Hi Brandon, Very nice moon mosaic. Looks like you'll have no problem mastering planetary imaging. Congratulations! I never have seen that SCT cart design...
Very nice, sharp image Brandon! Congratulations on the 12" LX200 - I'm sure you will put it to work! Maybe we can all get together again soon.  The...
Thought I'd send this out in case anyone is interested. Selling my spare Orion 80ED, with viewfinder, 1.25" diagonal and mounting rings. $300, $350 on...
Hi Charlie, Brandon should be interested in the Orion 80Ed. It is exactly what he needs to complete his setup. Not yet building an Ark, but seriously...
Haven't you heard. It will be a spaceship this time. LOL Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel ... From: "cjwick3831" <cjwick@...> Date:...
Well it looks like my LX200 has a few ghosts in the machine. It started the other day when I powered on to test controlling the scope with my laptop. I powered...
Charlie I would be interested but I blew my Astro budget on getting the LX200. I'll drop you a line in a few weeks to see if you still have it though. -Brandon...
There's one on ebay for sale. It may be cheaper than repairing the one yours. Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel ... From: "Brandon"...
Hi Brandon,  If you moved the capacitor around and fixed the problem but caused another then you might have some connection issues on the board. Is the...
Ha 600V! That should do the trick. I'm pretty sure it must be a short or open circuit somewhere rather than the controller itself. I'm going to pull the board...
Hi Brandon, Have you done a continuity check with a resistance meter (Ohmmeter) on all the wires from the DEC motor to the motherboard of the scope. Broken...
Not a problem. Have had a couple of bites but nothing serious. I guess maybe because I have no rating on Astromart. It would be easier for me anyway if I...
Hi all,  The forecast is showing that it *might* be clear Sunday night - which is when the 2009 Geminds will peak. The best time to watch them will...
Hi all,  I hope you all are staying warm. It has been COLD outside the past few days and is supposed to get colder!  Quick question, what is needed to...
HI Steve, You need a cable to connect the camera to your computer and software to take the image. Various types of cables (serial, parallel or USB) are...
Thanks Murray, I'll look into those and see what I can come up with. It's going to be cold out there every night this week so I don't know how much time I'll...
Hi all, I saw in Facebook that today is Brandon's Birthday. Just thought I would say Happy Birthday, Brandon! My middle son's birthday is Thursday. He'll be...
I wanted to say thanks to Murray for show me how to dissect my LX200 Friday. We were able to get the unit to power on (replaced a deceptively fine looking fuse...
Hopefully they will be able to get your scope fixed Brandon and have it back to you within a couple weeks. Having a Star Party at your place sounds good and...
Hi all, Â Since the sky conditions have been so poor lately and I'm sure very few of us have been able to see the clear sky, I was wondering if anyone had any...
Just got word that boards have been repaired and ready to ship. That was quick! Turned out to be blown chip labeled as U13. He also replaced all the...
Maybe we will get those clear skies Brandon. I'm glad you were able to get your mount repaired and like you say, at least you know it will be good to go. ...
HI Brandon, Good to hear they got it fixed. Guess it was a good move to go ahead and send it as the chip you were thinking was bad was U17 or U18. Sorry it...
Hi all,  I noticed on spaceweather.com, they have a "Conjunction Challenge" listed for this afternoon. The challenge is to try and capture (or see) Jupiter...
Awesome. Perfect timing. My parts came back this afternoon and I just finished setting up the scope. Watching the moon now. Hopefully I'll get some pics of the...
