... The ST-4 compatibility certainly should help simplify things. Googling Orion Autoguider ST-4 found a number of positive comments plus one mentioning some...
Shucks, Bryan, you just threw a big monkey-wrench into my works! Here I thought I was all set to go and now you tell me I need to go out and spend $70 that I...
Wayne: Thanks for all you time and input on the RC and Orion Apex 127mm Mak. You have helped me make my decision on the Orion Apen 127mm Mak. Soon one will be...
Wayne, when you got the scope to connect through PHD and Ascom 5, did you try the manual buttons in PHD to see if the commands from PHD made the motors turn on...
Hey Donnie, If you were considering the 6" RC at 12 lbs. then you must have a mount capable of handling it. About a half pound away is the 8" SCT, which is a...
I'll throw my 2-cents in here. I have the older SkyView Pro 127mm Mak-Cas and have been very pleased with it both for visual use and for what limited...
Wayne, since you have it set up without the OTA on it inside, may as well see if the manual movements work (you should hear your commands change the sound of...
Twice in the last six hours I have written posts, only to have them disappear after I hit Send. If it is happening to me, it must be happening to others, and...
I am in Southern California, and have been in this hobby for 11 months. I have so far enjoyed Autumn the best. The evenings were not too cool (shorts and...
... I'm in rural southern Ontario. My favourite times are the early spring and the late summer and fall. Winter is too damned cold, and early summer is...
Thanks for all the input on the 127mm Mak guys....... I want to stay with that size because of its ability, portability and being easier to handle. Ill report...
... Having owned 90mm (Meade ETX) and 127mm (Orion Apex) and currently testing the Orion 180mm, I havea real soft spot for Maks. Now I want to check out the...
I am close to Sacramento, CA. I have enjoyed astronomy off and on for most of my life, but have been more active in the past five years than ever before. Since...
Maybe I'll add that I'm at 34N, 118W just for reference. I sometimes do not realize how much different our views can be, except when someone from the Southern...
Hi Wayne, While you can select and ASCOM telescope in PHD Guiding, I am pretty sure that only the LX200 protocol takes autoguiding commands through the RS-232...
... I'm at 44° 44' N, 79° 35' W. Not that much farther north than northern California (42° N) because central Canada pokes way down into the US. ... Yes....
... Makes perfect sense. Sounds like it's still work to keep up with it all. Hmm...my DSO was the simplest of Dobs & didn't even have any counterweights or...
... Hanging weights might be better than bungeeing them on, as I do now. Wonder if you could get an old balance-beam or assayer's scale & take some of the...
... Don't know what I add to the group, since I'm soaking up info rather than providing it...like astronomy itself, this board has become something of an...
... Frank, I wasn't sure which message to answer, LOL! I'm @ 31 deg. latitude here in good ol' NE Fla. Tho I crave any clear summer nights I can get to take in...
Hi Bryan, Post #2127889 on this page- http://tinyurl.com/6kyub4 is one of a few which describe the steps needed, that one is the most descriptive, I think. ...
... I'm @ 31 deg. latitude here in good ol' NE Fla. Tho I crave any clear summer nights I can get to take in the wonders of Sagittarius & Scorpius, winters...
It sounds as if these handles with the tensioniong system will do you no good. Works great for me, as it let me do a simple mod to use the same base for two...
... I mostly ask questions, we have a wealth of experience and knowledge at our disposal here. Except for issues related to autoguiding which I spent numerous...
... Things change as you approach the zenith, don't they? The weights certainly need adjusting. In my brief exp. with an EQ mount I found looking at things...
... Every mount design has its problem areas as you approach its primary axis. With altazimuth mounts (including Dobsonians) this is near the zenith (azimuth...
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