Hello all I am about to move to Australia, and while I have mastered the polar alignment routine here in the Northern Hemisphere, particularly using the...
How does it work in the southern hemisphere (on Sigma Octans)? Steve ... From: "R Jay GaBany" <rj2010@...> To: <UncensoredTakGroup@yahoogroups.com> ...
Hi Steve Going to live in Canberra....1600 feet in elevation and from what I have seen, nice dark skies. They apparently have dry winters, where the daytime...
The next shipment will leave Tokyo on 9/26. Art Ciampi ... From: trlist To: UncensoredTakGroup@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 5:18 PM Subject:...
Yes there is. It is in the NJP instruction manual. Art Ciampi ... From: Steve Ryde To: UncensoredTakGroup@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004...
Yes it can, the procedure is in the EM-200 mount instruction manual. Art Ciampi ... From: Brian Straup To: UncensoredTakGroup@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday,...
The folks at the European Takahashi distributor now have a polar alignment applet for the southern hemisphere that is useful for the EM-10 and NJP. It's...
could epsilon users please chime in with pros and cons of the epsilons series. i am mainly interested in the 130 and 160, but info on any would help. i am...
... Yes - all very inscrutable stuff really... The standard translators used to work fine, though, so something has changed somewhere. Ah well. Never mind....
... Yes. ... To adjust collimation is easy. If you tear the whole thing apart and rebuild it collimation can be a big pain in the rear. Rebuilds are best...
Gene Horr
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Sep 1, 2004 6:04 pm
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... thanks for the info. as far as collimation i just wanted to see if touch ups were possible by the user. being a reflector it is bound to eventually tweak a...
Hi Steve, I've imaged with both a Sky 90 and E160 (currently used). I found collimating the E160 impossible. All it needed was a touch up. Star collimation...
... understand. ... the ... to ... don't ... thanks dennis, where is hampshire IL. i live in kenosha wi. i wouldnt mind taking a "field trip" some time to see...
... They tend to hold collimation well. I find that I only have to collimate the larger design twice a year or so. And I transport it. Everything locks into...
Gene Horr
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Sep 1, 2004 7:46 pm
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... but i ... collimate ... Everything locks ... especially the ... secondary ... get to ... cleaning/collimation ... into isn't ... a lot ... the "donut ... ...
Hi Gene, I found the collimation anything but easy! Could you please look at messge 222972 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UncensoredTakGroup/message/22972 and...
... The main thing was not enough power. You would need at least a 3x barlow to be able to see what was happening. Preferably a 5x for the final tweak. Get...
Gene Horr
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Sep 1, 2004 10:44 pm
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Steve, I have had an E130 for awhile, and they seem to be SUPERB film astrographs, and near best for ccd with a couple caveats. I have used non blooming...
... the ... TAK ... thanks kevin. i dont plan on using a CCD camera, but that is what everyone says. for right now my canon DSLR and olympus OM1 do the work. i...
Thanks, Gene. I tried collimating with a 3 mm eyepiece that yielded 176x. I have a Meade 2x shorty Barlow and the long Meade model 140 2X Barlow. When I...
Martin, I just tried a few that failed, but this one worked: http://www.worldlingo.com/products_services/worldlingo_translator.htm l The TakJP page has frames...
Hi, So the scope came and the instructions are in Japanese. Can ayone shed some light? Do I need any adapter to get it to workk with the Mewlon 300? Thanks, ...
Hi all, I'm looking for the adapter that enable me to attach my 2" Tak Diagonal to my FS102. I looked on Anacortes website and can't tell which one is...
Mike, I think either will work for you. The difference is the compression ring model uses a brass band that tightens around the diagonal to keep it in place...
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