Thank you for the best description of this mount. Seriously!!! After I bought it, I literally gave up on it. The instructions were very vague from the Meade Website or booklet. You have described it so perfectly and in such very good detail. I can now go outside and put the lesson to work.
With most eyepieces, this would give a very high magnification and a very narrow field of view. For example, an eyepiece with a 20 mm focal length and a 60 degree apparent field of view already delivers 2032/20 = 102 magnification and a 60/102 = 0.59 degree true field of view without the barlow. A 5x barlow increases the magnification to 510, and this is too high for this telescope and indeed almost any other telescope. Plus, the field of view contracts to 0.059 degrees, which is too small for most objects in the sky. And yet a 20 mm eyepiece is a midrange eyepiece for this telescope.
Hi, but actually I having a big issue with lx85 mount, there is not possible to alignment in my location, 12.1 degree altitude. Counter weight hit the leg .Any solution?
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Thank you for the best description of this mount. Seriously!!! After I bought it, I literally gave up on it. The instructions were very vague from the Meade Website or booklet. You have described it so perfectly and in such very good detail. I can now go outside and put the lesson to work.
Manual Is The Best Method For PA😁
But when will the LX85 Polar Alignment Scopes be available?
Thanks for uploading. I got the chance to view a rocket launch in 2018. Incredible experience. I posted a pretty cool montage of the trip to my page.
I now know where you live! I am just kidding. Thanks for the tutorial. Super easy than I have thought.
I believe you mistakenly stated I leg is pointing North. One leg points South. Or is it that manufacturers vary the approach with this design?
How long of exposer should you expect to get with the LX 85 mount.. polar scope aligned then hand control align no guiding 1000mmx90mm
Would anyone know if a barlow 5x would work with my meade lx65 8in f/10 2032mm?
With most eyepieces, this would give a very high magnification and a very narrow field of view. For example, an eyepiece with a 20 mm focal length and a 60 degree apparent field of view already delivers 2032/20 = 102 magnification and a 60/102 = 0.59 degree true field of view without the barlow. A 5x barlow increases the magnification to 510, and this is too high for this telescope and indeed almost any other telescope. Plus, the field of view contracts to 0.059 degrees, which is too small for most objects in the sky. And yet a 20 mm eyepiece is a midrange eyepiece for this telescope.
@Brian Coley I'm just trying to figure out how to see saturn alot closer than just seeing a tiny dot in the eyepiece.
Hi, but actually I having a big issue with lx85 mount, there is not possible to alignment in my location, 12.1 degree altitude. Counter weight hit the leg .Any solution?
Make a custom counterweight? Thats how i would solve it. Less thick but longer so it wont hit the tripod
@@mrpheasant9174 yep, that was my final solution, but, the big question remains: is this mount only for some latitudes?
@@mrpheasant9174 It is done weeks ago, but, still the issue, you buy something with geo-restrictions?
Other than that, no problems.
Thanks
It's been said here: Latitude range20-60