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John, that's a really impressive collection. It's really interesting to hear your feelings on the 20mm XW vs. the 27 Pan, as I've been thinking about going...
Hello astro enthusiasts, I live in Chicago suburbs and so had an 10Xti shipped to my brother's farm in eastern IA back in March. I've been back 4 times since,...
... Rick - You don't have to do this every time you set it up. As long as you leveled the base and then installed the vertical stop so that the tube was level...
... interesting ... power ... I ... XW ... starter ... medium- ... <tfigs@o...> ... you ... premium ... Wes, My own eyes unfortunately necessitated me adding...
I have yet to find a publicly accessable dark site, but have been quite happy with the sites the club I joined has arrainged. Not sure where in chicagoland...
I have taken up the advice of this board. And I canceled my paracorr, and am gonna try my luck on the 27 panoptic. Well, I did that about a week ago. Today...
Mark, This is good news! I was worried that the base would have to be leveled for each use, and that would be a pain in the neck. Every DSC system I have...
Javiar, Several clubs in the area have arrangements with land owners/municipalities in the darker outlying areas for club members to use for observing. I...
... Commander, ... BTW Doug, I believe that one of our guys discovered, on opening things up, that the Intelliscope box IS a Tangent system too. Probably Mark...
Gene, Thats good to know. I want to write some software to interface with the controller. Do you or anyone else know if the interface/command set is the...
Again, not sure where in the Chicagoland area you are. The club I belong to has made a number of arrangements that work wel.. Details at www.naperastro.org Jim...
... with ... interface/command ... or ... Doug, Mark De Smet is your guy on this. He has done the most extensive reverse engineering analysis of the...
Hello XTi experts, Thanks Mark and all for the input, I hadn't realized that one-time leveling takes care of things. Seems the XTi system is even more user...
... Doug, I did some reverse engineering on the intelliscope system, including the RS232 port. On my web page you will find the neccessary information on how...
Hello, Group I have posted a couple of pic's of my 9 year old daughters Hardin 6"Dob that she won at a Star party. The one thing that I wanted to point out is...
... carefully, and also picked up that it helps ... to, ... circumpolar ... I suspect that this would be difficult to do. What I would do (and, believe me, I...
... Take my opinion on this with a grain of salt (considering I don't own an XTi), but I think the point is moot. If your delay is 30-45 seconds, the maximum...
... Hi Rick, Chris is wrong here, a star on the equator would have moved about 15 minutes of arc in just 1 minute of time. So it is essential to be quick...
Are these the aluminum knobs with the rubber grips? I was thinking of getting them for my Hardin 6" Dob but was wondering if they were worth the $20. For $20...
There have been extensive discussions on this group about making your own setting circles, although most of them have dealt with the XT8 and XT10 instead of...
... don't own an XTi), but I think the point is moot. If your delay is 30- 45 seconds, the maximum error is 30-45 arcseconds. ... 15 > minutes of arc in just 1...
... alignment. ... consistently ... an ... southern ... If you have a method that works for you Todd then stick to it. I tend to use a bright star near South...
My new Orion catalog has an XT12i in it. Someone tell me I'm dreaming! The vitals: 305mm diameter Primary 1500mm FL f4.9 83lbs Assembled 50lbs OTA OTA length...
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