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Posts Made By: john crilly

July 27, 2003 10:30 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

LXD55 assistance

Posted By john crilly
Hi, James.

After doing a careful drive training (as I'm guessing you have already done) the tracking motion should be smooth. There are few reasons why it might not be. One is balance - both axes must be close to balance. Another is worm-to-worm-gear adjustment, which is critical. Yet another is the fairly common issue of loose setscrews on transfer gears. Power is also critical - attempting to operate these things on flashlight batteries doesn't give good motor performance.

Please let me know whether you have already checked these things - and what sort of OTA you are using on the mount.

John

August 3, 2003 12:18 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

C 9.25 Mount???

Posted By john crilly
For visual use the Nexstar GPS version will be much quicker and easier to set up, though the lightest component will be heavier than either GEM version. It should also be much more stable than the ASC GEM. There's no track record for the ASC as an imaging platform - that OTA might stress it enough to prevent long exposures, in which case the Nexstar version will look better yet.

John

August 15, 2003 07:31 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Maximum Power for 8"SCT

Posted By john crilly
Here in NE Ohio we nearly always run out of sky before we exceed the capabilities of medium-sized telescopes. 50X per inch on an 8" scope would be 400X; very rarely usable here. Most nights I'm limited to a little over 300X no matter what scope I'm using - unless it is so small that 300X is a stretch for it. 50X per inch would be 700X in my 14"; I don't expect to find out whether it can do that any time soon.

John

August 15, 2003 07:43 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Orion's new intelliscope line

Posted By john crilly
Sounds like a nice practice on Orion's part; I'd think they would rather sell the new model than tell folks they can get the same features with their old one by going to a different vendor.

John

August 30, 2003 11:00 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

Help With Celestron 11 GPS

Posted By john crilly
There are internal photos available at: http://www.nexstar11.com/nexmap.html

Hope there's something there that will help!

john

October 18, 2003 06:01 PM Forum: A Day in the Life of the Administrator

You will be missed Mr.None

Posted By john crilly
I wonder if buyers understand that we need to know who we are dealing with?

John

February 3, 2004 10:11 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

What about T-Scopes?

Posted By john crilly
I saw one recently that a local had just received - but first light is gonna have to wait until the weather changes. Certainly looked nice sitting there.

John

February 4, 2004 02:06 AM Forum: A Day in the Life of the Administrator

EZTelescope

Posted By john crilly
Check the archives for ad #191909 (last Spring). This isn't anything new - and things don't seem to be improving despite a long list of excuses for a "temporary" situation.

John

February 16, 2004 01:33 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Orion Atlas Mount with Dual Saddle

Posted By john crilly
The Atlas dovetail is Vixen-compatible. This means you can use the side-by-side plate offered by Vixen.

John

March 4, 2004 12:27 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

Digital Setting Circles

Posted By john crilly
The hot setups are Sky Commander and Argo Navis. All the rest are made by one company and are a little outdated.

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