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32601 Alan, W4WMM
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Sep 1, 2002
7:07 am
EXCELLENT! ... _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: ...
32602 jmay1982 Offline Send Email Sep 1, 2002
7:29 am
This was not a problem that developed with usage. It was sent to me this way. It was brand new and drop-shipped straight to me from Meade (the dealwe was out...
32603 Alan, W4WMM
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Sep 1, 2002
7:32 am
I got the same thing Dr. Looking Up, Alan ... _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and...
32604 Clay Sherrod
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Sep 1, 2002
7:42 am
Glad it is/was not just me....thanks Alan. Doc ... From: Alan, W4WMM To: lx90@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2002 2:32 AM Subject: Re: UCE...
32605 Alan, W4WMM
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Sep 1, 2002
8:13 am
I understand where you're coming from. I too have a Pelican case but I am luck enough to be able to keep my scope mounted on the tripod, with a dust cover, in...
32606 jafdem2002 Offline Send Email Sep 1, 2002
8:34 am
I'm sure Dirk was referring to the 'Apparent FOV', as opposed to the 'Actual FOV', to which you no doubt referred. I must second Dirk's rave about the...
32607 jafdem2002 Offline Send Email Sep 1, 2002
8:46 am
I've romanced two other scopes over the past year, a Tak refractor and a Televue refractor (love em both) and just put my LX90 up for sale (after purchasing a...
32608 jafdem2002 Offline Send Email Sep 1, 2002
9:08 am
Thanks for posting that, Kevin. It's powerful. ... exception. ... modem it...
32609 jafdem2002 Offline Send Email Sep 1, 2002
9:31 am
Jonathan, I've purchased quite a few things over the web, mostly at astromart and ebay (if you haven't been to astromart you should check it out--- it's THE...
32610 lynol1000 Offline Send Email Sep 1, 2002
11:54 am
David, Adding a flip mirror between the FR and imager will not work. The design spec from the F3.3 FR has a spacing of about 59mm and the unit has a FL of...
32611 lx90@yahoogroups.com Send Email Sep 1, 2002
12:01 pm
This is a regular reminder to all members that the IMLTUG FAQ can be accessed at http://faq.lx-90.com/ We have a large and ever expanding database of answers,...
32612 higginsdj Offline Send Email Sep 1, 2002
12:14 pm
Hi all, I am seeking any or all of the following star catalogues on CD: USNO A2.0 Tycho 2 USNO SA2.0 GSC 1.1 (The Tycho 2 and GSC catalogues need to be the...
32613 Dave Snay
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Sep 1, 2002
12:29 pm
Well now I feel like hugging my family for the rest of the day. Dave ... From: jafdem2002 <afdemj@...> To: lx90@yahoogroups.com <lx90@yahoogroups.com> ...
32614 lynol1000 Offline Send Email Sep 1, 2002
1:08 pm
David, If you have a high speed link you can d/l USNO data via ftp. See here for status of obtaining masters from the USNO and ftp instructions. ...
32615 higginsdj Offline Send Email Sep 1, 2002
1:29 pm
I've only got a slow modem connection. I need someone who has the CD's and is willing to copy and send a set to me. Cheers David ... cat ... whole ... and...
32616 rwsnc Offline Send Email Sep 1, 2002
3:02 pm
Before you guys work yourselves into a Meade feeding frenzy, I just wanted to let you know that I had the problem also. I told Meade what I thought would fix...
32617 Dietmar F. Kupke
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Sep 1, 2002
3:55 pm
David, I just got the FR .33 as well. I am still doing afocal imaging and found the same, because I do need to insert an EP for afocal imaging. I was able to...
32618 Michael A Walker
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Sep 1, 2002
4:30 pm
Should not exit, I removed the program.. Michael A Walker 44º54'234"N 91º24'299"W Great White North Observatory Any sufficiently advanced technology is...
32619 ian
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Sep 1, 2002
9:19 pm
... Dennis, Damn it man, you have to fight it! Just think of the wonderful hours you can spend actually seeing things in the sky and compare it to the many...
32620 davidfarrant Offline Send Email Sep 1, 2002
9:45 pm
... <snip> Page 15 of my LX90 manual says that you can do exactly this, and mentions no adverse effects. Could someone confirm that no harm would be done by...
32621 jhwsby Offline Send Email Sep 1, 2002
9:53 pm
Wouldn't it be a lot easier to starhop using the Autostar arrow buttons? Maybe not as purist, but certainly the same effect....
32622 dennis_persyk Offline Send Email Sep 1, 2002
10:19 pm
If you've ever used a well-balanced, frictionless dob, you would find star hopping via controller buttons very awkward indeed, in either alt-az or polar modes....
32623 jmay1982 Offline Send Email Sep 1, 2002
10:33 pm
This is hardly a Meade Feeding Frenzy :-) Like I said, aside from this one problem (which happens to make a main feature of the scope unusable), I am very...
32624 dennis_persyk Offline Send Email Sep 1, 2002
11:05 pm
You're right, Ian. I must try and fight the urge. Perhaps as a scientist I have this need to quantify things. When I took introductory astronomy at...
32625 Peter Vasey
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Sep 1, 2002
11:09 pm
Once upon a time in a galaxy far far away ........ I owned a Celestron 8 deluxe SCT on a fork mount. Drives on both axes, but the fastest speed was only about...
32626 Peter Vasey
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Sep 1, 2002
11:12 pm
Ooops, the strike through of 'manual knob controls' didn't transmit correctly in the second paragraph. So please read it as: 'then engage the clutches and ...
32627 Jeffrey Burley
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Sep 1, 2002
11:31 pm
Just to clarify what I said below, please review the manual on page 7, #6 para. which explains the Dec Lock procedure. Note the CAUTION statement made. The ...
32628 David Baker
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Sep 2, 2002
12:23 am
Just curious... For those of us who do not have wedges or equatorial mounts, would it be more proper to refer to the declination clutch as the "elevation"...
32630 rwsnc Offline Send Email Sep 2, 2002
1:27 am
They sent me the upgrade kit also. Like you, that wasn't my problem. I ended up fixing mine by: 1. Removing the knob with an allen wrench. 2. Purchasing a...
32631 Michael A Walker
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Sep 2, 2002
1:49 am
How did you get the RA knob off after you removed the Allen screw?, mine will not budge. Michael A Walker 44º54'234"N 91º24'299"W Great White North...
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