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Subject: [M]: Re: Re-Repost of Topical Archive for Oct
From: Ed Stewart-AstroDesigns
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Sat Nov 15 02:24:23 1997

Well, something is going on that wants to cut off the last half of this
listing so rather than waste bandwidth trying all over again, here's the
topics after Miscellaneous. Will add Rob Roy's Polar Wedge Sight w/photo this
weekend sometime.

BTW, those 28 computers I was networking yesterday all came on line first try (:o)
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Ed Stewart, Austin, TX <stargzer@austin.cc.tx.us>
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AstroDesigns link: <http://www.austin.cc.tx.us/astro-ES/AstroDesigns/>
Mapug (Meade Adv. Products Users Group) Topical Archive site.
Accessory designs and information for the Meade LX200 and Dobsonian telescopes.
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Mapug Topical Archive listings updated for October--
Motor Focusers

Meade Fork Oscillations Study & Mount Flexing Study

Meade Tech Service--Contacting Suggestions & New Address

+105 Finest Objects Tuned for the LX200

Palomar Sky Survery Data & Observing Info URLs

Pictor 201XT- Getting Started Issues

Pictor 416/1616--
Getting Started; Setup and Focus, Pin-out,
Pictor 416/1616 Control Box Description
+416XT with Taurus Tracker III
+416XT vs. SBIG ST-7 cameras

Pictor/CCD Misc. Issues--
Pixels per Arc Second Calculation
Anti-Blooming b
Flat Field/Dark Frame
CCD Selection Questions b
LX200 8" f/6.3 + CCD Questions
Pollution Filters for CCD Work
Pictor Manuals Comparisons
ETX and Autoguider Primer
CCD Focusing Aid  Color Filters & 3-Color Imaging
+208/216 Guiding w/DOSPVIEW
+Seeing vs. Pixel Size
+Anti-blooming Considerations

Polar & AltAz Aligning & Tracking Concerns--
+Accurate Polar Alignment Procedure--Revised 10/97
Polar Alignment-Drift Method
Better Alignment Accuracy for the LX-200
Backlash-Aware 2-Star Alignment
One Star Alignment for Wedge-Mounted LX200s
Polar Axis Balance/Tracking
RA Tracking Issues
Polar Alignment w/ROM3.30
Optical Sensing of Drive Motor Output
Drift Aligning URL
LX200 Daytime Alignment

Removing Focuser Backlash

+Analysis LX200 Keypad & Use of Long Cables

Reticle & Parfocal Eyepiece Topics--
Wireless/Wired Reticle Guiding Ep
Best Illuminated Reticle Eyepiece
Making a Parfocal Ep
Meade Illuminated Reticle Eyepiece

Starfinder Dob--Upgrading

Simulated Home Command

RA Drive Concerns--
+Smart Drive--PEC Training (update)
R/A Drive Noise Fix RA Drive Repair & How It Works

Star Testing the LX200
Artificial Star Testing by T. Whicker
Misc Star Testing Suggestions
Tips for new owners
What Model of LX200 Recommendation

Solar Spectra & Filters

Wedge/Tripod Problems & Modifications
LX200 Tripod/Wedge Modifications
LX-50 Wedge Problems Solutions
Superwedge Problems & Cures
+SuperWedge Modifications