o1d_dude
o1der than dirt
Reged: 10/03/07
Posts: 1426
Loc: The Big Tomato, California
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The Meade Electronic Eyepiece is currently on sale here and I'm wondering if anyone has tried this particular device.
I have a small portable DVD player that I could feed the video out to and was wondering if anyone has done anything like this.
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Kit
"There's only two things that excite a man, expensive toys and real expensive toys." - Red Green
* A bunch of old ATM stuff that cost me next to nothing
* A bunch of new commercial stuff that cost me an arm and a leg
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RandyR
Enginerd
Reged: 04/01/04
Posts: 14076
Loc: Castle Rock, CO 6677' MSL
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I have one of those, they're - unfortunately - not much more than a toy IMHO.
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"Dark Skies & Great Viewing"
RandyR / NQ0R
GPS 9.25 XLT/Sky Align /FeatherTouch
TV85 w/FeatherTouch
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o1d_dude
o1der than dirt
Reged: 10/03/07
Posts: 1426
Loc: The Big Tomato, California
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Thanks. I was worried it might be something like that.
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Kit
"There's only two things that excite a man, expensive toys and real expensive toys." - Red Green
* A bunch of old ATM stuff that cost me next to nothing
* A bunch of new commercial stuff that cost me an arm and a leg
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midway199
super member
Reged: 04/21/04
Posts: 108
Loc: Illinois
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I think they are very nice for relaxed observing of the moon. I can't imagine any truly critical lunar observing, but for just poking around...
I even barlowed one on a friend's WO 66 SD, and it looked fine.
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Matthew Sherman
StellaCam 3
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kent
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 02/16/06
Posts: 766
Loc: P.E.I. Canada
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For $40.00 how could you go wrong? Well worth it just to try it out. I thought about that a couple of years ago when they were more then that. But I chose on hooking up my Canon Powershot to the T.V. instead. Thanks to the old Scopetronix setup. But it works more or less the same.
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Kent
Orion 100mm ED
Skywatcher 8" Newt
Skywatcher 10" Newt
Orion 20X80 Giant Veiw bino's
and a few other goodies
And in my possession(for the time being)
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ccs_hello
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 07/03/04
Posts: 2805
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- CMOS imager (and rumor has that it has a low sensitvity imager)
- low resolution (I tink it's 320 * 240 pixel imager)
- max. exposure time: 1/30 sec
P.S. occasionally these can be found in sub-20 dollars price range.
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snogum
professor emeritus
Reged: 04/30/07
Posts: 508
Loc: Western Australia
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You can forget deep sky imaging with the meade electronic EP.
But for lunar outreach at viewing nights or even bright doubles like Alpha centauri it works.
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Duncan (snogum)
CPC 800 XLT GPS
Orion FlexiShield Dewshield
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Perth
Western Australia
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Pedestal
Post Laureate
Reged: 03/11/06
Posts: 3071
Loc: Smoggy Bottom, Baytown,Texas
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It's ok if you want to show, say, a group of kids the moon. It's not much good for anything else. But, if you can get it cheap enough, it's worth having in your eyepiece box for those sometime occasions.
Hubert
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jgraham
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Reged: 12/02/04
Posts: 5370
Loc: Dayton, Ohio
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These can be fairly handy. Before I bought my LPI I used one for imaging the moon and planets and I've even used it to image Venus in daylight. It works particuarly well on my PST. As an imaging device a webcam would be much better, but for a b&w video device it works fine.
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-John
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Homebuilt scopes from 4.25-16.5"
Meade LXD75-N6/SN6/SC8, DSX-90, ETX-60BB, ETX-125PE, DS-2130
Orion StarBlast, BinoViewers, Coronado PST
Rebel XT/XTi, DSI Pro (I & II), DSI, LPI, Electronic Eyepiece, Phillips SPC900NC
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Canadian
Vendor
Reged: 01/11/05
Posts: 623
Loc: Calgary, AB, Canada
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I bought the Orion colour one years back (used). I was quite disappointed, but it wasn't expensive, so I figured I got what I paid for. It works ok on planets and the moon, but I later found out that it was better being used with a monitor (and the appropriate filter) for solar viewing. It did give me a taste for live viewing, so after looking at what was available, I'm waiting to purchase a Mallincam. Viewing through a monitor isn't quite the same as the eyepiece, so it isn't that high on my list.
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Just my thoughts, subject to change at any time.
Garry
C11
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Douglas
Vendor - Night Vision Astronomy
Reged: 05/21/07
Posts: 291
Loc: Pound Ridge, NY
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I have this EP and think folks are missing a great application. I used this EP for solar imaging and it performed great. The monochrome highlighted the solar surface detail. I saw someone on Astromart post a stacked solar image using the Meade #902 and filled in color with photoshop and it was amazing. Not bad for the price, and you can achieve focus in the PST with it ... something to consider for solar imaging if you are just starting out.
- Doug
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Night Vision Astronomy
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jgraham
Postmaster
Reged: 12/02/04
Posts: 5370
Loc: Dayton, Ohio
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Doug; we once set up my PST on my LXD75, fitted it with my Meade Electronic eyepiece and ran a cable into an computer monitor inside my house and used it to keep an eye on the sun for a couple of hours. It was kinda neat. It'd be easy to set it up to record the image with a VCR as well.
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-John
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Homebuilt scopes from 4.25-16.5"
Meade LXD75-N6/SN6/SC8, DSX-90, ETX-60BB, ETX-125PE, DS-2130
Orion StarBlast, BinoViewers, Coronado PST
Rebel XT/XTi, DSI Pro (I & II), DSI, LPI, Electronic Eyepiece, Phillips SPC900NC
Tasco 60mm Refractors
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Douglas
Vendor - Night Vision Astronomy
Reged: 05/21/07
Posts: 291
Loc: Pound Ridge, NY
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Hey John, sounds like that would be a fun thing to do one weekend.
Initially there were problems solar imaging with the PST due to focus travel problems but there were no problems with the Meade 902. I even used a solar filter with it, in the PST, and got great solar surface detail.
One day, while solar observing, a friend brought a pair of video glasses. We dropped the Meade 902 in the PST, hooked up the video glasses and WOW, what an awesome view.
It's too bad folks over look this EP because it is cheap.
- Doug
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Night Vision Astronomy
BIPH - Binocular Photon Machine
IDA Member
Obsession 12.5" Argo Navis/ServoCat #1528
Tak FSQ-106 EDX2 & EM-200 Temma II
Canon 450 Xsi No Modification
QSI 532ws CCD with AstroDon Filters
Home Built Gen III Image Intensifier
Denk II Binos D14s & D21s
MallinCam Hyper Plus Color
Bunch of Naglers & 13mm Ethos
Stellarvue 80mm F/7 NHNG #36
PST SolarMax 40 Double Stack
Canon 15 x 50 IS Binoculars
AstroTrac
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