Request for photo of LX200 controls for obs guide
Dear group, I am working up a personal observing guide for operating the classic LX200s on the U of U Physics building. I am stuck on getting a good photo of the control business end of an LX200. Nothing appropriate is available on the internet that clearly captures all the features that I am after, and the observatory has been closed due to weather for some weeks. The photo features that I am after in one clear shot are: 1) A mounted 60mm refractor finder. 2) A screw on the housing rim at the back of the scope (for gross aligning on a target) 3) The gross focus control (for the secondary mirror movement and initial focusing). 4) A centered primary focal plane control (the focuser). 5) An installed 2 inch right angle finder, a 1 1/4" inch adapter, and a 1 1/4" eyepiece. If one of you have an LX200 in a case that you can tilt up or one that is setup indoors, can use a decent DSLR to take a clear picture and email it to me at my SLAS member roster email? I'd really appreciate it. It is for a diagram that explains centering the focuser on scope start up. This is a personal and not a UofU authorized project. Thanks, Kurt
Kurt: Sorry I do not have any photos but I wanted to suggest the Meade Advanced Products User Group. If you have not checked you may find some photos there. It is MAPUG . Com I'm thinking you may have looked there since it is the place for LX200 Classic information. Just a " headsup " Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Canopus56" <canopus56@yahoo.com> To: "Utah Astronomy List Serv " <utah-astronomy@mailman. xmission .com> Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 4:54:31 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Request for photo of LX200 controls for obs guide Dear group, I am working up a personal observing guide for operating the classic LX200s on the U of U Physics building. I am stuck on getting a good photo of the control business end of an LX200. Nothing appropriate is available on the internet that clearly captures all the features that I am after, and the observatory has been closed due to weather for some weeks. The photo features that I am after in one clear shot are: 1) A mounted 60mm refractor finder. 2) A screw on the housing rim at the back of the scope (for gross aligning on a target) 3) The gross focus control (for the secondary mirror movement and initial focusing). 4) A centered primary focal plane control (the focuser ). 5) An installed 2 inch right angle finder, a 1 1/4" inch adapter, and a 1 1/4" eyepiece. If one of you have an LX200 in a case that you can tilt up or one that is setup indoors, can use a decent DSLR to take a clear picture and email it to me at my SLAS member roster email? I'd really appreciate it. It is for a diagram that explains centering the focuser on scope start up. This is a personal and not a UofU authorized project. Thanks, 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 Visit the Wiki : http :// www . utahastronomy .com
Hi Erik, I have an LX200GPS, not the classic, so I don't know if that is appropriate for you. I don't know which screw you mean -- just one on the back that you could use to roughly align? Also it came with a straight-through refractor, which I didn't like much, so once I installed a right-angle, which was even worse, so I went back. I don't know the difference between nos. 3 and 4; is one of those unique to the classic? I will help if I can. Best wishes, Joe --- On Sat, 1/15/11, Canopus56 <canopus56@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Canopus56 <canopus56@yahoo.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Request for photo of LX200 controls for obs guide To: "Utah Astronomy List Serv" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Saturday, January 15, 2011, 4:54 PM Dear group,
I am working up a personal observing guide for operating the classic LX200s on the U of U Physics building. I am stuck on getting a good photo of the control business end of an LX200. Nothing appropriate is available on the internet that clearly captures all the features that I am after, and the observatory has been closed due to weather for some weeks. The photo features that I am after in one clear shot are:
1) A mounted 60mm refractor finder. 2) A screw on the housing rim at the back of the scope (for gross aligning on a target) 3) The gross focus control (for the secondary mirror movement and initial focusing). 4) A centered primary focal plane control (the focuser). 5) An installed 2 inch right angle finder, a 1 1/4" inch adapter, and a 1 1/4" eyepiece.
If one of you have an LX200 in a case that you can tilt up or one that is setup indoors, can use a decent DSLR to take a clear picture and email it to me at my SLAS member roster email? I'd really appreciate it.
It is for a diagram that explains centering the focuser on scope start up.
This is a personal and not a UofU authorized project.
Thanks, Kurt
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