Hi, I suppose you could make your own, similar to one of the commerially available one's. I have a heavy camera setup and found that I had to add additional...
Nick, I have a couple of articles on my site that walk you thru Polar Aligning a Meade scope, they may help you out a bit, maybe not :-) At any rate, they are...
Very informative, thank you. When will part 3 be out? Nick ... Aligning a Meade scope, they may help you out a bit, maybe not :-) At any rate, they are on the...
I have an 8" LX90 classic. I recently sold my field tripod so I could replace it with one of the new ones (with the spring bolt in the center). I also just...
... Well, it's a little late in your case, but whenever i find a screw not wanting to go in to a hole i'm not -sure- of the threading, i *stop* and get a...
were could i buy lx90 ra motor and circuit boards or could i call meade and order through them.the last time i called they said to ship it to them and i heard...
Works for me... _http://www.heavens-above.com/_ (http://www.heavens-above.com/) ==================== Looking Up, Alan 30.69° N 88.24° W In a message dated...
Anyone have trouble with backlash during alignment? Had to switch out my autostar 497 handset with a new one. The old one fried itself during an upodate. Since...
Hi to all again. I would like to thank you for your input. I went to see the scope during the day and it looked great, optics were clean, no bits inside and...
This is a common result of nor or poor training. Go to Telescope, Train Drives and set the scope up in daylight hours, aimed at a very distant object on the...
Thanks, will try this, Lee ... From: P. Clay Sherrod To: lx90@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 4:36 PM Subject: Re: [lx90] Backlash on both...
Am I correct in assuming that the training information is stored in the 497 handset? Thus, his changing out of his handset means he would have lost any...
That is correct; any change of handbox or RESET will result in all data for that telescope being inaccurate. Dr. Clay ... Arkansas Sky Observatories MPC/ H43...
Hi all, I have an 8" LX-90 and was wondering if it is possible to improve the alignment accuracy during a viewing session. Once I do a easy 2 star alingment...
Yes, it's called the "SYNC" operation. To do: (a) GoTo a target, wait for the beep. (b) center the target (c) press [enter] for 3 seconds, release (d) it will...
I have not had any problems...seems to be working ok... Dan S. Ohio ... From: Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE To: lx90@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008...
Hi All, I've run into an unusual problem trying to guide my LX90. In essence, I can connect to the scope via the serial connection to the 497 with either...
... Hi Gene, bit of late reply but just come across this whilst researching a different problem... I've seen this effect when I was using the pulse guiding...
I got my replacement tripod today. It looks like the tripod was painted/finished after the holes were tapped. They were a little tight this time but cleaning...
Gday All As part of chasing down a time setting bug, i think i have found another bug in the GPS setting of the site Latitude and Longitude. This bug will only...
Hi Everyone , Can any one help ? I am using starrynight astrophoto suite to remotely control my scope , it works fine when using the point and click to slew...
Hi Craig, If you are expecting AutoStar to track your satellite on its own then no, it won't do that. However it is pretty good at almost tracking them. It's...
Hi, Kevin, Maybe I misundersood Craig's question, but wasn't he trying to track using Starry Night? I guess he didn't know to use the Autostar directly. But...
A program which -is- capable of driving an Autostar to track a satellite (beyond its own in-built satellite tracking under Objects/Satellite (see footnote)) is...
Hi Everyone, Does anybody know why my telescope always thinks the moon is 1.5 days younger than it is? My scope contains up to date software but whenever I...
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