Kurt, Your information is very much appreciated. Clear Skies Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Canopus56" <canopus56@yahoo.com> To: "Utah Astronomy List Serv" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 11:15:26 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] couple of questions regarding CCD imaging Steve wrote:

My Crayford Type(Moonlite for SCT) will be here this week and I can't wait to mess with it.

Yep, it's still a time consuming process. Steve, I also own a single stage Moonlite focuser for a Newt. One thing to remember for all focuser types is the pressure plate or lock down setting. A camera can be relatively heavy, and depending on the angle of the optical tube in altitude, the camera can continually drag the focuser out of the precise focus point. I found this out the hard way with my Moonlite, and eventually I discovered the two recessed Allen wrench heads underneath the focuser's knobs. The Allen bolts push a pressure plate that ups the default tension on the Crayford rollers. Once I had added some more base pressure on the Crayford's plate, I had less trouble getting and keeping a camera in focus. But, it looks like the Moonlite SCT focuser has a simplier thumb-screw on the bottom to do the lock-down function. Clear Skies - Kurt _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php