Hi Alan, Jim, Tom and anybody else :) ... This is one of those personal preference issues (and a great way to start a flame war, incidently<G>). IMHO (which...
Hi, Jim, Alan, Alan, most of what you say echoes my earlier reply. But I have to disagree with you on the alignment instructions. With a near perfect Polar...
I added a 2" diagonal to my 8" LX200. With a 40MM Pentax XW Eyepiece 50X (70 degree FOV) views of Pleides are disapointing. I prefer to use binoculars. Having...
... perfectly ... Thanks,someone had to say it !!! I just purchased PSP. Someone said it is easily adaptable for stacking astronomy pics. As a person who has...
Well, doesn't it depend on the duration of the exposure you are trying to do? If you're trying to do a 5 hour exposure, I can't see how you could do it right...
"Polar alignment is overrated.." and I just bought a GEM, my luck! Where were you 2 months ago? Seriously, 20x15 second exposures will not produce the same...
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I agree, the best is level everything and do a two star alignment but I was getting the impression that Jim wasn't able to do a two star due to limited sky....
I will add my two cents on this one. I have spent almost a year and a half trying to take decent photos via Alt/Az on my 8" LX-90. I acquired an Orion 120ST...
I process all my photos with PSP, terrestrial or otherwise, but do not use it to stack. Jim ... From: lx90@yahoogroups.com [mailto:lx90@yahoogroups.com] On...
* ***WARNING - PERSONAL OPINION FOLLOWS***!!! ... perfectly ... HOW??? Without having to have a degree in derotation? I can't derotate my images to save...
Hi everyone. The name's Wayne. I have been looking for a good group to join. Just got on Yahoo. Never thought I would find one dedicated to LX90 owners. I just...
Hi Wayne I am new to the group also, so I would like to tag along with you and learn what I can about the LX90 also. The kids gave it to me a couple year ago...
Welcome, Wayne, to another frustrated Pacific Northwest skygazer. :-) Hopefully you were able to get out the last week or so to use your telescope - the...
Welcome, Wayne! I recently got an LX 90 12". I have had it outside all of TWO NIGHTs (briefly, each time!). It has been very frustrating. Here in Colorado, we...
Welcome Wayne, I've got one of the early LX-90's and its still running strong. I still am amazed at what a great deal my scope has been, I am sure you will...
Welcome Wayne, At least you have yours. Me I'm on the road all the time and haven't been able to see it since 2nd of January but hope to get home for a weekend...
Welcome Wayne! This is a great group, celebrating a sturdy and dependable line of telescopes. I have had my Classic LX-90 (no LNT, no GPS and once 'LX-90 meant...
Hi Wayne, I've had an 8" LX90-LNT for almost a year now and am really happy with the scope. It's fairly portable (more like 'luggable'), yet it pulls in a lot...
Jim, I highly recommend DeepSkyStacker ... <http://deepskystacker.free.fr/english/index.html> It is free and will derotate for you. (As well as do dark , flat...
... Just curious?? Why are you doing all of that? Just push and hold the MODE Key for 2 seconds.......let go and you get RA and DEC.......push the down scroll...
Just wanted to say hello, after joining the LX90 Yahoo Group. I recently acquired an LX90 LNT and am looking forward to reading and contributing to the group....
... LX90, as ... beg a few ... down to ... experience ... here since ... right ... and start ... layout of ... can't get ... Anacortes ... but the ... ...
Call me backward if you like but I'd love it if Meade would just put a switch on the side of the Smart finder so I could turn it on no matter WHERE I was in...
Wolfgang, Are you sure you're not tied into the Hubble? Great picture. Luther sn2005cs <wkloehr@...> wrote: Hi all, here an attempt of NGC6946 taken...
Thank Iver. I've admired your photos too. Terrific Iris Nebula! I need to be a little braver about my guiding and try longer focal length imaging... Kel...
Another great pix. Joe sn2005cs <wkloehr@...> wrote: Hi all, here an attempt of NGC6946 taken with: LX200GPS 10'' AltAz unguided at F6.3 with DSI-Pro...
