At 11:02 AM -0500 6/29/99, Andy Wallace wrote:
>I have been asked if an LX-200 will track the sun. I have some vague
>memory that it can but didn't see the details in the archives.

Yes, of course it can. I've done it many times. What the LX200 can
NOT do is GOTO the Sun (or any object near it). This is presumably a
"safety" feature but it's easy to get around by simply pointing the
scope manually. What I usually do is look at the shadow of the scope
and try to make it as small as possible. Then I remove the eyepiece
and slew around until I see the Sun. All with the solar filter on,
of course! and the finder scope capped (or removed).

Bill Arnett
http://www.seds.org/billa/
"Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself." -- Richard Feynman

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