and attache...
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Christopher Erickson
data_plumber1
Feb 13, 2005 10:16 am
How about a dovetail plate in the U bracket? (If it were me I would put that 9.25 on a GP-DX retrofitted with an Autostar and LXD-55/75 motors and sell the...
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renaudvl
Feb 13, 2005 1:26 pm
How mutch do you think the LX200 mount worth???...
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Christopher Erickson
data_plumber1
Feb 13, 2005 3:55 pm
I am not sure. Maybe $500US? Did you buy it used? How much did you pay? Maybe watch Astromart for a while and see what one might go for. -Chris...
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Christopher Erickson
data_plumber1
Feb 15, 2005 6:20 am
Well I will be at NEAF again this year, April 16& 17. http://www.rocklandastronomy.com/neaf.htm It was so much fun last year that I just had to go again! ...
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markbuxbaum
Feb 18, 2005 1:53 am
Hi ScopeMount folks, I am an alt-az guy, considering braving the waters of eq mounts. It would be for long planetary study, and as an aid in star hopping. What...
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mpbrada
Feb 18, 2005 4:07 am
Hi Mark, Wow...what a problem! I think the problem you are going to run into is that your scope is really quite large, so you are going to need a rather beefy...
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tamaracdv@...
vosgolf03
Feb 18, 2005 5:35 pm
... 11. Properly balanced, it should do fine. With digital setting circles, I don't have to re-align after every object ever. If you seem to be losing...
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markbuxbaum
Feb 18, 2005 9:17 pm
Hi Dave, Thanks for your reply! So you bought the stock dual-axis drive G11, without Gemini goto, and installed the encoders and DSC computer on the mount...
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tamaracdv@...
vosgolf03
Feb 19, 2005 1:53 am
... same but much beefier...Dave V ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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timastroray
Feb 19, 2005 2:33 pm
Hello Group, I don't know if some of you have read some of my earlier posts about my LX200GPS? But I have a LX200GPS that has died! I was looking for a LX200...
