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Posts Made By: Anthony Lutton

November 6, 2003 04:04 AM Forum: Off Topic Discussions

Mauna Kea and our honeymoon

Posted By Anthony Lutton
Here is a link to the pictures if anyone would like to see them. They aren't in any particular order yet, and I only loaded about half of them. I will eventually separate the individual activities (like Mauna Kea, Waikiki...etc etc) into their own galleries.

http://www.pbase.com/eagle92395/anthony_and_emmily_honeymoon_in_hawaii_

November 6, 2003 10:49 PM Forum: Meade

Tripod leveling and alignment for LX90

Posted By Anthony Lutton
The tripod/forkmount needs to be leveled. If you move the OTA it doesn't really help wink The way I level my LX200 is to level the tripod, the seat the scope and put the bubble level between the forks (in Alt-Az mode). Depending on the ground, the weight of the scope may make the tripod move a bit. But I find it easier to obtain rough levelness without worrying about the telescope on top. I then get it to be nice and level and go on with my star alignment.

November 10, 2003 04:36 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

digital camara adaptor

Posted By Anthony Lutton
Mauricio,
They sell an adaptor that holds the camera in front of the lens without directly attaching it. It screws into the bottom of your camera (tripod mount hole) and you can adjust the height to match the eyepiece.

Other than that, maybe you can fasion your own type of adaptor to hold it in place?

November 13, 2003 12:58 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

Do dark skies REALLY matter?

Posted By Anthony Lutton
In dark skies is where the larger scopes (the adage that aperture is king) really stand out. Even small scopes can really benefit from dark clear skies, but the bigger ones REALLY stand out at a dark sky site.

November 16, 2003 12:33 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Any Observers Had Laser Eye Surgery?

Posted By Anthony Lutton
As stated previously, the results vary greatly with age it seems. I had it done 4 years ago at 21 and it was the best thing I've ever done. I went from barely being able to see ( couldn't read without glasses, not even close up) to having 20/20 vision. I had halos for about a year and now they are gone. Contrast is about 90% of what it used to be, I can tell a difference when driving at night in the rain (who doesn't have problems driving then?).

Anthony

November 19, 2003 05:24 PM Forum: Meade

Meade ETX-90EC plus Olympus E-20N

Posted By Anthony Lutton
I'd try Scopetronixs www.scopetronixs.com or Orion www.telescope.com to look for the adaptor that uses the tripod mounting hole. The lens on the E-20 looks rather large for most types of afocal.

Do you know if the lens is removable with a bayonet mount? Maybe a standard ring mount would work?

November 24, 2003 02:34 PM Forum: Meade

Utility of Meade 6.4mm SP in ETX-90EC

Posted By Anthony Lutton
At least in Ohio, the 6.4 was too much for the ETX under most conditions. But we have terrible skies. The 6.4 gives something like 195x (around 55x per inch) and I guess it would be useable on things like the moon and maybe Jupiter. Anything else was too dark. I stick with my 9.7mm Meade SP and it is perfect for what I look at with the ETX.

November 26, 2003 01:27 PM Forum: DVDs and Music and Books That You Recommend

Michael Sterns

Posted By Anthony Lutton
I'm gonna go grab it from the library... I'll let you know what I think.

December 5, 2003 05:47 PM Forum: Off Topic Discussions

Video card

Posted By Anthony Lutton
Ken, both are correct. WinXP (Win98 isn't terrible either) does a fantastic job of picking the newer drivers. As Ivan said, you can probably just install the new card, newest drivers and be all set.

If you are a computer perfectionist (like me), I prefer to uninstall any relevant drivers and start new with any hardware install.

December 6, 2003 01:35 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

Now for the NEWS

Posted By Anthony Lutton
Woohoo!! I love astromart wink

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