At 8:01 PM -0800 4/4/98, Clint wrote:
>Need some help. I bought the 10" LX50 Friday, and set it up today. Went out
>this evening to see what I could see. I couldn't see 'didly squat'...aka
>nothing.
>Could not get it to focus on anything, Sirius, the moon, anything. The
>focus knob
>turns left and right (the number of turns were not very many). I backed
>off on
>the big slotted screw next to the focus knob, the number of turns on the
>focus knob
>was greater, but still could not focus on anything....

Is the "big slotted screw" the shipping bolt that locks down the primary
mirror? If so, it must be removed entirely before the focuser will work
properly.

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Bill Arnett "Science is a way of trying
San Jose, CA USA not to fool yourself." -- Feynman

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