Paul , I purchased a Meade starfinder with a magellan 1 from York optical second hand some years back , then found the control was u/s more money spent getting the next version controller sent over from the states with different motors gears encoders , fitted it all up made a blooper not ordering the software on cd , they sent it on flopys , work took a different direction so it went on the back burner , now things have changed so back into it , out of date but a scope is still a scope and one thing it has going for it is it is solid (heavy mind but paid for) so time to catch up as last time I used it on saturn it blew me away ,,
Hi Spud and welcome to the group, great to see your getting back into it again. Saturn is one of those perfect objects to help fire up the interest again.
^^^ Lol yes same as the top ones with the three leg base and set of weights for when your feeling like a workout, only difference is in aperature , Currently in the state that is quickly going up in smoke , not good ..
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Spud. Care to share a bit more info about yourself? I gather you have a meade scope. What sort?
. Now they are serious bits of telescope and mounts. Or do you have the dob version?
Currently in the state that is quickly going up in smoke , not good ..
