Two years ago, I decided to add a DSC to my old Super Polaris C8. I almost waited too long, as there is almost no support left for this german mount scope. I...
I agree. I am lucky enough to live about 30 miles from Oceanside Photo and Telescope. I have always been happy there, and I have been there enough that several...
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Chuck Hancock
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Jan 1, 2002 1:28 pm
Bob- I am interested in putting 8192 step encoders on a GEM, the EQ3 (Orion, same as Celestron CG4). Are these the encoders you used for the Super Polaris? ...
In a message dated 12/31/01 8:07:18 PM Central Standard Time, cno@... ... Same to ya, bro! Peace, Rod Mollise, Author of _Choosing and Using a Schmidt...
In a message dated 12/31/01 3:19:49 PM Central Standard Time, ... Hi: Everything I've heard about the GT1 so far has been good, most comments indicating a...
... Hi Rod, After shaking off the effects of New Years (Cloudy ya know ... sheesh) I read some preliminary reports from the Astrophoto guys on the EQ6. My take...
Hi Bill See below ... Phil Chambers [ptchamb@...] (S.F. Bay Area - Calif. USA) ... What I believe I said is that since the primary is a sphere, alignment...
In a message dated 1/1/02 11:51:04 AM Central Standard Time, ... Hi Bill: One thing to remember is that people do have different definitions of GOOD when it...
Hello to all, I am a new user and am so pleased to have access to a forum such as this. I am buying a digital camera (Canon EOS D-30) am wondering if it could...
Hi all, after 1 month of inactivities, i post a new Jupiter image take from Egadi Island with a new Televue 5x and my Intes Mn-71. Happy New Year Renato T. ...
Hi Ron, Try here, http://www.scopetronix.com/ I bought an adapter for my coolpix 995 to attach afocal to the C8 from them. Carl ... From: "renofish"...
It's official, I've ordered Rods book from Indigo.ca and am anxious to discover a few more things about my 2080. I've been through Richard Suiter's book "Star...
In a message dated 1/1/02 2:07:58 PM Central Standard Time, ... Hi: Yes. This is usually an indication of tube currents from an insufficiently cooled OTA. ...
... Time, Rod, Thanks for your response. ... can be ... as they'd ... I've heard their Yahoo ad revenue has plummeted because advertisers are now verifying...
Hi Rod, I might have thought that tube currents were the culprit prior to this weekend's viewing, but under the circumstances I doubt that this was the cause....
Well, the EOS D30 is no ordinary digital camera - as an SLR you should be able to get a T2 adaptor for the Canon EOS lens mount that will adapt the camera body...
In a message dated 1/1/02 3:17:32 PM Central Standard Time, ... Hi: I doubt this has anything to do with the surfaces.... The spike stays in exactly the same...
Hi No expert on this here, but since tube currents are a disturbed waveform on one quadrant of the fov, have you looked inside the scope with a flashlight???...
Mr Boutin: Your theory that it's related to proximity to your house is easily tested by putting the ota out in the evneing and then going to some other site...
I had a high opionion of my 9.25 and also a low opinion of being excessively concerned about star tests because they were alway weird. I've had teh 9.25 for...
You don't need to worry about dropping the SkySensor 2000 hand controller because it wont be used on the new versions of the mounts (as was said earlier). ...
Hi all. I wish you a happy new year. I want to buy some EPs for Planetary and Deep Sky view and I need your advice. This is my actual equipment. Celestron C8...
The encoders themselves are the same as are used on just about any mount, fork, GEM, or Dob, or other oddball mounts. But the custom encoder mounting hardware...
In a message dated 1/1/02 6:42:39 PM Central Standard Time, ... Hi Steve: Same to you, sir, and welcome aboard! Peace, Rod Mollise, Author of _Choosing and...
Recently, While collimating, I noticed that the holder for my secondary on my LX200 was loose. Unfortunately for me I turned it. Fearing that I had messed...
But do you know specifically that the new design eliminates a hand-held controller (actually you can have a hand-held controller as long as the important...
... I haven't had a close look inside the tube, but that's next on the diagnostic list. Regarding tube currents, Suiter suggests an appearance of a squeezed...
