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44798
... their ability to make fine telescopes ... is of no disadvantage, if you add proper ventilation, ... Hi Heinz, Interesting post! Thanks for sharing your...
mark_1968
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Jan 1, 2008
5:21 pm
44799
Hi Heinz, ... I agree it's something of a special purpose telescope, since of course the diffraction-limited field of view of an f/12 Dall-Kirkham design with...
Roberto Abraham
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Jan 1, 2008
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44800
Hi Morris, the easiest solution depends on what software you are using to guide with, does it support the ASCOM pulse guide and the Shoestring guide adaptor? ...
Iver
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Jan 1, 2008
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44801
Hello Iver. I have a choice I suppose. I have the following in no specific order of preference: PHD MaximDL GuideDog I will likely be powering the mount with...
Morris Bagnall
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Jan 1, 2008
9:16 pm
44802
Hi Morris,PHD and MaximDL are ASCOM compatible I'm not sure about Guidedog, why don't you install the ASCOM platform and Chuck's Temma driver and give them a...
Iver
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Jan 1, 2008
10:55 pm
44803
Iver, Thank you. I will track down both the Temma driver and POTH and see how I go. I am so new to the mount that I have not yet attempted anything other than...
Morris Bagnall
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Jan 2, 2008
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44804
I've spent a couple of frustrating nights working on the collimation on my new Mewlon 210. I also am having problems getting the in focus and out focus images...
Michelle Stone
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Jan 2, 2008
1:45 am
44805
Hi Michelle, Hang in there. Collimation really does have to be bang on the money with a Mewlon or the image degrades quickly. A Dall-Kirkham Cassegrain is way...
Roberto Abraham
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Jan 2, 2008
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44806
Hi all, Not to detract from Michelle's response but does anybody have any comments regarding my original posting of : a) why my in and out focus collimation...
jimchung2338
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Jan 2, 2008
10:06 am
44807
i need the reducer aplanant for the FS-78, send me a e-mail to edulopez0000@......
EDUARDO LÓPEZ
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Jan 2, 2008
2:37 pm
44808
Hi Greg, Only just read this thread. I own a Mewlon 300 and live in the UK. A couple of years ago at a specific request I resonded to a forum in the UK on...
andyrobertson100
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Jan 2, 2008
2:47 pm
44809
Please contact us and speak to Fred. He can help you. Art Ciampi ... From: Michelle Stone To: UncensoredTakGroup@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 01,...
Art Ciampi (Texas Nau...
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Jan 2, 2008
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44810
Michelle, SOME of your issues may well be seeing related. As for tight collimation screws, I think that they ALL ship that way from TNR. My M300 came like...
pandrolmb@...
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Jan 2, 2008
4:32 pm
44811
... comments regarding ... ignore the out focus ... Jim, I'm thinking that it is very important that we get our scopes collimated so that in and out of focus...
Michelle Stone
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Jan 2, 2008
5:33 pm
44813
Hi Jim, Definitely you should contact TNR! But... here's a speculation. If your pinhole is 75ft away then you are shifting the infinity focus point of the...
Roberto Abraham
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Jan 2, 2008
6:00 pm
44814
Hi, I have a Mewlon 250 and must admit have not had come across problem before (although I must admit I had a lot of "fun" collimating the telescope especially...
jsandse
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Jan 2, 2008
6:01 pm
44815
Jim, Researching a little, it appears that possibly the centering of the secondary could be causing your problem. I never experienced this, but apparently, if...
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Jan 2, 2008
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44816
Hello all, This will be my first post here on this forum as I am fairly new to the Takahashi family. I have several questions. First, I am currently using my...
Taylor
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Jan 2, 2008
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44817
Hi all, I somehow managed to get my Tak FSQ106's multi adapter ring and a Feldstein 4 adapter stuck together. Nothing I can do will get them apart. I hgave no...
Taylor
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Jan 2, 2008
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44818
I would like to hear the specifics about how to center the secondary. If anybody knows the procedure or talks to Fred, it would be nice if you could describe...
William R Wood
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Jan 2, 2008
9:26 pm
44819
... comments regarding ... ignore the out focus ... test images stored on ... Jim, When you imply they are not identical are you saying the rings are not...
tommack7882
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Jan 2, 2008
9:29 pm
44820
Taylor, I use strap wrenches similar to this one: http://www.amazon.com/American-Science-Surplus-STRAP- WRENCH/dp/B0001CUMX2 I believe I bought an inexpensive...
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Jan 2, 2008
9:33 pm
44821
Taylor, I have imaged with my FSQ-106N and an Extender-Q in the past. The sections of the Ext-Q have male t-threads, and the ST-series camera D-block (or CFW-8...
eja24601
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Jan 2, 2008
9:38 pm
44822
There's been several threads about this problem. You are seeing either metal expansion/contraction or aluminum galling. Or both. In the future if you...
Gene Horr
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Jan 2, 2008
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44823
Jim, I'm with Bill on this. I would REALLY like to hear what Fred has to say about "centering" the secondary. I've never seen an "how-to" for this, but ...
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Jan 2, 2008
9:46 pm
44824
If you are defocused so far that you are seeing a "donut hole" you have gone well beyond the range for a good star test for collimation. Likewise if you are...
Gene Horr
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Jan 2, 2008
10:13 pm
44825
Without a doubt, Gene is correct with his ring concentricity explanation as an overly defocused star tells us very little about anything, but I would like to...
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beale_mark
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Jan 2, 2008
10:59 pm
44826
On my M300, took baffle tube off of secondary housing and got a set of calipers and adjusted from the edge of the mirror to the edge of the tube. Took several...
Mike J. Shade
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Jan 3, 2008
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44827
... to say ... this, but ... focuser/s. ... Mark, I talked to Fred yesterday on how he collimates the telescopes before he ships them. Since this has not been...
Michelle Stone
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Jan 3, 2008
11:25 am
44828
... Tom, in my case, with the same problem, I have good seeing and the rings are clearly delineated both inside and outside of focus. The scope is cooled down...
Michelle Stone
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Jan 3, 2008
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