[APBeta] V2.66

[Ken Harrison]

Paul,
re mountings...
A lot of observers are now removing OTA's from Lx200  and Celestron mounts
and fitting them to the HEQ5pro and or the NEQ6 mounts to take advantage of
the GEM configuration and new "hi tech" solutions that these mounts give.
( I've ended up doing that myself with a 10" OTA from a Lx200 fork)
regards,
Ken


On 19/11/2009, Paul Rodman <paul at ilanga.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Nov 19, 2009, at 9:41 AM, Ken Harrison wrote:
>
> > 2. The telescope listing ( you've made a rod for your back here!) doesn't
> include the popular guide scope - Skywatcher ST-80 This has the same optical
> specs as the listed "SK804TAEQ" - whatever that is!
> > 3. The camera listing ( another rod!!) doesn't include the popular QHY
> cameras. The QHY5 is the #1 guide camera in the UK.
>
> I have updated these (the qhyccd.com website is truly nasty). If you click
> the Update button in the list of Telescopes/Imagers you can get instant
> gratification.
>
> > 4. The mountings... none of the very popular Skywatcher HEQ5/NEQ6 mounts
> are listed? OK, unless you are using EQMOD to control them they're basically
> the NexStar 5/8 but you could show them and still link internally to the
> NexStar settings??
>
> Currently I don't have a separate Mount resource, so unless the telescope
> comes with a particular mount, you have to choose it separately. No big deal
> as far as I can see.
>
> Paul R.
>
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