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72289 Robin Lauryssen-Mitch...
robin73732 Offline Send Email
Feb 1, 2007
9:48 am
Hi Alan, Jim, Tom and anybody else :) ... This is one of those personal preference issues (and a great way to start a flame war, incidently<G>). IMHO (which...
72290 Peter Vasey
neuteronstar Offline Send Email
Feb 1, 2007
10:18 am
Hi, Jim, Alan, Alan, most of what you say echoes my earlier reply. But I have to disagree with you on the alignment instructions. With a near perfect Polar...
72291 Mike Morris
mandcmorris Offline Send Email
Feb 1, 2007
1:19 pm
I added a 2" diagonal to my 8" LX200. With a 40MM Pentax XW Eyepiece 50X (70 degree FOV) views of Pleides are disapointing. I prefer to use binoculars. Having...
72292 turnipfloor308 Offline Send Email Feb 1, 2007
10:01 pm
... perfectly ... Thanks,someone had to say it !!! I just purchased PSP. Someone said it is easily adaptable for stacking astronomy pics. As a person who has...
72293 Tom Vilot
tvilot Offline Send Email
Feb 1, 2007
10:47 pm
Well, doesn't it depend on the duration of the exposure you are trying to do? If you're trying to do a 5 hour exposure, I can't see how you could do it right...
72294 Todd Freund
therealrsr Offline Send Email
Feb 1, 2007
11:03 pm
"Polar alignment is overrated.." and I just bought a GEM, my luck! Where were you 2 months ago? Seriously, 20x15 second exposures will not produce the same...
72295 lx90@yahoogroups.com Send Email Feb 2, 2007
2:27 am
====================================== Photo Section Space Management Guidelines Because the disk usage in the LX-90 photo directories often approaches the...
72296 AstronomyW4WMM@...
w4wmm Offline Send Email
Feb 2, 2007
3:49 am
I agree, the best is level everything and do a two star alignment but I was getting the impression that Jim wasn't able to do a two star due to limited sky....
72297 George Erhart
g_erhart Offline Send Email
Feb 2, 2007
10:14 am
I will add my two cents on this one. I have spent almost a year and a half trying to take decent photos via Alt/Az on my 8" LX-90. I acquired an Orion 120ST...
72298 Gregg
gregg7036 Offline Send Email
Feb 2, 2007
11:55 pm
Thanks to everyone that responded to my Pleiades question! Gregg...
72299 Jim W. Coleman
untangledup Offline Send Email
Feb 3, 2007
1:55 am
I process all my photos with PSP, terrestrial or otherwise, but do not use it to stack. Jim ... From: lx90@yahoogroups.com [mailto:lx90@yahoogroups.com] On...
72300 Jim W. Coleman
untangledup Offline Send Email
Feb 3, 2007
2:13 am
* ***WARNING - PERSONAL OPINION FOLLOWS***!!! ... perfectly ... HOW??? Without having to have a degree in derotation? I can't derotate my images to save...
72301 shadar225 Offline Send Email Feb 3, 2007
8:28 pm
Hi everyone. The name's Wayne. I have been looking for a good group to join. Just got on Yahoo. Never thought I would find one dedicated to LX90 owners. I just...
72302 jles1946 Offline Send Email Feb 3, 2007
9:06 pm
Hi Wayne I am new to the group also, so I would like to tag along with you and learn what I can about the LX90 also. The kids gave it to me a couple year ago...
72303 Jim W. Coleman
untangledup Offline Send Email
Feb 4, 2007
1:43 am
Welcome, Wayne, to another frustrated Pacific Northwest skygazer. :-) Hopefully you were able to get out the last week or so to use your telescope - the...
72304 Tom Vilot
tvilot Offline Send Email
Feb 4, 2007
2:31 am
Welcome, Wayne! I recently got an LX 90 12". I have had it outside all of TWO NIGHTs (briefly, each time!). It has been very frustrating. Here in Colorado, we...
72305 Tom Arrington
notgnirramot Offline Send Email
Feb 4, 2007
3:42 am
Welcome Wayne, I've got one of the early LX-90's and its still running strong. I still am amazed at what a great deal my scope has been, I am sure you will...
72306 luther mcpherson
mcsmurf1950 Offline Send Email
Feb 4, 2007
4:04 am
Welcome Wayne, At least you have yours. Me I'm on the road all the time and haven't been able to see it since 2nd of January but hope to get home for a weekend...
72307 George N. Huftalen, Jr.
gnhuftalen Offline Send Email
Feb 4, 2007
7:43 am
Welcome Wayne! This is a great group, celebrating a sturdy and dependable line of telescopes. I have had my Classic LX-90 (no LNT, no GPS and once 'LX-90 meant...
72308 Kel
skywardview Offline Send Email
Feb 4, 2007
7:52 am
Hi Wayne, I've had an 8" LX90-LNT for almost a year now and am really happy with the scope. It's fairly portable (more like 'luggable'), yet it pulls in a lot...
72309 George Erhart
g_erhart Offline Send Email
Feb 4, 2007
12:56 pm
Jim, I highly recommend DeepSkyStacker ... <http://deepskystacker.free.fr/english/index.html> It is free and will derotate for you. (As well as do dark , flat...
72310 Iver
iverriise Offline Send Email
Feb 4, 2007
6:37 pm
Hi Kel, your doing some good imaging with your 90! Iver...
72311 sn2005cs Offline Send Email Feb 4, 2007
11:56 pm
Hi all, here an attempt of NGC6946 taken with: LX200GPS 10'' AltAz unguided at F6.3 with DSI-Pro II LRGB L40 R10G10B10 images a 30sec ...
72312 Joe Lalumia
joelalumia1 Offline Send Email
Feb 5, 2007
1:27 am
... Just curious?? Why are you doing all of that? Just push and hold the MODE Key for 2 seconds.......let go and you get RA and DEC.......push the down scroll...
72313 Joe Lalumia
joelalumia1 Offline Send Email
Feb 5, 2007
1:38 am
Just wanted to say hello, after joining the LX90 Yahoo Group. I recently acquired an LX90 LNT and am looking forward to reading and contributing to the group....
72314 Joe Lalumia
joelalumia1 Offline Send Email
Feb 5, 2007
1:48 am
... LX90, as ... beg a few ... down to ... experience ... here since ... right ... and start ... layout of ... can't get ... Anacortes ... but the ... ...
72315 John Fraser
frasjf Offline Send Email
Feb 5, 2007
2:12 am
Call me backward if you like but I'd love it if Meade would just put a switch on the side of the Smart finder so I could turn it on no matter WHERE I was in...
72316 luther mcpherson
mcsmurf1950 Offline Send Email
Feb 5, 2007
4:39 am
Wolfgang, Are you sure you're not tied into the Hubble? Great picture. Luther sn2005cs <wkloehr@...> wrote: Hi all, here an attempt of NGC6946 taken...
72317 Kel
skywardview Offline Send Email
Feb 5, 2007
4:46 am
Thank Iver. I've admired your photos too. Terrific Iris Nebula! I need to be a little braver about my guiding and try longer focal length imaging... Kel...
72318 Joe Tannenbaum
jtannenba Offline Send Email
Feb 5, 2007
5:20 am
Another great pix. Joe sn2005cs <wkloehr@...> wrote: Hi all, here an attempt of NGC6946 taken with: LX200GPS 10'' AltAz unguided at F6.3 with DSI-Pro...
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