writes:
>John F. Wall wrote:
>>
>> Hi Rick
>> I have an LX-50, 201XT and the Meade OAG and as of today still
>haven't had
>> it working together. In discussions with Meade there are several
>problems
>> involved.
>>
>> 1. The cable that connects the 201XT to the scope. Meade informs me
>that
>> the cable MUST MUST MUST be the flat grey cable. Any other cable
>that may
>> have come with the 201XT may cause problems. It has now been
>replaced.
>>
>> 2. The dec motor over-corrects and the image moves off the chip
>during
>> calibration. Meade is now sending me a new upgraded dec motor and
>chip
>> (rev. 6.0) which will stop this over-correction.
>>
>> Because of these problems the 201XT would not calibrate at all.
>Hopefully
>> we'll be up and running in two weeks provided Meades back order on
>these
>> new dec motors gets filled this week.
>
>Have you been able to ust the 201 through the main tube? Mine works
>great when I do that. (For more info on my problem, see my other
>posting
>with the same subject line).
>
>>
>> That said, try your illuminated reticle in your OAG and see how far
>your
>> guide star moves through the FOV before it disappears. Your FOV may
>not be
>> great enough.
>
>The Lumicon OAG has a very large prism, so the star is able to move
>all
>the way acroos the FOV in all directions. I think my problem might be
>I'm using a star diagonal in my off axis port in front of the 201 so I
>can reach focus. Lumicon sells a longer extension tube so I won't have
>to use the diagonal. Maybe that would help. Another thing I've
>contemplated buying is Lumicon's 2.5X CCD reducer (reduces to f/4 for
>an
>8" f/10 SCT). It supposedly attaches to the nose of the 201, giving a
>better star image for the 201 to guide on.
>

I have one of the reducers from Lumicon (2.5x) that I don't need anymore,
first $50 bucks takes it.....

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ric ecker
san marcos, ca.
curator of the Willard Observatory
http://members.aol.com/rlecker/optas.html...........Pictor 216 XT images

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