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The International Meade LX90 Telescope Users Group (IMLTUG)

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This group is for new, prospective and current owners of Meade's LX90 SCT GOTO telescopes or anyone else interested in GOTO astronomy.

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Re: weird goto behavior I just did the check. Fairly easy operation.. At first I tried to move the worm block but it was stuck..a little pressure and it moved as expected (possible Posted - Tue Feb 9, 2010 3:47 pm	IfikratisK ificratis Offline Send Email
Re: weird goto behavior ... Yes. ... No. In Meade's usage, "SmartDrive" is PEC, and SmartMount is similar to T-point. ... good luck --dick Posted - Mon Feb 8, 2010 7:50 am	autostaretx Offline Send Email
Re: weird goto behavior Hi Ifikratis, I owned a LX90GPS before and had the same problem 1 to 1.5 minute mispointing for GOTO's, I use also high precision to overcome this. Mechanical Posted - Sun Feb 7, 2010 1:49 pm	Henrik van Holthoon henrik.vanho... Offline Send Email
Re: weird goto behavior Thank you again Dick! I suppose SMT means Smartmount? I thought that smartmount does the pec training. Please, I would be pleased to inform me about that Posted - Sun Feb 7, 2010 11:58 am	IfikratisK ificratis Offline Send Email
Re: weird goto behavior ... Not necessarily true... if the subsequent motions "loaded" the gears in the same direction as the previous motion, then the error would not increase (if Posted - Sun Feb 7, 2010 5:50 am	autostaretx Offline Send Email
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