Dear All, I am just in the process of moving from the centre of London to a nice unlit part of Surrey and wish to buy a decent telescope to begin learning...

Dear All, I have a Meade LX200GPS 10" and the corrector plate appears to be quite dirty after the last few months of observing. Looking at it from an...

Well, I finally got the LX200, K3CCDtools and Toucam combo working (sort of) - after much soul searching, heart rending, swearing and general f**king about....

Dear All, I currently set up my LX200 outside in the garden and when I am using a camera I sit in my darkened conservatory with the laptop - this is fine,...

Dear All, I noticed this mornign that the newest release of K3CCDTools (V3) supports Meade DSI and DSI Pro cameras now. Has anybody used this with either...

I also just noticed that the new K3CCDTools version has a Drift Explorer and Autoguide feature..... Am I missing something here or does this potentially give...

Dear All, I got what I think are potentially some pretty good captures of Saturn last night with K3CCDTools, and now with a new laptop I have managed to...

Dear All, My quest for a permanently mounted scope continues. I have an LX200GPS 10" and find that the set up and tear down every time I want to observe is a...

I just got a Telrad for use with my LX200GPS - and I have to say it's a fantastic piece of kit. It's made initial alignment and manual object finding so...

Dear All, Can anyone recommend a good flip mirror system please ? I presume I want a 2" one as I have several 2" EPs. I'd like to be able to use it with my...

Dear All, I've been spending the last couple of months getting familiar with my 10" LX200GPS plus associated cameras, focussing aids, dew heaters etc and...

Dear All, I am looking for any entry level information on astrophotography with the current breed of sSLR cameras and a GOTO type SCTscope such as a...

Well, after finally getting a good clear night last night to get my new toy (2nd hand Meade LX200GPS 10") outside and give it a good test run, I have decided...

I just bought a TI 89 calculator for my OU course. It's years and years since I had a TI calculator and a rather large improvement as well.... Anyway - does...

All, Sorry for the slightly commercial(ish) post, but I think it may be worthwhile. Anyway.....I am looking at importing a US military surplus case for my...

Dear All, I am looking to buy a Philips TouCam webcam for plantetary imaging with my 10" LX200 scope. What model should I get ? I see the 740 model seems to...

Just a quick question on Hartmann Masks and Dew Shields..... I just made a dew shield for my 10" SCT out of one of those closed cell foam camping mats, for a...

All, I have the Meade DSI Pro camera and an LX200GPs scope. I would really like to leave the scope set up in my garden and run everything from inside...

In my quest to have the LX200 and DSI set up outside but controlled from inside, I am looking for a decent 240V AC to 12V DC power supply. I would ideally like...

I hope someone can give me some advise here..... Anyway, today I went to clean my very grimy LX200 corrector plate and after an initial wash with isopropyl...