This may be a dumb question but ... should Magnetic or True North be used when aligning the OTA? A second rather less important question is: Is the top of the...
Hi Robin, ... You should use true North. ... Probably not a good idea, but check to see if your compass moves when you place it there. Your scope doesn't have...
Interesting news. I have to say that when I originally saw the demo images my first thought was that they had been taken with vastly more sophisticated ...
If I remember right, and as a reminder to everybody else,. Today and forward, we set the Autostar Daylight Saving option to "No". Is that right? Here in NY we...
... That was my first impression of the demo images too, but I did get the feeling it was a little too good to be true. I guess it's not much different to...
Thanks Stephen, Very nice shot. greg. ... great success with it. The image on my home page (in the link below) was actually shot thru my Megrez mounted on the...
... I'm not sure about you guys across the pond, but here in Europe we're definitely on winter time now, as of Saturday night/Sunday morning. And yes - just...
More like they took some high rez images through research quality optics on a better mount than anything they make, using a multi mega pixel imager. Had them...
... Yep, I should've added the mount and optics to the list... I guess the question of actual imaging hardware used is a little academic - Meade's hardly...
That is very good Pete. I knew this would work. My attempt was a disaster. So bad that it is funny. I will post a report later. I have a couple of questions. I...
Hi As I have now completed building my observatory (big name for a small shed) I have the luxury of being able to leave my LX90 permanently set up. Therefore,...
Just a reminder that on December 7 (at about 4:00am EST )the crescent moon will pass in front of Jupiter. The entire event will take about two hours; from the...
Mine also appears to be off a bit in the park position, but when I power back up, time, date, and go to the first star, I adjust and sync. Then I am good for...
Hi Mike, I've noticed this same issue before on my scope...when lining up the Dec axis, Polaris moves back and forth towards a point off to the left in the FOV...
My comedy of errors that was to be an autoguiding session. Saturday 30th 2004. The astronomy Gods were not with me this day. It was Halloween eve ya know....
Hi Ian, Your experience mirrors mine exactly. I was disappointed that the park function did not work for me in my observatory. The first goto was always off a...
Here's what I did. I have a set place where I set my scope so this may not work for you. I placed a pole several yards away that is exactly North of my...
Hi Dean Thanks for the reply. I have only tried this a couple of time, but mine is always waay off (over 30 arc minutes at a guess) so I have to make sure my...
Hi Dennis Oh well, I guess I was just being lazy (it is having my new shed - I mean observatory :-) that made me want to try out all those autostar features)....
Here's the story I heard. Back when Daylight Savings Time was first implemented, there were a lot more farmers/ranchers/etc. types around. That's who it was ...
Reminds me of my last astrophotography session where I took several frames to test focusing on the Taurus Tracker III OAG, and also test out the ST-4 after...
If you do the sleep mode it could possibly wake up and hurt itself. ... From: "Gerry Aitken" <g.aitken@...> To: <lx90@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday,...
Hi Dean and Gerry I think I will depart from my slothful ways and for simplicity, as Dennis noted, go back to two star alignments - and hey, it gives me time...
Hello all, I am curious what the value of a used lx90 without UHTC. I have searched astromart, but everyone seems to delete the ads for the lx90's because I...
After spending about 6 hours to *finally* getting my LPI to work on a laptop I decided to try out the the starmap and control from the laptop. First off, I am...
The load problem: Did you have a bunch of apps running in the background? EI: lots of items in your system tray? The serial handshaking is easily messed up...
Take a look at the retail prices of new scopes, that'll give you a top end idea of what a Used scope will cost. From there it all depends on what extra's are...
Just a thought. Joe ... Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.786 / Virus Database:...
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