Todd;

I am going to try Gene's method myself. (if my sky clears).

steve

Todd Gross wrote:

> 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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