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Subject: Re: [M]: Meade fork mount vibrations
From: steve
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Sun Mar 09 00:17:10 1997

For what it's worth;

I too found on my LX200, that if I turned the motor off images got
sharper. One night last fall I noticed Saturn looked good but had a bit
of a blur, I turned off the drive and it got much sharper. That was the
only time I noticed it but, it is probably always present. This was in
AltAz mode too.

steve

Bill Arnett wrote:
>
> At 7:54 PM -0800 3/6/97, R. A. Greiner wrote:
> >I have made extensive measurements on the Meade 12 and 10 inch
> >telescopes...
> >When set up in the equatorial mount configuration...
>
> I would be very interested in your experiences in altaz mode, too. The
> conventional wisdom is that altaz mode is much better polar. But in my
> experience, there is still some vibration somewhere (maybe from one of the
> motors?); my image steadies considerably if I go into Guide speed and hold
> down the "E" key (which simply turns off the drive).
>