mkasloff
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« on: December 14, 2009, 08:41:11 AM » |
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Having read many postings about LNT issues and having just gotten my own to work well, I wonder if folks realize that the LNT unit itself must be positioned parallel to the groud when the optical tube is set in the mount. I had rotated mine to make it easier to see through the eyepiece and then discovered that the LNT would no longer level correctly.
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MistrBadgr
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« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2009, 06:43:15 PM » |
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Thanks!
I had not heard that. That is good information to pass on.
Bill Steen
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liondogs
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« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2010, 06:05:28 AM » |
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I bought my son a DS2130-LNT for Christmas. The first time we took it out the scope would not find north. It just kept spinning in a circle during alignment. I called Meade about it and they were of little help. Something about light poles, cars, trees, or houses etc could make it malfunction. Read some posts here on the "spinning" problem and discovered a lot of people having the same problem. Read a post from someone on the position of the LNT in relation to the ground and did some experimenting. I found for my scope for it to work right the scope must set in the holder with the eye piece pointing straight up to the sky when the scope is level to the ground. Any other position and the scope will just spin when trying to find north during alignment.
This makes it a little less easy to see through the eyepiece but the scope aligns correctly now.
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Don Trinko
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« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2010, 01:10:46 PM » |
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I had the same problem and found the same solution. I posted it many months ago but it is probably down in the arcives by now.
I still have some problems with the goto. Sometimes it is accurate and sometimes just points in the general direction. I'm using my DS2130 lnt this winter. hopefully I will eliminate most of the "operator error". Don T.
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