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EddieLub
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Reged: 08/18/08
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Loc: Allentown, PA
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I'm new to the list and also to astronomy. I just bought a Meade ETX125PE and am looking for some tips/advice on how to set it up and any tricks for it. Thanks in advance for the help!!
Eddie L.
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Treehopper
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Reged: 07/29/08
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Loc: Upstate NY
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Welcome Eddie! You picked a fine scope! I and a number of folks here also are new ETX-125'ers.
You can pick up some great tips on your new scope on the Cloudy Nights Meade ETX Forum here. 
You're gonna love it, I promise! Looking forward to your first light report!
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Tim
Third oak on the right, and straight on 'til morning.
Meade ETX-125PE (NGC7000 Edition)
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
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EddieLub
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Loc: Allentown, PA
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Lots of help there! Thank you......
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d1anderson
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Reged: 10/11/07
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Loc: North Central Texas
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Welcome Eddie,
This is indeed the right place for advise, instructions and encouragement..
Enjoy that new scope and give us an inspiring first light report.
Clear Skies
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Dewayne
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Z12 dob
MEADE DS2130AT NEWT 494goto
MEADE NG60 REFRACTOR
A Bunch of supplied Eye Pieces
The more you look the more you'll see! 
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john D
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Reged: 08/05/07
Posts: 4921
Loc: Midlothian, VA
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welcome to CN Eddie!
i have read alot about the etx-125. i'm actually going be buying one soon from a friend!
i would check out the meade ETX forum you will find alot about the 125!
again welcome!
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Meade ETX-125
Meade LXD55 mount
Philips SPC900NC webcam
Seymour Solar filter
Backyard Observatory
 -Midlothian VA
--Land Of The Free Because Of The Brave--
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jgraham
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Loc: Dayton, Ohio
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I bought mine a couple of months ago and I love it! And yes, be sure to visit us down in the ETX Forum. The only quick comments I have is read the manual, Plan on calibrating the motors and training the drives a couple of times (once to see how it's done, again once you know how to do it, it's very easy), and note the LNT home position is all the way counter clockwise, not clockwise (the mistake I made with mine by not paying attention).
And welcome to Cloudy Nights!
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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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Protheus
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Hey Eddie. Welcome.
Chris
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"To tread the sharp edge of a sword;
to run on smooth-frozen ice,
one needs no footsteps to follow..."
"Well, people sometimes ask me 'how did you get involved in astronomy?' I said 'I got born, what's your problem?'" -- John Dobson
"In discussing the large-scale structure of the cosmos, astronomers sometimes say that space is curved, or that the universe is finite but unbounded. Whatever are they talking about?" -- Carl Sagan
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dgs©
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Loc: West Monroe, Louisiana
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Welcome to the asylum Eddie! 
Another great resource, in addition to our own illustrious ETX group, is Weaner's Mighty ETX site.
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- david
8"Ø Newtonian on SVP, Moonlite CR2, Telrad
PST Oberwerk Ultra 15x70 Orion Ultraview 10×50
Hand-me-down Sears Refractor (Discoverer) 60mm×900mm
"What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world, remains and is immortal." --Albert Pike
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EddieLub
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Loc: Allentown, PA
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I saw Juipter last night for the first time---really cool!!!
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j3ffr0
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Loc: Virginia
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Jupiter is one of my favorites. I saw it for the first time not all that long ago myself, a moment I won't forget. I still go out and look at it often. Welcome to CN and congratulations on a fine scope.
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10" Dob
127mm Mak
PST
35, 24 Panoptic; 16, 13, 9 Nagler
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Happy-Idiot
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Brian
A small scope that gets used often is a better investment than a big scope that stays in the closet.
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Treehopper
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Reged: 07/29/08
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Loc: Upstate NY
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I saw Juipter last night for the first time---really cool!!!
It's awesome, isn't it? Hard to beat the 125 for planetary views, it just has some awesome optics. I'm certain as you use it more, you're going to come to love it even more. Thanks for your first light insight! Always cool to hear someone's first views! 
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Tim
Third oak on the right, and straight on 'til morning.
Meade ETX-125PE (NGC7000 Edition)
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
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