Writing this to Mike, Gene, and the MAPUG group:

>takahashi makes mounting rings that slip around the OTA taht allow you to
attach...

Firstly.. to Gene, thanks for that Takahashi ring recommendation. I dont'
think the Tak. ring
would fit in the Meade cradle though ?? I'm currently using Meade rings.

>Like I said before....FLUSH YOU LX200 MEMORIES! :).There is no (2 star
>alignment) with this scope. It's actually a "Polaris plus one other"
alignment
>routine. To continuously improve the alignment do as follows.

Mike, Steve S. posted that he mimicks a 2-star align. with re-synch.
However, is he running in place
with the second star?

>- Follow the manual closely for the first alignment.
>- After about 10 min. Do a slew to Polaris (star 19). Recenter polaris
with the
>lattidude knob and the swing knobs. DO NOT USE THE NSEW KEYS!
>- Then enter the align routine...HOWEVER....when the menu prompts you to
set the
>scope to "DEC 90, HA 0" Do not do that, and DO NOT PRESS ENTER, just do (2)
>medium length presses of the GOTO button, the computer will beep once and the
>menu will read "CENTER POLARIS". Since you just did that before, it should
still
>be centered. Then you can press enter and continue on with the rest of a
normal
>align routine.

Mike.. How did you figure this out?? It's not in the manual! It worked, and
was the only thing
that got me anywhere near close this morning. All objects were in a wide
field eyepiece, but
not anywhere near center. Much closer though after your routine than the
initial line up.
I have even more work to do on this I guess. The manual, btw, says press
MODE key
which did nothing. Was the manual updated?? two medium length GOTO presses
did the trick.

Mike, Steve, group.. If I do use the polar alignment scope, and I do PRE
align the mount exactly. . would I just be able to manually move the scope
after power up in the correct position to ANY star , press -resync, and be
done?



- Todd
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