dunc.ellliott
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Reged: 10/06/06
Posts: 180
Loc: Syston, Leicester,UK
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Is it just me or does your LX200 also seem to weight a lot more after you carry in after cloudy night when you have seen almost nothing, when it was almost clear when you carried it out earlier & the weather forecast was clear.
Tonight was the first time in nearly a month i have had it out due to bad weather & light nights.
I still did a auto align even thought it was cloudy then i started tonight's tour just to make me feel like i am getting my moneys worth.
I went through a the first few & when it got to vega the clouds cleared a bit & there it was in the finder, i centered it in the eyepiece & then it was gone in the clouds.
It seems so much heavier even on a cloudy warm summers evening than it does on a clear freezing night when you have been out for hours.
Come on winter.
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Meade 8" LX200R + Dell Inspiron 1501 + DSI + DSI pro ii + colour filter set + spc900nc + Fuji S5500
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blatterjr
sage
Reged: 08/13/07
Posts: 263
Loc: Saint Petersburg Florida
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I roll my 12" out routinely and autoalign even when its cloudy... just to make myself feel better.
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Robert
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Meade 12-LX200-ACF
BINO: Nikon AEX 10x50 6.5°
DSLR: Nikon D70+CCPro2
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Saint Petersburg Florida
27°47'22.92"N , 82°43'09.48"W
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dunc.ellliott
super member
Reged: 10/06/06
Posts: 180
Loc: Syston, Leicester,UK
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Glad i am not alone.
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Meade 8" LX200R + Dell Inspiron 1501 + DSI + DSI pro ii + colour filter set + spc900nc + Fuji S5500
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blatterjr
sage
Reged: 08/13/07
Posts: 263
Loc: Saint Petersburg Florida
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Scopebuggy is my friend... roll her into the driveway, out away from the street light and let her rip. Usually draws attention from the neighbors as well. At first they thought it was amateur patriot missle time... little did they know. 
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Robert
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Meade 12-LX200-ACF
BINO: Nikon AEX 10x50 6.5°
DSLR: Nikon D70+CCPro2
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Saint Petersburg Florida
27°47'22.92"N , 82°43'09.48"W
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Matthew Ota
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Reged: 04/30/05
Posts: 197
Loc: New Hampshire
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Mine was mistaken for a television camera...other times it has been mistaken as a missile launcher, too.
Come to think of it, it can be modified.....
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Matthew Ota
10 inch Meade LX250GPS SCT (LX50/LX200GPS clone) f6.3-Orion 80ED, ETX-90 OTA, Coronado Helios 1 H-alpha Solar Telescope
Cassini Huygens Saturn Observation Campaign
New Hampshire Astronomical Society
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blatterjr
sage
Reged: 08/13/07
Posts: 263
Loc: Saint Petersburg Florida
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When I added the dew shield, no one could see the glass... they thought I was lying!
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Robert
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Meade 12-LX200-ACF
BINO: Nikon AEX 10x50 6.5°
DSLR: Nikon D70+CCPro2
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Saint Petersburg Florida
27°47'22.92"N , 82°43'09.48"W
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nashville
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Reged: 03/19/08
Posts: 23
Loc: Nashville
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I have a 12", and yes it weighs alot more on the way in.
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12" LX 200
Full set of meade 4000
Naglers, 20mm type 2, 7mm type unknown.
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WolfgangG
journeyman
Reged: 08/06/08
Posts: 6
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I do not really understand the problem here. Seems to be a pure psychological thing. When driving to italy for holiday, it seems to be a short road, riding back it seem endless.
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JAT Observatory
Space Freak
Reged: 02/20/05
Posts: 5606
Loc: Eastern PA
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I can drive to Italy?  
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-Marcus
The problem with free speech is even the stupid have a voice.
http://jatobservatory.org
12" LX200R on a Paramount ME
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imjeffp
Senior Space Cadet
Reged: 09/30/03
Posts: 4411
Loc: Cedar Park, Texas
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Quote:
I can drive to Italy?
I was all set to give you the Google Maps solution, but it appears to have been broken. It used to say:
"Swim across the Atlantic Ocean 3,462 mi 29 days 0 hours"
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ST80 • AT80EDT/LXD650
ETX-90/DS-2000 • 10" LX200 Classic ("The Quarter-Meter Telescope at the Heritage Park Observatory")
SPC900NC • DMK21AF04 • Digital Rebel XT
  
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