You are not logged in. [Login] Forum Archives · Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Observing >> Solar Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 Dwight J member Reged: 05/14/09 Posts: 12 Loc: Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada Meade DS 2090 mount for Lunt 60 mm Ha scope       #3407180 - 10/23/09 10:12 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I guess I should have posted in this forum as I got no response in the Mounts forum. I am wondering about the feasibility of using a Meade DS 2090 mount for my Lunt 60 scope. They are available at Costco for cheap right now and I am tempted but before I drop $200 on it I would be interested in having some feedback. Would it be stable enough for imaging besides visual? -------------------- LS60THa/B1200 Cerevolo 8" F5 MN EM200,Meade Research Series & DS2090,EQ6 SkyScan Mts 13.1 Dob, 16" Eq Newt Meade 10"SN 9X63,16X70,25X100 binos ToU cam,MX7C,HX916,Canon 300D,LPI Edited by Dwight J (10/25/09 11:22 PM) Post Extras:       Dwight J member Reged: 05/14/09 Posts: 12 Loc: Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada Re: Meade DS 2090 mount for Lunt 60 mm Ha scope [Re: Dwight J]       #3408368 - 10/24/09 03:04 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Doesn't seem like it has been used by anyone yet. I guess I will buy it today, test it out, and do a review. -------------------- LS60THa/B1200 Cerevolo 8" F5 MN EM200,Meade Research Series & DS2090,EQ6 SkyScan Mts 13.1 Dob, 16" Eq Newt Meade 10"SN 9X63,16X70,25X100 binos ToU cam,MX7C,HX916,Canon 300D,LPI Post Extras:       Skydetector member Reged: 08/21/06 Posts: 66 Loc: Albuquerque NM Re: Meade DS 2090 mount for Lunt 60 mm Ha scope [Re: Dwight J]       #3409192 - 10/25/09 12:18 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I just purchased a Coronado DSM for use with my PST. Its the Generation II DS-2000 series mount with the AutoStar controller. I used it for the first time today. It worked great. I don't know anything about the DS2090 mount but if is anything like the Coronado DSM it should be fine. Good luck, Mike -------------------- I guess I'm a looker, cause I'm looking in the ground, I'm looking in the night sky and I'm looking at the sun. Orion XTi10 Reflector Coronado PST/SM40/Coronado DSM Fisher Metal Detectors http://www.charliebates.org/ Post Extras:       Dwight J member Reged: 05/14/09 Posts: 12 Loc: Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada Re: Meade DS 2090 mount for Lunt 60 mm Ha scope [Re: Skydetector]       #3411038 - 10/25/09 11:20 PM Attachment (7 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Well I bought the mount yesterday and, of course, it was raining. It took about 5 minutes to assemble. The Lunt 60 tube mounted easily in the ring with just a piece of cardboard as a spacer. This is a fat tube as this ring fits the Meade 90 refractor that comes with the mount! As a bonus it came with 5 MA eyepieces which I tried out in the Lunt. They were more than adequate although they were not parfocal. Once I set it up and initialized it, it tracked the sun very well. With the short tube of the Lunt the mount was quite stable. I think this will work very well for observing and imaging the sun as my permanent set up loses the sun about noon thru the late fall and winter. I didn't try the goto or the scope that came with the mount yet as it is cloudy yet again tonite but these things are a bonus - I recommend this combo. I have included a pic of the scope on the mount and a quick afocal snap of the sun. Nice surface activity and spot group today with a few smaller proms. -------------------- LS60THa/B1200 Cerevolo 8" F5 MN EM200,Meade Research Series & DS2090,EQ6 SkyScan Mts 13.1 Dob, 16" Eq Newt Meade 10"SN 9X63,16X70,25X100 binos ToU cam,MX7C,HX916,Canon 300D,LPI Edited by Dwight J (10/25/09 11:22 PM) Post Extras:       Dwight J member Reged: 05/14/09 Posts: 12 Loc: Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada Re: Meade DS 2090 mount for Lunt 60 mm Ha scope [Re: Dwight J]       #3411046 - 10/25/09 11:24 PM Attachment (9 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   and the sun snap -------------------- LS60THa/B1200 Cerevolo 8" F5 MN EM200,Meade Research Series & DS2090,EQ6 SkyScan Mts 13.1 Dob, 16" Eq Newt Meade 10"SN 9X63,16X70,25X100 binos ToU cam,MX7C,HX916,Canon 300D,LPI Edited by Dwight J (10/25/09 11:24 PM) Post Extras:       marktownley Carpal Tunnel Reged: 08/19/08 Posts: 2248 Loc: West Midlands, UK Re: Meade DS 2090 mount for Lunt 60 mm Ha scope [Re: Dwight J]       #3411262 - 10/26/09 04:21 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Nice! 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