Fellow LX50 users: Looks like I am going to do a mod to take my LX50/10 OTA and place it into an LX200GPS/10 fork/drive base assembly. It will be an autumn...
I have completed the transition as it was easier to do than I thought. What is surprising is the the OTA is relatively light compared to the fork/base...
... I simply used a scribe to sratch a mark across the joint between the base cover and the fork tine. I only had to loosen one tine to remove the original...
Congrats on the upgrade. I have an LX50/200 classic hybrid. The forks were a real problem for me. The mount was purchased via astromart, and shipped...
The Fork alignment is not really that difficult, just a bit time consuming. BTW, doing it by loosening just one fork arm will still leave you out of...
If anyone is interested, I decided to take the plunge and flock the interior of the OTA with ProtoStar paper. http://207.234.168.215/flock_it!.htm Beevo (aka...
Hi to all LX50 Group, My name is Frank from Madrid (Spain) and I'm just landed at this Group thanks to Matthew Ota who suggested it me in CloudyNights. I'm a...
Gentlemen- I have the following parts for sale- 1 LX50 fork & drive completly functional (no OTA), 1 LX 50 drive base, no forks but complete & functional. 3...
I have an 8" reflector on an LX-50 drive for sale. It includes a c-90 guide scope, 2 eyepieces, Meade wedge, tripod, finder scope, hand controlers. You can...
Matthew: Have followed your project with great interest. I have thought of doing this exact same mod. Or I was considering getting a LX75 mount and dropping my...
A fellow club member with a 10 inch LX200GPS purcahsed a Losmany Gemini GM-11 mount and put his LX200 OTA on it. Then he sold me his forks, drive base and...
Hi All - a desperate newcomer to your group. I reverse biased my LX50 while at a star party and appear to have fried its innards... well - the magic blue smoke...
... Hello Bruce, I am in exactly the same position as you. I think I inadvertently reversed the polarity and it certainly blew the on board fuse. My scope ...
Hi All Does anyone know the number of pulses per second that are supposed to come out of the encoder mask when the scope's running at sidereal rate? My scope's...
... astrophtography ... any ... Hi Josh, I've the same Telescope and I've just received a DSI in order to start Autoguiding. My problem at the moment is that I...
I just ordered a DSI PRO off Astromart and will be experimenting this weekend... if it arrives this week. I'll let you know how it works out. I am very...
It's saw the first terrestrial light. with no problems. Very important is to get the right focus so otherwise the camera will show you a strange range of...
Hi, very good idea!! I think it will be usefull for a lot of people... You will find some informations on my website, but I done a lot of experiments on the...
Hey again Frank For focusing, you might want to try a Hartmann mask. You can Google it. Basically just a cover you put over the end of the scope with some...
Hi Joe, good morning here is Spain :) The problem with the Batteries is that I've to connect the Laptop and the telescope at the same time so I looked for a...
Hi all i want to set my lattude correcttly but when i looked on the side all there was is the ally bolt and the tightening knobs do you take the reading...
I've also wondered about that and look forward to hearing from others in the group. I've had my LX50 for 5 years or so, and will admit that I use the bolt to...
Hi Neil & all Since you want to adjust the wedge using the scale, I presume you're setting the scope up in different locations. If not, bolting your wedge to a...
Hello Frank First, I'm amazed you can run XP with only 64k of RAM. The good news is you can probably run GuideDog on your computer using a Shoestring adapter...
Hi Joe and thanks for your answer. After read it I will throw my Telescope in the bin :-) No my Laptop is 64 Mb RAM and at the moment I'm imaging with my Canon...
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