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Posts Made By: John Love

February 1, 2008 03:51 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

CI-700 Drive Control

Posted By John Love

UPDATE.......

I am still waiting for a reply from Celestron... It is going on three weeks since I asked if they would program the chips for me since they don't want to give out the file.

Customer service????

John

March 8, 2008 07:28 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

M51 - b/w bare bones wide field

Posted By John Love
Wow!!!!!!!...Not bad for "nuttin fancy"

What scope, mount and camera did you use?



John CCD-Freak

March 14, 2008 08:22 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Vixen Flip Mirror IN-FOCUS "problem"

Posted By John Love
Those are standard "T" thread and I use one about 25mm long with my CCD camera or none with the filter wheel attached. These T ring extension tubes are not hard to find at most of the dealers selling imaging stuff. They also show up from time to time here on the "Mart". Edmund and others sell a shorter one that will take 1.25" eyepieces or T thread devices.

CCD-Freak

March 14, 2008 08:33 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Frankenmount

Posted By John Love
With all the talk about piecing parts together to create a better scope made me think so.....Here is my "Frankenscope" Most of which was purchased here on "tha-Mart". 8v)

I don't think any two parts are from the same company. "parts is parts" LOL

Antares 8" f5 newt
GSO focuser
Celestron CI-700 mount
Sky Commander DSC
Meade giant tripod
Custom adapter plate
Parallax OTA rings
Losmandy dovetail plates
ADM guide scope rings
Orion ED-80
Starlight Xpress CCD cameras
Atik filter wheel
Televue T adapter tube
SBIG LRGB filters
Vixen flip mirror
AVA filter holder
Astro Art software
Shoestring Astronomy USB focus interface
Toshiba laptop (imager)
Geeks.com 12v Laptop power supply
Dell laptop (guider)
Home Depot tripod shelves
AGM batteries
various hardware, tape, and tiewraps

OH....I forgot...the Baader coma corrector

I just need some bolts protruding from the sides of the tube. 8v)


CCD-Freak






March 17, 2008 01:38 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

2" Foscuser for Orion 6" f/8 Reflector

Posted By John Love
Orion now sells a 2" low profile crayford focuser #08881 that has a base plate that would fit a 6". It is the one they have on their new 6" imaging OTA. I just got one and it's pretty nice with a built in extension tube, even though it is a little heavy.

CCD-Freak

March 19, 2008 02:48 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Galaxy NGC 3521

Posted By John Love
Nice shot! I just added this one to my target list.

CCD-Freak

April 6, 2008 09:24 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Encoder Question

Posted By John Love
Hi Bill the encoder counts in quadrature so set the DSC for 8192 (2048 X 4)if there is no reduction. Then you just have to determine the direction, (+ or -).

John CCD-Freak


April 22, 2008 10:07 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

StarShoot Support?

Posted By John Love
I found focus for a similar system during the day inside my house. It made it much easier to figure out which way I needed to go with extension tubes to get within range of the focus ring on the lens. See if that helps.

John
CCD-Freak

April 25, 2008 02:59 AM Forum: Pictures of Me and My Telescope and........

Joe Castoro painted my AP tube

Posted By John Love
I just got my ED-80 tube back from Joe and it looks great. I think it added a whole magnitude to the scope! LOL 8v)

I had him do it in AP white to match my other OTAs. I love white tube refractors. I guess it is from becoming interested in astronomy during the 60s. I always lusted for a 6" Unitron.


John
CCD-Freak

April 28, 2008 01:52 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

LBN 552 -- Dust in the (stellar) Wind

Posted By John Love
WOW!

Fantastic as always.

I just wish we would get a stretch of clear weather with decent seeing.

John
CCD-Freak


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