Re: [APML] LX 90 for Astrophotography ?

["Simon" <compulsion@btinternet.com>]

Hi Herm,

Its on a home built pier, thats pretty good, problems are with accuracy of
the SS2K, I think due to backlash (excessive) in the second hand SP mount
that I have.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Herm" <hermperez@worldnet.att.net>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 3:52 PM
Subject: Re: [APML] LX 90 for Astrophotography ?


> have you done any imaging with the Visac yet?.. the SP may be a bit
undersized,
> put perhaps if you collapse the legs to minimum extension then it may be
rigid
> enough.. the tripod is the weak point in all these mounts. I once made a
set of
> steel legs for my GP and it was very solid, very similar to a Losmandy GM8
I
> owned.
>
> "Simon" <compulsion@btinternet.com>  wrote:
>
> >Any one have any experience of using the LX-90 for photography ?
> >
> >would it perform better than my current Visac, Skysensor on SP mount ?
>
> Herm
> Astropics http://home.att.net/~hermperez
>
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