whoops i forgot. it was meade's variable barlow and i had it set at 2.5x, so it was 500x. yea it was a nice new year's present from the stars above. ...
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Bob Snelgrove
steelgtr@...
Jan 1, 2001 5:41 pm
Michael What brand is the 10 mm? Is it a high end ep? thx bob...
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Michael Lott
mlott@...
Jan 1, 2001 5:46 pm
10mm SMA=basic kellner. made by celestron. junky EP. I'm surprised i got such a good view with it. A good 10mm plossl or ortho or something would work better. ...
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Steve Reed
stargazer46@...
Jan 1, 2001 8:10 pm
A questions for those of you who already have your LX90's: I just updated the autostar firmware on my ETX to version 2.1Ek and have been doing some limited...
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Bob Snelgrove
steelgtr@...
Jan 1, 2001 9:00 pm
I was going to ask about this myself. I have the original firmware, and when i try to center, it drifts back in the direction I'm coming from. Only by repeated...
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Kevin
khoney@...
Jan 1, 2001 9:21 pm
... said ... labelled. ... 15.667188 ... Dick, HELP! I tried the updated values you provided, set the fake time to about 15 minutes before the pass (as...
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Michael Lott
mlott@...
Jan 1, 2001 10:23 pm
you have to wait until it beeps to center it. it doesn't take too long, but if you slew away it'll slew right back trying to fix your slewage. even when it...
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Kevin
khoney@...
Jan 1, 2001 11:03 pm
... Year, ... two ... message. ... ticks ... is ... 15.867703 ... Motion ... at ... those ... listed ... 001.5822? ... doing ... 4535 ... 15.66964132121012 ......
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jmorris_n4eu@...
Jan 2, 2001 1:02 am
Hellooo Michael! I guess I'll keep my electric focuser. I may end up doing CCDing some day, me in the warm house and the telescope outside. It has been so...
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Steve Reed
stargazer46@...
Jan 2, 2001 1:19 am
I thought I had waited until after it was done slewing, but it's possible that I waited until the handset indicated that it was not slewing any longer (the...
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Bob Snelgrove
steelgtr@...
Jan 2, 2001 1:59 am
That's the same one I have from my Orion ST80. What kind of detail were you getting on Jupiter that night? bob...
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Ken Hayes
khayes0@...
Jan 2, 2001 2:00 am
Before buying the JMI, I'd suggest you check to make sure it's compatible with the Meade #909 Accessory Port Module (APM). The APM has a port for electric...
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Michael Lott
mlott@...
Jan 2, 2001 2:05 am
yea it does provide focuser control for the lx200 forcuser. but the jmi doesn't work with meade ccds automatically like the #1206 does. go figure. ... TheElf ...
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Michael Lott
mlott@...
Jan 2, 2001 3:57 am
erm. not great. i dont know why though. Maybe 5 bands with little detail. Jupiter and Saturn seem to have different decisions as to what is good seeing and...
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Michael Lott
mlott@...
Jan 2, 2001 3:59 am
It's not i'm sure. That can be an advantage- no moving through menus to find focus. ... TheElf Michael Lott mlott@......
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rseymour@...
Jan 2, 2001 5:37 am
... With this version the "Slewing..." only goes away at the same time it beeps. So if it went, it beeped. Yes... 30-second-later creep-after-beep is still...
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Steve Reed
stargazer46@...
Jan 2, 2001 7:20 am
Thanks for the info, Dick. Admittedly, my initial tests were hurried (had to take the little lady out for New Years!) but it seemed to be 'stable' after...
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Bob Snelgrove
steelgtr@...
Jan 2, 2001 7:36 am
Dick Does this mean we should wait 30 seconds or so after the beep before centering? I trained my drives today again with higher mag. and it seemed better...
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k0kj@...
Jan 2, 2001 12:22 pm
Kevin, and "Gang" To get the latest keplerian elements e-mailed to your very own box, send a message (without anything in the Subject Box and "SUBSCRIBE" (no...
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George Tucker
tuckeg@...
Jan 2, 2001 4:06 pm
When I ordered my LX90 from ehobbies because of a problem on their end the passport 20% offer had expired. They said they would provide it since it was their...
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Bill Dean
billdean@...
Jan 2, 2001 4:17 pm
You don't have to drill through menus any more for focusser control from the Autostar- heck, haven't had to for some time now. Just hit "0", set the speed to...
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rseymour@...
Jan 2, 2001 7:37 pm
... If my foggy memory serves, Creep-after-beep crept in with v1.3 ...and remained a very prominent "feature' of v2.0 (or was it c-a-b that almost made me...
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rseymour@...
Jan 2, 2001 7:42 pm
... That was one of the frustrations of ETX-dom... some nights were -wonderful-, some nights were battles. Since the ETX is apparently much noisier, the drill...
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George Tucker
tuckeg@...
Jan 3, 2001 12:48 am
I contacted Bob of Rob's Nobs (these are easily turnable screws that replace the secondary alignment screws in SCTs and make alignment much easier) and asked...
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Terry Warnke
tlwarnke@...
Jan 3, 2001 1:08 am
This should arrive via e-mail. You get a code to enter on your next ehobbies order. Terry...
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Bob Snelgrove
steelgtr@...
Jan 3, 2001 1:48 am
I have a set but haven't put them on yet. I'm concerned the cover might not fit but don't know how to pre-measure either. bob...
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Ken Hayes
khayes0@...
Jan 3, 2001 1:55 am
According to the original offer, it's supposed to arrive in the month of January. But when I ordered my scope, the ehobbies statement said I'd get the...
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George Tucker
tuckeg@...
Jan 3, 2001 3:17 am
Thanks for both responses. I thought I remembered Dec.31 and e-mail but I wasn't sure. I guess I have no particular reason to worry and if it doesn't arrive by...
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Dean
dean@...
Jan 3, 2001 3:36 am
Hey Bob, I sent my check in last week for my own bobs k-nobs. We can both put them on and see who's scope gets screwed up first. I mean.....gets collimated ...
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George Tucker
tuckeg@...
Jan 3, 2001 4:15 am
Will the first one of you to get them installed please let Bob at Rob's Nobs know how they fit with the cover on. Again his address is RKMorrow@... We...
