From: Willie Strickland <willie@igc.org>
Date: February 15, 2008 12:24:00 AM MST
To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] EQ alignment
Rereading my previous post I realize there may need to be some clarification. I have been using the internet for 18 years, telescopes for only 3.5 years, and a grand total of only months using any kind of camera in astronomy.
I purchased a used Orion 6" EQ recently, no goto or tracking, just so I could get a little practice with an EQ mount. I am probably a pretty funny sight when I am wrestling it around from one object to the next.
I haven't gotten a really good alignment with it yet, it has been entertaining trying though.
Once before I had tried to align a 10" LX200 on a wedge that our local club owns. I wasn't too successful with that either. Never tried again. I was by myself and considered it a triumph just to get the scope on the wedge without breaking it or one of my body parts.
I really enjoy all the posts and especially the pictures on this list. One of these days I am going to be able to get me one of those cool firewire cameras. That is one of the reasons I decided to get the CPC 1100 instead of a bigger dob. In the meantime, I really enjoy the pictures that others post. I use Milton's fine software to process the occasional movie I take with Equinox and a Phillips webcam. Nothing worth keeping yet.
And after almost 53 years of using speech, I am still a long way from proficiency.
:-)
Willie
On Feb 14, 2008, at 4:48 AM, gaffney.mark wrote:
my previous scope was a 4
incher which I never actually EQ aligned