Do to some nagging back trouble and NO desire to get a smaller scope I wanted to make sure that I could safely haul this scope on short trips to some observing...
Hi Dan, Congrats on the mods! Sounds like you did everything we talked about a while back to beef it up. I think there should be no problem transporting with...
Dan, One thing that Rick had mentioned to me was that the mirrorbox with mirror in it riding in the rockerbox has the possibility of causing a flat spot on the...
Dave I know you will like the bino , what did you buy?I have a Denk II w/ power switch and when I'm out it is about all I use. Bob I strap down the mirror box...
Dan, Good deal on making it secure. I have not had the 24" to a public place yet so no eager helpers. I have a local astro bud that has loved helping but he is...
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We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. StarMaster Scope Chat Date: Sunday, December 5, 2004 Time: 6:00PM EST (GMT-05:00) Chat session for...
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Hi Folks, I have a new 14.4 inch SM and I have been checking out the go - to. The manual suggests a second sighting 90 deg from the first. Of course it is very...
With my 20"...... I've never had the rocker box exactly level. I try to get the bubble at least half way in the inner circle of the buble level. I've never...
... Ron, my experience is that it simply isn't important to get an accurate star alignment in the first place. To begin with, I use my widest TFOV eyepiece to...
... will try some of your tips. Thanks - Ron - NJ In starmaster_scopes@yahoogroups.com, "mrbobarr" <bobarr@m...> ... go - to. ... next ... accurate ... paucity...
Ron, A "trick" I've learned is that you can go right back to Polaris or any other multiple star that you know of that's in the Double Star catalog and "Realign...
Ron, I can't see the North Star from my back yard so I have to use other stars. I have found that the alignment is better though if I can pick a first star ...
... stars. ... first star ... course it is ... What is ... rocker box ... sky and ... position. ... Hi, I never level the rocker box since I have only Sky...
If you go to the SkyCommander website (http://skyeng.com) you will see a series of charts that I did for the best pair(s) of guide stars for a given season. I...
... Um, it sounds like you're miinterpreting something. "90° from the first" means 90° _away_ from the first, but it doesn't have to be 90° altitude. It...
... Marks? What marks? ... Unless you're floating in free space, the only way two stars could be 180° apart is if they were both on the horizon, on opposite...
Susan - this is like leaving the drain plug out of a boat when you launch - you'll only do that once! Now I double check check every time I assemble, and give...
Just be sure not to snug that nylon screw too hard. In cold weather it will snap off. I did that last winter. Luckily I had extra screws with me. But then...
Right! (I bought a couple extras, so I would never have to replace one - Murphy's Law) Re: winters - well you know Colo - supposed to hit 68 here Saturday...
-- Hi John, I guess the instructions meant 90 deg as projected on the celestial sphere from Polaris. I thought the program might be trying to calibrate the...
... Right, or from whatever your first alignment star is (but Polaris is the obvious choice for that). ... No, that's set when the encoder resolution is set....
... What kind of pointing accuracy can I expect from my 14.5 inch? So far results have been erractic-some times right on sometimes pretty far off- with a 16mm...
Susan, I have been following the thread to help improve my alignment techniques. I have continued to have problems, as my Pentax 40mm ep still does not have...
Hi all, just made a photo file of my 20" scope, and 1 pic of the Moon rising over half dome from Glacier point at Yosemite in Sept. with a point and shoot...
Ron, I am having the same problems with my sm16 but I am using a 40mm ep to try to find the object so I am looking forward to some more opinions. ... From:...
hmmmmmm weird Last month out observing I used Polaris and Altair as my 2 stars. Centered them in a 17mm Nagler and went over to M76 to check alignment. It...
I used those same two stars (Polaris and Altair) and found that even with a level box, (and I think I subscribe the the opinion that the scope does not know ...
Scott, The way to tell if you've got a tangent arm loose is to check to see if it is slid all the way down and the screw tightened. This is easy on the...
Scott, I have already posted this, but want to repeat it. If you have already done it then just ignore the post. I used to have similar problems, now I...
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