{"id":4379,"date":"2013-03-24T17:23:03","date_gmt":"2013-03-24T21:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/?p=4379"},"modified":"2013-03-27T12:30:20","modified_gmt":"2013-03-27T16:30:20","slug":"meade-lx200gps-mods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/2013\/03\/meade-lx200gps-mods\/","title":{"rendered":"meade lx200gps mods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are working on making the RASC-KC&#8217;s 20cm LX200GPS accessible remotely to members of the Centre.<br \/>\nOne of the many issues was a digital camera.  They are expensive  and all of the ones currently in inventory are of another generation and generally don&#8217;t work well or at all with windows7, lpt ports, com1 ports, etc.  This Digi-Eyepiece is the first one to have worked at all.  The downside is that it gives in conjunction with the f10 focal ratio of the telescope with a focal length of 2000mm, a very very small field of view.<br \/>\nSo today I installed an f6.3 focal reducer and field flattener.  This will give a wider field of view, make it easier to actually find the target and be able to image larger objects.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Resize-of-IMG_4606.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Resize-of-IMG_4606.jpg\" alt=\"Resize of IMG_4606\" width=\"200\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4381\" \/>&#8220;before&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Resize-of-IMG_4607.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Resize-of-IMG_4607.jpg\" alt=\"Resize of IMG_4607\" width=\"200\"  class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4382\" \/>The f6.3 focal reducer<\/a><\/p>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Resize-of-IMG_4608.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Resize-of-IMG_4608.jpg\" alt=\"Resize of IMG_4608\" width=\"200\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4383\" \/>Remove the focuser<\/a><\/p>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Resize-of-IMG_4609.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Resize-of-IMG_4609.jpg\" alt=\"Resize of IMG_4609\" width=\"200\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4384\" \/>Remove the locking ring<\/a><\/p>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Resize-of-IMG_4610.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Resize-of-IMG_4610.jpg\" alt=\"Resize of IMG_4610\" width=\"200\"  class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4385\" \/>Install the focal reducer<\/a><\/p>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Resize-of-IMG_4611.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Resize-of-IMG_4611.jpg\" alt=\"Resize of IMG_4611\" width=\"200\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4386\" \/>Add locking ring<\/a><\/p>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Resize-of-IMG_4612.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Resize-of-IMG_4612.jpg\" alt=\"Resize of IMG_4612\" width=\"200\"  class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4387\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/table>\n<p>Now we just need some clear skies to refocus the coarse focus and test out the system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are working on making the RASC-KC&#8217;s 20cm LX200GPS accessible remotely to members of the Centre. 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