IMO???? I can get very accurate lat /long locations from Street Atlas or MS Streets and trips and set it into computer before I set out to starwatch so if GPS...
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Kristallwesen@...
Aug 2, 2001 4:57 pm
@ Joe Heafner yes, the cable is the same as you use it e.g. with "The Sky". @all we have taken a new image of the ISS with a new digital videocamera I think it...
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Philip Masding
philip.masding@...
Aug 2, 2001 9:07 pm
Tobias, The new images are great. Really good resolution. Mike and I certainly found that a digital video camera is the key to getting good pictures. In the...
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bradtest1@...
Aug 2, 2001 9:49 pm
Brent, I would like to request that you modify the program so as to allow the 6, 4, 8, and 2 keys to be used the same as a, d, u, and w respectively. These...
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Bill Powers
powers_w@...
Aug 3, 2001 3:00 am
To Tobias Lindemann A great picture of the ISS, Tobias, the best I've seen to date by quite a margin. Ausgezeichnet! Best regards, Bill P...
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Ray Talipsky
ray@...
Aug 3, 2001 3:31 am
Great Image! your web site states in "What you need" "Satellite Tracker Version 2.1.2 with many improvements" improvements you have made to software? Does the...
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Kristallwesen@...
Aug 3, 2001 4:17 pm
to Philip: yes, a digital camera is great because the still frames are much better than on an analog video. Unfortunately we have not enough pictures to make...
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Bill Davidson
wsd.da@...
Aug 3, 2001 6:53 pm
First, just in case there's any doubt, I want to say that I think all us "newbies" really appreciate all the details you successful photographers are willing...
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ftherrmann@...
Aug 3, 2001 9:52 pm
Click to see my first light image I recently took with the Orion 120mm short tube refractor. http://members.home.net/mpherrmann/crescent.jpg If it works this...
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PlowPlane@...
Aug 4, 2001 12:49 am
Hi all, I recently downloaded the sattracker program and need help in determining which satellite info files to download and from where. I have an lx200 8...
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Ray Talipsky
ray@...
Aug 4, 2001 2:35 am
I too use sattracker with 8" LX-200 I go out to Mike McCants site Mike McCants' Satellite Tracking TLE ZIP Files ...
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PlowPlane@...
Aug 4, 2001 3:34 am
Thanks so much for the valuable info. Many Many thanks. Bob...
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G6GAK - Mike Tyrrell
g6gak@...
Aug 4, 2001 7:53 am
Phil and I have not suffered this problem since our location is more Northerly than any of the ISS passes, therefore we are alaways tracking W-S-E on a good...
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Kristallwesen@...
Aug 4, 2001 1:01 pm
To Mike: I'm not sure what you mean but the cable of the control panel isn't the problem. It is the cabe for the declination motor. But if this affects the...
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TobiasLindemann@...
Aug 4, 2001 5:37 pm
To Bill: a firewire card is good for video but I think a analog card is better for still-frames, because the firewire card compresses the video with the...
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Philip Masding
philip.masding@...
Aug 4, 2001 8:20 pm
Tobias, Can you tell me what the orientation of your image is ? Which way is north on the image ? Is it a mirror image ? The images that Mike and I have put on...
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G6GAK - Mike Tyrrell
g6gak@...
Aug 4, 2001 9:15 pm
Tobias, In the manual (10" LX200) under basic setup it states that the telescope has certain "illegal" positions - I assume this means to avoid it wrapping the...
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Tobi
TobiasLindemann@...
Aug 4, 2001 11:17 pm
to Phil: we use a diagonal prism too. Josef can tell you more about the orientation. I think the view is as yours too. I wonder why you can use the minimum...
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Tobi
TobiasLindemann@...
Aug 5, 2001 10:05 am
to Mike: thank you very much for the instructions, but I think we have tried it already six mounth ago (it didn't work), but I'm not sure. On Monday we will...
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heafnerj@...
Aug 6, 2001 2:25 am
... I tried mine and it works perfectly! ... Unfortunately, I cannot read the .avi files. They're not decoding properly for some reason. I can't read them on...
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Ray Talipsky
ray@...
Aug 6, 2001 3:25 am
Perhaps http://sourceforge.net/projects/avitools/ or http://www.jtang.org/gvplay/ or http://heroinewarrior.com/quicktime.php3 ... What standard movie format...
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heafnerj@...
Aug 6, 2001 4:14 am
... For some reason, Win98 complains that I don't have a certain codec. It's never been a problem before. I usually prefer quicktime though. ... Yes, I know....
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Tobi
TobiasLindemann@...
Aug 6, 2001 9:30 am
to Joe Heafner: I not sure what you all talking about, but if you mean my avis, you have to install the divix(mp4) codec, which is downloadable on my "Video"...
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heafnerj@...
Aug 6, 2001 2:27 pm
... Hi. I'll try the codec from your page and see if that works. Thank You. -- Joe CVAC Home Page <http://users.vnet.net/heafnerj/cvac.html> My Book...
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glenng@...
Aug 8, 2001 2:25 am
Sorry for the delay, I've been off camping with the kids. We had a lot of good northerly passes from my location when the shuttle was attached and ran into...
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George Silvis
George@...
Aug 8, 2001 7:22 pm
I got caught in the mouse tracker routine when the camera swung into the mount. It would be nice to have something simple like the spacebar to halt the...
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Ray Talipsky
ray@...
Aug 8, 2001 8:46 pm
Set the tracking limit under menus options allows dec or elevation setting won't allow scope to go above this and bend ur cam Had Brent add this many...
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Bob Meyer
rdmeyer@...
Aug 9, 2001 2:34 am
The following is a post from Dale Hooper in the LX200 Group. It may be an easy and inexpensive solution to the cord wrap problem for you. Bob Meyer <I have to...
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Josef Huber
JHuber8790@...
Aug 9, 2001 6:07 am
Hello Bob Meyer Thank you for your advice were to get a long cable. But thats not the problem. The problem is that the Meade LX200 in AltAz mode stops at...
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JIMO@...
Aug 9, 2001 10:02 am
Dear All, I am trying to find some software that will track the LX200, stars and satellites, either or, that will run in dos. Please if you can help me, even...
