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Subject: Re: [M]: Re: LOTS of CCD photography questions with Meade
From: Chris Margaritis
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Mon Mar 23 00:58:16 1998

At 09:11 PM 3/22/98 +0100, you wrote:
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>> From: evan garber <evang@dnai.com>
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>> I have a 10" LX-200 and a Starlight Xpress MX-5 camera.
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>> I am using a Meade F6.3 focal reducer, attached to this is a NGF-S
>> focuser then a filp mirror and then the Starlight camera in that order.
>>
>> I have some questions.
>>
>Evan,I have myself a 10"LX200 (f6.3) and I am interested in the MX-5
>camera. Please tell me: can the camera pass the fork freely when mounted
>on the LX??
>
>Yours
>Ove C.
>
The MX5 with its Pentax to 1.25" adapter without diagonal WILL NOT clear
the fork clearly. With the diagonal it will, but I recommend tightly
torquing the thumb screws.

Chris Margaritis