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Re: [APML] Modifications to a CG5 mount
Hi George
>As someone else will mention use white lithium grease, the type I used
>is a paste in a small metal tube (like toothpaste)and handles the -30c
>to +35c temperature variations of Montreal quite well.
Yes. I used Johnsen's withe lithium grease, a spray. It worked well.
>For a lowbuck autoguider see if you can locate one of the older Conectix
>B&W Quick-Cams for a parallel port. They have reasonable low light
>sensitivity and are very easy to couple to a guidescope. The only catch
>is that it wants a lot of light, bright guidestars are the key with a
>70mm f/10 guidescope.
Thanks! I'll search for one of these in the local auction sites. BTW, I'm going to use my 102mm f/5 as a guidescope for wide field. For deep field work I'll use Lumicon's Easy Guider.
>You will also need an old laptop or computer (depends on how mobile you
>want it to be) running at least 200MHz.
Ok. I'll look for an old laptop.
Regards,
Carlos Milovic F.
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