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Posts Made By: daniel sach

March 15, 2006 05:12 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

A Bag of Worms for sure. Eq-g Vs ASGT

Posted By daniel sach
Okay here goes,
I need a smaller but stable mount to do wide field astrophotography and have narrowed it down to two different mounts: 1.Celestron CG-5 ASGT mount, and 2. The new Orion Sirius EQ-G GT Mount. They both look very appealing to what I need but the celestron mount saves me about $300. {which could be put towards a better quality refractor. I could really use some advice as to which one I should go with. Any help is appreciated. I have links to both mounts at the bottom.

Thanks
Dan


http://www.telescope.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=125881&itemType=PRODUCT&iMainCat=6&iSubCat=24&iProductID=125881

http://www.buytelescopes.com/product.asp?t=15&pid=5275&m=

March 18, 2006 06:58 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Another worm.....

Posted By daniel sach
Okay,
I am trying to decide on a medium aperture scope for my new setup. I plan to do wide field astrophotography as well as viewing. I am waiting on a Burgess SD 101 f/5.5 ED for my wide field refractor and can't decide which way to go for my middle scope. I am looking into a 150mm MAk. I had a 90mm 4 years ago and it did all right. I guess my question is should I go with a 6" MAK, SCT, or SCNewt. I think the mak would give the best clarity and view but it would suffer from a high F/ratio for photography. I think it would be good for planetary and lunar... I need some help and advise though.


Thanks,,
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March 22, 2006 08:19 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

C11 with goto mount/ C11 OTA

Posted By daniel sach
Okay Im jus gonna throw this out there. Why is the Celestron 11" SCT OTA only priced higher alone were as if you buy the C11 with ASGT it is $10.00 cheaper. I don't understand This..... The C11 with XLT aluminum tube is 2,285.00
http://www.buytelescopes.com/product.asp?t=4&pid=5800&m=

The same scope but with the goto CG-5 mount is 2279
http://www.buytelescopes.com/product.asp?t=4&pid=7645&m=

Why is this?????

Dan












April 11, 2006 12:27 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

Solid shaft or hollow???

Posted By daniel sach
Okay.... picked up an LXD 650 mount and completely disassembled it to see how it works and to see the quality of the mount... Anyways... One thing I thought of doing to help the stability of the the mount, is to replace the hollow shaft; which allows the counter weight bar to slide into it, with a solid shaft and have the counter weight bar thread onto the shaft not into it. Would this benifit me at all or is this just a waste of time.... Any help on this would be great....
Thanks,
DAN

April 21, 2006 11:17 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Newt VS Cass

Posted By daniel sach
Im trying to figure this out here... What is the differences in between a schmidt newt and a schmidt cass. Why is the cass so much more money than a schmidt newt? What is so different about them. Is the schmidt newt good for astrophotography or just for visual? Im just wondering due to the fact I have seen these for a good price and am thinkinf of purchasing one....
DAN

May 6, 2006 05:23 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Re: eeek!

Posted By daniel sach
Brain,
Wow how on earth did that happen? I would say there is a serious collimation problem there!
Dan

May 14, 2006 11:16 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

New Mount..

Posted By daniel sach
About a month ago I purchased a Meade Lxd 650 and have decided it is not what I want and am now looking into other mounts. I am trying to decide if I should get the
Orion Eq-g or wait and save up for awhile to get a CGE. I do not know anybody who has used either and would like some input as to which one would suite my purpose. The mount will be holding a 10" SCT or A 10" Newt, with a Wo 66mm ED Apo riding piggyback.
Any input would be great Please help with any info you can.

Thanks,
Dan

May 21, 2006 12:14 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

Mount Help!!!

Posted By daniel sach
I need some help from some one who knows anything about oir has owned an lxd 650 or 750 mount with goto. I have been using this mount again and decided to keep it but am now having some problems. For some reason when I turn the mount on it will not boot up but rather lock up and not work. I do this several times and maybe 1 in 10 will actually work....When I get it to work and get it aligned it works great and goto is spot on but ot long after using it, it locks up and noting works....I have taken apart the dec side of the mount and hand controller but everything seems fine. I need help to figure out what the problem is and how it can be fixed. If this is a problem with the software in the hand controller where can I get a new one.....
any help would be great!
Regards,

Dan

March 20, 2006 09:05 PM Forum: Pictures of Me and My Telescope and........

My new setup - I love it!

Posted By daniel sach
Nice Setup. I soon will have the same mount with an Intes MN-66 with a burgess 101ED riding shotgun! Can't wait. With that setup did you have any weight issues? It seems like it can handle that well.
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April 29, 2006 11:06 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

My MI M51

Posted By daniel sach
Joe,
Very nice... What kind of newtonian are you using? There are a lot of galaxies in that picture.... Keep up the good work.
Dan

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