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Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | >> (show all) Anonymous Unregistered Re: Show off your LX200 setup [Re: southmike]       #376178 - 03/16/05 10:54 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Yeah your right. I just never thought about the 12" fitting all the way down. I had to test mine to make sure. Post Extras:       starman2 newbie Reged: 09/07/04 Loc: North West USA Re: 12"LX200 GPS setup procedure [Re: Posaunist]       #390843 - 03/30/05 10:28 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Sir, I just bought a 12" LX200 GPS SMT and I would like to see if you would mind send ing me an e-mail on how you start you evening observing. I have not had a chance to really use it yet and I would like to know where to start. It is mounted on a pier with the heavy duty wedge and an observatory almost like yours. I have centered Polaris using a illuminated eypiece while waiting for my power supply to get here. Now which way should my OTA be pointed before I apply the power and then take me through a simple way if you don't mind. Please e-mail me at starman@pacific.net Thanks, Gary Post Extras:       mtnmedic Late for dinner Reged: 11/09/04 Loc: Antelope, Oregon Re: Show off your LX200 setup [Re: Hawkeye]       #397083 - 04/06/05 12:06 AM Attachment (740 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   And here's mine. I took it out again in Lucerne Valley, CA (just down the hill north of Big Bear Lake) last weekend with the wife. Gotta tell ya...M42 just made us faint! Never before did I see it actually FILL the field of view! GAWD...I have GOT to get 2" EPs and a bino viewer for this, my pride and joy! And to think, I spent all those years with a Dynamax 8" SCT! Edited by Grizz (04/06/05 07:14 AM) Post Extras:       southmike Carpal Tunnel Reged: 11/22/04 Loc: Fayetteville, NC Re: Show off your LX200 setup [Re: mtnmedic]       #397125 - 04/06/05 12:53 AM Attachment (679 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Ok finally took a quick pic of my Lx200 8", with orion 90 mm mak with a flip mirror and 201xt. Post Extras:       mtnmedic Late for dinner Reged: 11/09/04 Loc: Antelope, Oregon Re: Show off your LX200 setup [Re: southmike]       #397131 - 04/06/05 01:03 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Nice! Binos........even 1.25" would be nice. Somehow, the midnight or royal blue our scopes are painted in is just the RIGHT colour (for me, anyway). Post Extras:       southmike Carpal Tunnel Reged: 11/22/04 Loc: Fayetteville, NC Re: Show off your LX200 setup [Re: mtnmedic]       #397166 - 04/06/05 01:47 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks , I am rather un-impressed with walmarts film to cd service....it is grainy as heck.. Post Extras:       mtnmedic Late for dinner Reged: 11/09/04 Loc: Antelope, Oregon Re: Show off your LX200 setup [Re: southmike]       #397169 - 04/06/05 01:54 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Yeah, it IS a bit grainy. Well, that's Wally World for ya. I haven't been there in almost 6 months and before that about a year. Of course, the fact that it's about 10 miles away and Target is eight blocks away might have something to do it. Besides, it just seems to me that Wal-Mart has gotten, well...cheap and junky, lately. That's my opinion and it's probably somewhat biased. But it HAS changed over the last few years, not to mention its desire to conquer the world... Post Extras:       ProfLemoi sage Reged: 09/26/04 Loc: Ashburnham, MA Re: Show off your LX200 setup [Re: mtnmedic]       #397765 - 04/06/05 03:23 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hey were did you guys get the Due Shields for your Meade scopes? I have a *bleep* one I would like to upgrade. Post Extras:       mtnmedic Late for dinner Reged: 11/09/04 Loc: Antelope, Oregon Re: Show off your LX200 setup [Re: ProfLemoi]       #397797 - 04/06/05 03:44 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Got mine from Scope City. Most Meade dealers can get one for you. They're really nice but they're heavy, rigid, don't store easily and are kind of bulky to cart around. However, they're a snap to put on, as they fit very snugly around the end of the OTA. Heck, I don't even use the screws on mine. Post Extras:       ProfLemoi sage Reged: 09/26/04 Loc: Ashburnham, MA Re: Show off your LX200 setup [Re: mtnmedic]       #397848 - 04/06/05 04:27 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Do you need any counter weight