Many of us have made dolly's for the base of our scopes so they can be pulled around on the ground. But with all the snow now keeping that from working (we...
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... a sled ... Jere, Craig Molstad, who visit here infrequently these days, used a tobaggon at his cabin in Minnesota. Here is an older post of his recounting...
... That was the very post of Craig's that popped into my mind when Jere wrote. Anybody heard from him recently? He was a VERY active contributor in the...
... You were probably busy inventing a new contraption, Gene ;-) ... Last post from him I saw when I was poking around was Sept. '04. He called them "flat...
... the best alteration I ever made. I also contract Orion and they claim that the size of the bolts are all the same for the entire xt line. ... Jim, I...
... Gene, I've seen a couple messages on our local MNAA Yahoogroup in early November so hes still kicking. I didn't look to see his membership status here on...
... Hi! I meant to reply to this much earlier. Why don't you join the Meade-Light-Bridge users group? It's a Yahoo group like this one. Good luck! Ed Conley...
Any thoughts on which is a better program between Carte du Ciel or Distant Suns? Both have free versions available just wanted input on which is the more...
... Mike, I'm not familiar w/ Distant Suns, but I did go to their website. It looks like they have a freeware version, but also a paid version, which I would...
... Yeah - but he doesn't need to go that far - we can give him almost as much bad advice here as he can get over on TT =-) The one nit I have about it is that...
I promised test results of Gene's idea with the aperture mask, but high altitude clouds and rapid temperature changes teamed against me. It was the exact...
Does anyone use a 52mm to 48mm step down adapter to mount 48mm filters directly to the bottom of the draw tube? Is there any downside to doing that other than...
... Are those grooves in the draw tube threaded for any specific thread, or are they just grooves provided to make the inside of the drawtube less reflective...
Thanks for the information. The archive at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skyquest-telescopes/message/9699 was helpful, but we already have several feet of snow...
... way. ... Not realy sure, but I think for the cost of a 52mm adapter I might give it a shot. It would be nice to be able to put in a filter and not have to...
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Hi all, I have just purchased a 2nd hand 12" Revelation dob (Made by GSO) here in the U.K. and have a question on how you adjust the 9 point mirror cell using...
Dave, As you surmised, the three smaller screws are there to lock the position of the others. I just loosen them and do my collimation with the three...
I picked up a set of these knurled thumbscrews for the XT12i at http://scopestuff.com/ss_csd2.htm. Took 2 days to get here and shipping was free. They fit...
Does anyone on the the group know if the the new Orion Blue Star Telescope RS-232 adaptor will work with either the Sky Commander or the NGC Max telescope bin...
... Dave, if you have any further problems there are one or two two things which may be useful to know as I had quite a time getting mine set up. The mirror on...
... Out of curiosity which LVW and which model Panoptic? Also describe what makes the LVW "better". I am assuming you did side by side testing. My previous...
... Yep, LVW 42mm 2" and Panoptic 27mm 2". I found the LVW much sharper at the edge, excellent up to about 90% of FOV and not too bad after that. I am sure I...
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