After reading Robert Bruce Thompson's books (Astronomy Hacks, & the illustrated guide to astronomical wonders) I only bought filters in the 2" size, with my...
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I moved them half the distance to the pivot point. I may relocate them a bit more to the outside of the board if there is an issue of flex or unstableness....
"I wonder if a suggested XT newbee starter kit thread/poll/file is warranted." Sure it is warranted! Is there truly no such poll/thread in existence? It should...
Hello group, I am trying to gain detail from galaxies using my XT10i.. So far all I see are fuzzy balls... Is this as good as it gets with this size scope??...
Hi Ken, Detail is a relative term, you will never get photographic detail using direct observation, that being said you can have some awesome experiences...
Yep Ken Know you mean, the only things that help are 1) truly dark sky's 2) using averted vision 3) move up to your highest power ep that will take the whole...
... Ken, I also have an XT10i and it's the most capable scope I've ever owned. (That goes back through a mess of 'em to my first Tasco as a 10-yr-old, and an...
... Hi Ken if you can see NGC 5128 from where you are try swinging your scope to it, from a dark site definitely more than a fuzzy ball even in my 4.5. Brian...
Hi folks, I've been lurking for a couple of weeks, but this is my first post. I have a recently purchased XT10i w/COL. Optically, the scope is living up to my...
Hello Skip, The single most important thing to do is getting the OTA set properly in the base. When I first set mine up I took a carpenters square and adjusted...
First thing you want to do if you feel it's been leveled properly is do the tests in the back of the manual to make sure the bolt ant the bottom is correctly...
Hi Skip, I had the same problem and had to grind most of the plastic off the stop to get the bubble perfect... Make sure the base is on level ground and test...
Hi, my name is Jeff and I live in Port Orchard Wa. I've recently purchased an Orion xt-10 dobsonian. It came with some bonus upgrades which included a 9...
Jeff, I prefer a straight-through finder using the "two-eye method". Those who have the RACI finders quite often have a 1x finder such as a Telrad which gets...
... Based on the terrible warps you are getting I'd be willing to bet money that your encoders are not working properly. If you were just a little bit off...
... I performed a test regarding this a couple of years ago. I waited 5 minutes between the 1st and 2nd star alignment and received a .3 warp. Based on this,...
One way to do it quicker is to bring the star out of focus so it fills the FOV of your eyepiece (if you don't have a retical eyepiece). This way you don't ...
... <johnw@...> wrote: How in the world do I get it down ... *********** When I first got my XT10i it was obvious something was wrong even before I got outside...
we have one of the older skyquest DOBS with the circular altitude bearing that has the spring tensioner on it. Has anyone been able to figure out how to attach...
I recently had an issue with out of spec readings during the encoder test on my 8 XTi. I tracked it down to a bent az encoder disk. This was replaced and the...
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