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Focuser for LX-90

Started by jgrebed, 03/15/2006 01:21AM
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Posted 03/15/2006 01:21AM | Edited 03/15/2006 01:48AM Opening Post
Doug Grebe
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If you were looking for a better focuser for a LX-90, would you choose the featherlight micro focuser( 10 to 1 with a new knob) or the meade 1209 micro focuser, or the William Optics SCT focuser. I am using my LX-90 in Alt Az most of the time but I have a wedge and would like to try using it for longish photo's. Will the William Optics fit in Alt az? Will the 1209 fit in Alt az? If so with which diagonal. Thanks in Advance
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Doug Grebe said:

If you were looking for a better focuser for a LX-90,

Doug Grebe

Hi Doug,
Obviously not for imaging but for visual use I made a version of the Jiffy focuser. For the price of a jar of Peanut Butter, a pvc fitting, and some plastic cement you get a fine focus knob which works great. This one differs from the one on mapug.com by using the pvc fitting which enables you the have a "two speed" focuser.
Jim Moscheck
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