Enlightenment has arrived. Thanks for the explanation. Right Angled Finder here I come. Happy New Year to all Clear and Dark Mike North West England ... From:...
Dave from Dave Just a pointer to a guy in the UK who has been tracking satellites (RF wise) for many years and has recently taken up the optical approach. You...
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Hi Got my lx90 now for about 2 months now and last night (yes 31-12- 2001) I had the opportunity to setup the scope for the first time outdoors at my parents....
Hi all As per the instructions received when I subscribed to this list, here's some stuff about me. My name is David Benn. I've been a member of the...
Dave, Welcome to the list. And sorry about your LittleLisp. It's great though, to see someone who's upfront about that instead of trying to hide it. I'm going...
Having spent 4 years of my life in the US Air Force as an Avionics and Inertial Nav Systems Technical Officer after obtaining a BS in Electrical Engineering, I...
I see Meade has 2 electric focusers, the 1205 and 1206. Has anyone used either of these? Does it make fine tuning better? Is it worth the money or should I...
You'll see definate structure quite readily. I took my eight year old out one night a year ago and we tracked the space station and, 8 minutes later, the...
Bill, While I can't speak directly to the elec focusers for the LX, I did install on on my old ETX90EC. Can't say it was a great investment. (More batteries to...
The electric focuser is a good idea in that in minimizes vibration when focusing at high power or when attempting astro photography. The Meade 1205 and 1206...
... That last question has every possible answer, which means: it depends. The electric focusers all decrease vibration compared to manual. The Meade focusers...
The ... You might be right ! But I'm not taking any chances, anyway on this one. Over the years, this computer has survived many surge's, power outages, and a...
Dave, this is one instance in particular where a zoom lens comes in handy. I was lucky enough to perform a successful track on a mag -1.8 pass where viewing...
... To all the lx90 Group - Enjoyed sharing information with all of you, these past 10 months. Look forward to 2002 (Especially the Meade GPS Scope) Wish you...
Again, Thanks a bunch to everyone who responded with all of these very helpful suggestions and links. And to John & Kevin, regarding the ZOOM eyepiece...
Adorama has the Vixen zoom (that's what i have) for under $150. In fact, they have the lowest prices I've seen on all Vixen products (if someone's seen lower,...
For those seeking good value in a zoom, I'd recommend the $50 Apogee zoom http://www.apogeeinc.com/accessories.html. It seems to be made by the same...
Happy New Year to all!!! Have been hearing lots of good things about zoom EP's lately. After checking the various posts and the reviews at Excelsis, I've...
I have two problems with the Meade 8x50 finder: Instability and parallax. I occasionally find that between viewing sessions the finder collimation slips by...
I have a pretty simple question. Astronomics has a good deal on these scopes and I wanted to know which would work better for me since I gotta leave my LX90 in...
I've got a Vixen, which makes them for several other brands ( I THINK the Meade is a Vixen, if my recollection serves me) On a human's budget, the Meade or...
You may have missed part of a sentence. It should have read "This coincidence of the Earth's orbit and Jupiter's hasn't happened ON NEW YEARS EVE since 1752...
For new eyepieces, www.adorama.com has good prices for TeleVue, Celestron, and Vixen eyepieces (they don't sell Meade, though). They sell the TeleVue Zoom for...
Dick, I have been doing some experimentation with OTA flip. If you use the motors to fine-tune home position before alignment then azimuth rotation (180) will...
You are right. I guess the editor of my paper decided to leave out the words "ON NEW YEARS EVE". The statement makes sense now, but the point of the whole...
In the manual for the LX90 it says that "smallest lunar features that may be seen with the largest telescope on Earth are about one-half mile across." This...
Hi John, Similar experience in the military myself (mostly Navy PMEL but worked on a lot of avionics too). Regarding the surge supressors, I should have been...