with that one Michael? Post Extras:       mtnmedic Late for dinner Reged: 11/09/04 Loc: Antelope, Oregon Re: Show off your LX200 setup [Re: ProfLemoi]       #397868 - 04/06/05 04:41 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Well, so far I haven't had the need for counterweighting...yet. It's heavy but not terribly so. It's heavy enough to tip the scope down when the DEC lock isn't on but doesn't appear to cause any significant strain on the DECK lock when it's engaged. However, counterweighting isn't a bad idea. I remember my old Dynamax 8" SCT having a really neat (homemade!) counterweighting system on it that kept it very nicely balanced to the point where I never even needed to engage the DEC lock. Post Extras:       southmike Carpal Tunnel Reged: 11/22/04 Loc: Fayetteville, NC Re: Show off your LX200 setup [Re: ProfLemoi]       #397873 - 04/06/05 04:44 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I got mine on astromart for about 75 bucks...I found that it really made the front heavy.even with the binoviewer I had to add weights. I also have a astrozap with built in heater..but once I added the guide rail and counterbalance it doesn't fit any more..so no convienent fold flat dew shield for me.. Post Extras:       faltered sage Reged: 04/01/05 Re: Show off your LX200 setup [Re: john]       #401936 - 04/10/05 04:31 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   MORE! Post more pictures! I love looking at these setups. I like to see how people are spending all their hard earned $$. Post Extras:       Anonymous Unregistered Re: Show off your LX200 setup [Re: faltered]       #425884 - 05/02/05 12:25 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   My new baby: Post Extras:       mtnmedic Late for dinner Reged: 11/09/04 Loc: Antelope, Oregon Re: Show off your LX200 setup [Re: ]       #425891 - 05/02/05 12:30 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   NICE! Where in the world are those nice GREEN yards? I think you'll be surprised how stable the scope is with the standard field tripod. Mine has done wonderfully with it. Post Extras:       Anonymous Unregistered Re: Show off your LX200 setup [Re: mtnmedic]       #425919 - 05/02/05 12:48 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Iowa. No watering necessary. I had it out for a very short amount of time the night I got it (Saturday. I was tired from the long drive to pick it up, plus it was cold as heck, so didn't feel like being out too long). But it seemed pretty stable. Didn't have a power cable for it yet so I just looked at Jupiter. It needs collimated badly. I didn't play with it that night (wish I had), so I've been trying to daylight collimate it. I think I got it significantly better but I'll have to wait for a clear night to find out and finish the job. I took a really fuzzy, underexposed (and several overexposed) single exposure of Jupiter. I've got a Sony DSC-F717. It seems like people are getting really good results from stacking AVIs from webcams, would shooting 320x200 AVIs with the Sony and stacking them potentially be better than taking regular 5 megapixel photos? What about stacking full res photos? Edited by Nicholas Loper (05/02/05 12:49 PM) Post Extras:       BradH Pooh-Bah Reged: 06/19/04 Loc: Spencer, Indiana Re: Show off your LX200 setup [Re: ]       #425971 - 05/02/05 01:38 PM Attachment (646 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I got my LX200 12" in last week and finished my Skyshed. I put the scope on the Sunday. Now I need for it the clear up. Brad Post Extras:       BradH Pooh-Bah Reged: 06/19/04 Loc: Spencer, Indiana Re: Show off your LX200 setup [Re: BradH]       #425974 - 05/02/05 01:40 PM Attachment (663 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here is one from inside Post Extras:       Anonymous Unregistered Re: Show off your LX200 setup [Re: BradH]       #426627 - 05/03/05 01:55 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   brad with a permanent house for your scope that 12" LX is screeming for a wedge. oh and mount that little 80ed on your lx too they compliment each other really well. Post Extras:       BradH Pooh-Bah Reged: 06/19/04 Loc: Spencer, Indiana Re: Show off your LX200 setup [Re: ]       #427029 - 05/03/05 01:36 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I may end up doing that one day. it something I have thought about. Brad Post Extras:       Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | >> (show all)

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