I've been practicing drift aligning and pretty much have the process down thanks to the great writeup at m1.aol.com/kewtasheck/drift.html But I was in for a...
Heh, I actually jammed a piece of chipboard on one side of mine in the same spot, I could see a small gap there. I didn't mention it becuase I handn't done...
I've tried to put a picture of my LX90 wedge plastic shim mod in the files folder but it won't let me so I will put it in Hymie's folder in the photo's...
Hi, ?, Any repositioning of the mount after the initial two star alignment is bound to throw off the GOTOs - you've altered the position of the 'scope with...
... Hi Chris, Welcome! I'm sure you'll love the scope, and hopefully the learning curve will be nice and gentle for you, being used to the ETX. ... I thought...
Dear Group members, You helped me a lot previously. Now at first a good, than a bad news: I have built a small observatory recently. You can see a few photos...
... Not any more, but there was an 8" f/6.3 LX200, so I think that when the instructions say 6.3, they actually mean 6.3 ;-) ... Bob sends out specific...
... Hi Dan, I've only heard of two wedges being used with the LX90: Meade's own and the Milburn wedge. The Milburn is apparently more stable and better made,...
An upgrade? When ever someone mentioned these words I think of Aperture. 105 down to a 90 wouldn't be an upgrade unless this is a typo where you meant LX90...
Hi The gap on mine was big enough to allow a thin nylon washer to go between the tilt plate and wedge side on one side only. I might try the cut out plastic...
I saw a story on TV news last night about a new cleaning product developed by a chemistry professor (James Hamilton) at the University of Wisconsin -...
... My suggestion would be that you PARK the telescope. That sets the OTA at the Autostar's idea of -exactly- Dec=90. Then power-off (count to 5) power-on. It...
Web page gets 404 error? Joe ... -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.2 - Release...
Hi Istvan, After reset, did you reinput the location, etc? Is the telescope model correct? Joe ... -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG...
Hi, Yeah in retrospect, the drift throwing off the GoTo seems obvious, but I hand't thought forward enough to realise that would happen beforehand :) Was one...
Hi Guys, I know the Meade dealer in London has an engineering dept that make upgrades for Meade scopes. Its BCF Engineering. You can see their website at ...
Sorry all, The website is telescopehouse.co.uk. Look under the tab Astro Engineering. The wedges shown are mega wedges, but they do have an instore catalogue...
Hi Larry, Since your scope is polar mounted, you may want to consider One Star alignment. I've found that this is extremely accurate if I use a high-powered...
I urge you to resist this....strongly. Clay ... Dr. P. Clay Sherrod Arkansas Sky Observatories Harvard MPC H41 (Petit Jean Mountain) Harvard MPC H43 (Conway) ...
... No. Drift Aligning helps you to get your physical mount correctly aligned to the pole (the RA axle pointed properly). "Two Star" aligning aligns the...
Huh, That's an interesting method! I would love to not spend the 45-60 minutes doing a drift align if possible. I really only want to take steady unguided...
More good info! I'm running out of ink printing this all out. Meade aught to have the group write their next manual. Each autostar option has a one or two...
Hi Larry, Not quite. One Star alignment is built into autostar (same as Two Star or Easy alignment). I initially use Polaris just to make sure the OTA is...
Yah, I can remember manually guiding my fathers scope for 30-60 minutes at a time. I haven't gotten to the point of doing a PEC correction to the lx90 yet, but...
