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A few minutes ago I was delighted to find that someone else had already created a "mySKY" forum on yahoogroups.com. I first learned of the mySKY late on...
Dr. Tom Mote
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Apr 6, 2007
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This seems as good a time as any to post some pertinent URLs relating to mySKY. What I've found at Meade's site so far is this: ...
Thad Floryan
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Apr 8, 2007
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<http://www.meade.com/mysky/index.html>...
Thad Floryan
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Apr 13, 2007
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Wellll, it's past "late April or early May" and dealers' websites still display "pre-order now". Has anyone heard a revised debut date on the streets? A beta...
Thad Floryan
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May 18, 2007
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Word has it as late June when a large number of units will be ready to be shipped rather than small shipments in drips and drabs. Some dealers will probably...
Glenn Treeson
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May 18, 2007
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As delivery date approaches we'll see more reviews; here's one from Gearlog: <http://www.gearlog.com/2007/06/gearlog_field_trip_shooting_fo.php>...
Thad Floryan
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Jun 19, 2007
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Thanks for the link to that review. Using the Meade mySky in Central Park, NYC, is a great example of how these hand held units can help. Glenn _____ From:...
Glenn Treeson
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Jun 19, 2007
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Just talked to Meade customer service and they said sometime this summer. It is anyones guess. I am sure it will not be June. They did say that the units will...
wayneboeck
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Jun 21, 2007
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... Hmmmm. In the interim, a small piece of red Plexiglass or fragment of Ruby-Lith "might" suffice to effect a pseudo-night-vision mode. A full-color LCD is...
Thad Floryan
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Jun 21, 2007
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Hi I just joined the group and like everyone else am interested in when the MySky is going to start shipping. Any news? Also, is there any word on how many...
Gordon Leidner
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Jul 17, 2007
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... The guys at OPT told me "end of July", but they said not to hold my breath as Meade has been saying things like that for 3 month now. Kory...
Kory Hamzeh
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Jul 17, 2007
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It has been a while since I viewed the Meade MySky demo, but I got the impression that will basically have access to the LX 200 data base with a downloadable...
Glenn Treeson
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Jul 17, 2007
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Thanks. So it sounds like we'll be able to pick out objects that are fainter than 5th or 6th magnitude? Guess that would be tough, considering you can't see...
Gordon Leidner
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Jul 18, 2007
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... If it's at least as good as Celestron's SkyScout, and there's no reason to suspect otherwise given the readily-available sensors needed for such a device,...
Thad Floryan
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Jul 18, 2007
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My Celestron SkyScout is dead on and has been wonderful to use. The audio content, text and other functions such as “Trace” where the SkyScout guides you...
Glenn Treeson
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Jul 18, 2007
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Am I the only one who has one? I ordered mine from Anacortes on 18 April and it was delivered on 16 August. Mine works but due to weather, I haven't had a lot...
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Aug 19, 2007
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Hi Bill, Thanks for posting your impressions of your newly received mySky. I have not received mine as yet. I agree with you on Meade not including the needed...
Glenn Treeson
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Aug 20, 2007
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Bill, No I haven't received mine yet. I ordered it from Telescopes.com on 1 June. We'll be interested to hear more when you have the chance to use it! Gordon...
Gordon Leidner
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Aug 20, 2007
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I called OPT this afternoon. All the telescope phone lines were busy. I talked to a guy in cameras and he told me they received a limited number of MySkys. He...
turnipfloor308
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Aug 20, 2007
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... Hi Bill,Just hung up from Meade Support. The tech said the part# for the cable is #04549. It took lots of turning of pages for the tech(?) to give me this...
turnipfloor308
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Aug 21, 2007
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mine arrived today, ordered from amazon may 31. i've played with it for perhaps an hour - we are socked in here, so largely demo mode. i agree w/most of bills...
tcirillo
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Aug 22, 2007
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I had two nights, one cloud curtailed, to further try the MySky. Before I forget, when you get yours and you are pointing it at stars and objects, point it at...
billmurray47
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Aug 23, 2007
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i've had my mysky for 2 days, and today i called meade c.s. to get answers to some fairly basic questions (owing in part to the fact that the manual is very...
tcirillo
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Aug 24, 2007
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1/ battery voltage below which it won't operate? i'd like to use NiMh's @ 1.2v each. I'm experimenting now. 2/ switching modes seems to require a reboot. is...
tcirillo
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Aug 24, 2007
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Opt today said they should be receiving and sending out the remainder of their MySky orders soon. They do not have the cables or any info on them. Bill...
turnipfloor308
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Aug 25, 2007
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Bill, Pete Krohn at Astronomics told me yesterday that someone at Meade had informed him that the cable would be available in about one month. Tom " Bill in...
Tom Mote
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Aug 25, 2007
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and still overcast :( nonetheless, more observations: . the gps acquisition process seems to work but could communicate better with the user. because it seems...
tcirillo
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Aug 25, 2007
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Since [1] I had a bad experience with /*SkyScout*/ and [2] am awaiting delivery of /*mySKY*/, I will deeply appreciate any suggestions from those of you who...
Tom Mote
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Aug 26, 2007
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