during the 6 Very impressive numbers... won't have may have to Glad you caught the gad... Thanks Roland.... Tim

Hi all, Question on calibration. Once you have the scope polar aligned, do you have to go through the actual north star alignment or two star alignment procedure again. Why can't you simply find a

Just got on the 900 mfg list (long wait, and I don't recall when I signed on). I have a couple questions which I could not find in the this groups archive. How is the tracking with this puppy?

In a message dated 2/9/01 4:32:52 PM Central Standard Time, sjruss55@... writes: << Below 20 degs, would it be better to slow my slew speed down a little to play it safe? BTW are all the servo

In a message dated 2/9/01 4:20:44 PM Central Standard Time, jmarietta@... writes: << Why can't you simply find a star and sync the mount? >> You can. Go to 2 star, enter a star, press goto,

In a message dated 2/9/01 2:49:36 PM Central Standard Time, potentate@... writes: << How is the tracking with this puppy? Like how many arc-seconds in the Periodic Error of the worm? Also

David- What I meant in my example was that the scope could move anywhere from Horizontal (0 deg.) up to 74 degrees altitude before the back of the scope runs into the tripod. So you would set the

I plan to. jg --- John Gleason --- dvj@... --- http://www.celestialimage.com

The test setup (control box, motors, cables) included the new chip. They did not have the older chip version to test and did not realize that this would be an issue. We are working together and will

It is not available yet since they are finishing up some other features also. According to Dan it will be available in a few weeks. Marjorie Christen Astro-Physics Phone: 815-282-1513 Fax:

To all, Software Bisque has made the new version 5.00.012 available to us for beta testing. It is not available on their web site at this point. They are finishing up some other features in the

I can not find this update on their web site unless it's been pulled due to this problem. Steve chris1011@... wrote:

Hi Ron, For now just use the LX200 telecope type (and not the AP type) and everything will work fine. -Ray

How serious are the problems? Can you function OK for the most part, or is it a fatal flaw? I'll be doing some imaging shortly, so I want to know whether to apply the upgrade or not. Ron Wodaski The

Anyone else test their GTO mount with the new v5.012 of TheSky? -Ray Gralak

In a message dated 2/6/01 1:35:44 PM Central Standard Time, dcverde@... writes: << Mark - The temperature was about 45 deg. F, the mount had been on earlier in the afternoon and then out of a

In a message dated 2/6/01 10:52:17 AM Central Standard Time, ray@... writes: << Anyone else test their GTO mount with the new v5.012 of TheSky? -Ray Gralak >> We did and found the problem

David- The degree range of safe zone refers to the deviation from the vertical from which the scope will be prevented from pointing. You enter the range in altitude, and the mount takes care of