Hi all, I am thinking of buying a ccd imager for my LX90.So, I would like to hear your opinion.Which camera is better, whithout thinking the amount of money? ...
Hi Kamenidis, The two are quite different cameras. The Canon 300D or Rebel as it is known has in fact a CMOS sensor. I have never used the Meade astro camera...
Got my LX90 last Monday night and it is breaking me in. Saw Jupiter and a few of its' moon and that was awesome. Despite repeated attempts at alignment, I...
... Hi Don, What kind of speed of movement are we talking about here? How long does it take before the centered object is out of your FOV? Come to think of it:...
Hi Don, I think this may be what is termed "rubber-banding." When I received my scope, I had a similar problem and this was corrected by calibrating and ...
Thanks to all the guys in this group for helping me out with the many questions I post. Its paying off in my results. I've added 3 pics to the Tom O'D folder....
Southern California comet watchers would be welcome Sunday night at the Riverside Astronomical Society's dark sky site, GMARS (Goat Mountain Astronomical...
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(expanded from the LXD75 group) A type II supernova was recently discovered in the prominent spiral galaxy M51. The discovery magnitude was 13.5, which is...
Hi, Donald, congratulations on your new telescope. This is as others have suggested almost certainly classic 'rubber banding'. Generally always cured by...
I noticed recently that if I lock the RA axis on my LX90 that it is still possible to move the telescope slightly from side to side in RA I'm using an...
Just another passing narrative: Last night was terrible viewing in Chicagoland, but before the clouds obscured what was visible, I was able to show some...
Hi all, I'm wondering about RS232 telescope control. Could be possible USB (directly) or other protocols, eg. TCP/IP, with some change by manufacturers ? Why...
... "By manufacturers"? If you mean "by Meade", they have (almost) done half of it: the RCX400 has a built-in USB to serial adapter. The invisible, internal,...
Don, I agree that it's rubber banding. Train your drives. This will teach the Autostar how much slack your scope has in it's drive train so it can properly...
Here's the latest information I've seen: WATCHING COMET TEMPEL 1 - AND DEEP IMPACT Periodic comet 9P/Tempel 1, currently glowing at a dim 10th magnitude in...
Hello John, I'm impressed, how did you manage to get those images? Cheers Jon ... station ... members.co.uk/satcom_transits/March2005.html ...... ... direct...
Hi Kamenidis, If you go back through the archives of this yahoogroup this has been answered at least once there. ... Bill Alford, Queanbeyan, Australia...
Hi Jon.... Its just a matter of point and shoot really. No computer sw used for tracking , I simply follow the station through the viewfinder and capture as...
Hi everyone, I am after some recommendations as to how I could attach a Hydrogen-Alpha filter somewhere between the back of my LX90 and the front of my Canon...
Newbie question - what would an LX90 user require to automatically locate & track Comet 9P/Tempel the night *after* the deep impact collision? [This will be...
... Yes. ... No, you can do it directly from the handbox, here's how: http://www.weasner.com/etx/autostar/as_comets.html All cometary data come from: ...
You would be best to put your money toward a Solarmax 40 scope rather than trying to outfit your LX-90 with a Coronado Ha filter set. Larger scopes such as...
You can also get a Serial PORT network hub. Basically, it's a box that plugs into an Ethernet using TCP/IP. It has something like 8 Serial ports. Take a look...
Has anyone else had this happen? I'm running version 3.2 (patched) in my 497 controller. Last night I was attempting to do a high-precision slew to M51 to get...
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