Dick, with the altazimuth guiding, is the limited exposure time increased? Regards. -- -Robin Lee Pioneer & 2007 President of CHHS Astronomy Club My Astronomy...
... software at http://www.stargps.ca/ install the software and then have it go online and get the (automatically) the latest Meade firmware and the correct...
... answer. Try it ... Thanks for the info I have just aquired a meade accesory port #909 and have been looking at the meade LPI. I assume I wouldnt need a...
... With the Meade camera, you don't even need the 909 APM. The Meade software uses the Autostar's serial port for its guiding. All cables come with the LPI...
Hey everyone...I've had my LX90 for about 2 months and have really enjoyed owning a GOTO scope. My auto star control started giving me problems (the display...
... motors, TRAIN drives, and Calibrate sensors before your scope will track anything properly. Of course the SITE,TIME,DATE must also be accurate. You should...
Hi All, ... or ... I personally do not believe that this is necessary. Certainly not the 'Train Drives' element (which is the most time consuming, and most...
I don't believe scope is suppose to track during alignment. So, the reason you are seeing star movement in the eyepiece has to do with Earth's rotation. I had...
... Somewhen around v25Ea(*) of the firmware, Meade added tracking to the alignment process. So you didn't have to "lead" the star in order to tap [enter] as...
... I usually Calibrate motors first thing every time I set up.... takes about 5 seconds.....Yes, the latest Meade instructions say you do not have to TRAIN...
I have taken the plunge and have tried to change the screws and collimate my scope.I have followed the instructions and have changed 2 easily but I can not...
Hi again Joe, The only problem with Calibrating Motors every time is that it will make any PEC correction data-set invalid as the worm position is lost when...
Hi, Can anyone give me an instruction how to process the 4 pics taken with the RGB filter and combine them into 1 picture? Appreciate any answer! Jan Norway...
Hi Jan, If they are co-regsitered,which really means they are aligned,in Photoshop you can select Channels tab. To the right of this is a small triangle. Click...
Robin- I haven't actually tried this yet, but the guiding commands are only given as error corrections between frames, so I don't think there is any guiding...
I purchased the scope from ebay last year and really never got much time to use it, however when I did start to use it boy was I disappointed, the scope I had...
... Simon, Can you explain these step in greater detail? (Especially the "I have tightened the mirror plate up by just rotating till it went tight" statement -...
... Hi thanks for the quick reply, What I found was where the three collimation screws are, the whole of the face of the disk (front part of secondary) they...
now do a star collimation. ... From: simonnevitt To: lx90@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 9:26 AM Subject: [lx90] Re: Hi all need some...
Hi again Simon, Again, I am not an expert in the make-up of the OTA corrector-plate assembly, perhaps others with infinitely more experience may be able to...
... Thanks as soon as the clouds shift in not so sunny oldham I will give it ago in the real outdoors, i got the laser to try and at least give me a starting...
Simon, I just found this web site where you can see how the corrector and secondary are disassembled. http://m1.aol.com/kewtasheck/corrector.html Jaime ... ...
... secondary ---located in the middle of the corrector plate. The secondary is of course removable(with cautions). Most of the corrector plates have a "mark"...
... Hey everyone, Thanks for the great replies to my questions. I've looked through the many links that have been supplied and have a much better idea now of ...
Hi everyone, I was out imaging the Moon on Monday morning under outstanding seeing conditions. I captured what is probably my best lunar image so far, a mosaic...
Amazing Ed! I think you're right, that is your best! Do you have any other parts that you could add to the mosaic to make it better? Gee, I hope you post this...
Sorry Ed, I meant to say adding parts to the mosaic to make it *bigger*, LOL I don't think it could be *better*Lol! George N. Huftalen, Jr. Meade 8 inch LX-90...
