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osteomark
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Other than Yahoo!, does anyone know where I can hook up with people who own LX50's? The RA is not registering movement on the Magellan II hand control. The Dec did that once and it was just a loose fork setting circle knob.
Thanks,
Mark
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Meade LX50 8"SCT
Magellan II autofinder
WO 1.25" binoviewer with 3-in-1 Sieberts OCA
Marcus Luden Intes Micro 703 Maksutov 7"
Meade LXD55 GEM mount
Syracuse, NY
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Red Dwarf
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Reged: 11/02/07
Posts: 96
Loc: Issaquah, WA
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Did you find any? If so let me know as I just bought myself a 8" LX-50. Maybe we can start one ourselves....
Thanks,
Paul.
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Matthew Ota
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Reged: 04/30/05
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Loc: New Hampshire
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LX50/
Has been around since 2001, 460 members.
Get a Yahoo ID first, much is available in the online web site.
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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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Red Dwarf
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Loc: Issaquah, WA
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Thanks Matthew, I shall check it out.
(took me a while to come back in to the forum...)
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Paul
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osteomark
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Reged: 05/09/07
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Loc: Oswego, NY
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Paul,
The Yahoo group is the only one I know. I wish it was set up like CN is though. I hate the text style.
Paul, what year is yours? I think mine is 1998 or so. It has Magellan II Autofinder. Is yours Magellan II also? I accidently pulled the declination wires out of the plug. What a bear trying to get the wires back in place. Don't know if I'll ever be able to do it. I have 2 different guy that said they could do it for me though.
I think the RA not registering is a loose screw on the little RA wheel located in the bottom of the fork. You access it from the top of the base. 2 Allen screws hold the cover.
Mark
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Meade LX50 8"SCT
Magellan II autofinder
WO 1.25" binoviewer with 3-in-1 Sieberts OCA
Marcus Luden Intes Micro 703 Maksutov 7"
Meade LXD55 GEM mount
Syracuse, NY
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Red Dwarf
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Reged: 11/02/07
Posts: 96
Loc: Issaquah, WA
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Sorry Mark, I have no idea what year model mine is... I bought it off this lady and she didn't know either. She suspects it was in the late 90s though.
No, it doesn't have Magellan - it used the old-style point-and-lock-then-adjust dec control. I guess it is simpler to maintain at the cost of convenience.
Sorry to hear you are having problems with DEC wiring.
I also have a problem with *slightly* loose RA control knob. It sort of slips if I want to turn too quickly, but is OK if I do it slow. I believe I can replace this at a minimum cost, but I am not going to look at it until it becomes a real issue.
Like I said, maybe we could start doing this just between us two and maybe other people would join in....
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Paul
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