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  • Category: Astronomy
  • Founded: Jul 8, 1999
  • Language: English
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A mailing list for the users of commercial Schmidt Cassegrain Telescopes hosted by the inimitable "Uncle" Rod Mollise. Users of the similar Maksutov Cassegrains, including the ETX, the Questars, and the INTES MAK-CAS telescopes are also welcome....

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LX-200 Classic - installing new bearings
New photos/text at: <http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Meade-Uncensored/files/LX200-OTA-disassembly/> and/or
Posted - Fri Jul 10, 2009 3:14 am
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Reducing flop in a moving mirror
New photos/text at: <http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sct-user/files/LX200-OTA-disassembly/> This 12-inch LX-200 is fairly typical - about 0.003 inches gap
Posted - Fri Jul 10, 2009 3:13 am
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Re: SCT main mirror collimation
... Some part of the hose clamp will make contact with the back end of the mirror cell...and that profile is probably pretty smooth/regular in shape. That
Posted - Fri Jul 10, 2009 3:13 am
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Re: SCT main mirror collimation
Well OK Tom sent me an off-list note so you guys have persuaded me to give this a whirl. On a c8 I suppose I'm looking for what, maybe a 2 inch or 2.5 inch
Posted - Thu Jul 9, 2009 8:42 pm
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Re: I saw 5 craterlets in Plato!
They're also visible just after 1st and 3rd quarters. After a day or so I find that they become invisible till the full moon when they show up as white dots,
Posted - Thu Jul 9, 2009 6:23 pm
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