Posts Made By: Doug Waller

hi there,

I'm new here and I have some questions. First of all I bought a Meade DS-2114 with autostar. I dabbled into astronomy when I was younger and now my Daughter has shown interest. my question what are the colored filters for and are they really needed?

thank for all your help
doug

Hi all,
I'm new here and I have just recived a Meade DS-2114 with autostar. I got this for my 12 yr. old daughter to "dabble" with.

I did the setup by the book, but when I do the two-star alignment it always seems to be off when going to these two stars.
I know that it will be a few degrees off because I don't live in the closest city that I picked during setup of the controller, I live about 10 miles from it.

Is the normal? Oh yeah, I did level the tripod and the scope and pointed the scope north. Would it be better to use the computer hook-up and update autostar, or just continue to pan the scope until I get the star that I need?

Thanks for the help
Doug

hi all,

Sorry if I posted this in the wrongs spot, but I need some advice. I am think about buy a 10" dobb and was wondering if someone could give me some pro and cons of dobb scopes, I'm thinking about getting into astro photo will a dobb work for this?

thanks for the advice

doug

hi all

I have a 10" OTA that I going to mount on a pier. I looking for some advice on what type of head to buy. I would like to to handle aprox 40-50 lbs and have GOTO. thanks for the help

doug

hi all,

This may seem to be a dumd question. I have just moved up to a ldx-75 mount. when using the polar scope is there a cover on the other end of the polar scope? I have never used this type of polar alignment before.

hi all,

I'm new to CCD, so Igot questions. I was taking shots of the moon the other night and only getting a small section of the moon. according to the book I need a focus reducer. my question is will this work on a 10" reflector OTA? I'm using a Orion StarShoot Deep Space Imaging Camera II

thanks
Doug