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Posts Made By: Matthew Ota

June 4, 2009 04:34 AM Forum: Meade

LX200 spare parts

Posted By Matthew Ota
Try Don Rothman. He tears down telescopes and sells the parts for a living. He is in California
He sets up every year at RTMC and sells parts of all kinds.
http://astronomy-mall.com/astro.parts.outlet/

Tell him I referred you.

June 4, 2009 04:49 AM Forum: Meade

Improving Meade finderscope on ETX 90

Posted By Matthew Ota
Out in Southern California, a lot of ETX users use the Rigel QuickFinder:

http://www.skiesunlimited.net/index.php?ProductID=545

It is tall enough to get away from the telescope tube and works great.

June 4, 2009 04:52 AM Forum: Meade

Operating The Meade LX200 GPS?

Posted By Matthew Ota
I'll have to try that on my system next time I set it up. But I am not sure if it is safe to turn on the scope without the handbox plugged in.

June 13, 2009 04:19 AM Forum: ASTRONOMY

Cherry Springs State Park on Wikipedia Today

Posted By Matthew Ota
The Wiki article is nice. I will have to go to the star party someday.

June 13, 2009 04:24 AM Forum: ASTRONOMY

Upgrades to a Meade LX-5

Posted By Matthew Ota
You could mount the optical tube on a newer fork mount, such as an LX50, LX90, LX200 or LX200GPS mount, but you would have to be diligent in finding one for sale.

Rod Molise's Used SCT guide lists the LX-5 as one of his favorites.

July 5, 2009 09:36 PM Forum: Meade

Can a mirror lock be added to older LX200?

Posted By Matthew Ota
chuck hull said:

I recently acquired an older 10" LX200 and was wondering if a mirror lock can be added to it?

Here is how I made mine:

http://www.isomedia.com/homes/cvedeler/scope/mirrorlock.htm

It works fine

July 5, 2009 09:59 PM Forum: ASTRONOMY

How dark are your skies?

Posted By Matthew Ota
I can see all of the stars in the Little Dipper, and the Milky Way. I live in a small rural town in New Hampshire. It is a class five (orange) on the Bortle Scale

July 27, 2009 05:29 PM Forum: ASTRONOMY

bifocals

Posted By Matthew Ota
I have been wearing bifocals now for over ten years. I prefer the line type. I have no problems viewing though them, I use the upper portion.

August 24, 2009 01:48 AM Forum: After Dark

Dark sites to go to without being harassed...

Posted By Matthew Ota
Since you live in Cincinnati, I would recommend you hook up with the folks at the Cincinnati Observatory and the local astronomy club, which likely has a dark sky site suitable for your needs.

August 24, 2009 01:59 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

Baader solar film D'OH! moment...

Posted By Matthew Ota
I am sorry, I do not come to this forum that often, primarily because of the poor quality of forum software used (lack of message history)

Your off axis setup is the way to go. Mine I made from sheet PVC plastic. My off axis hole's diameter is exactly the distance from the edge of my secondary mirror housing to the edge of the corrector plate.

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