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Old 20-08-2016, 08:13 AM
loc46south (Geoffrey)
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Hi Shane - once upon a time I used to have a LX200 and I spent many hours and many dollars trying to get it to a state where I could use it for astrophotography - Bucks Gears and his other products do work but sadly the quality and construction of the LX200 series is such that they are not well suited to astrophotography.

Do not be surprised when dive into the internals of your scope you could find all sorts of surprises - mine had aluminum shavings in the grease and stripped bolts only to name a few of the problems I encountered. I virtually rebuilt the mount and in an effort to get it to work properly - I wasn't going to let it beat me - but in the end it did. It was the first telescope I bought and the first telescope I sold -

Details of the struggle here - http://www.pbase.com/loc46south/equipment ---------- sorry site hasn't been updated for a few years - will get around to it one day.

Cheers
Geof Wingham
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