Autoguiding the LXD55

There is a fair amount of activity happening at the same time so lets break it down into manageable pieces. After connection and getting both programs running and the cameras focused - a guide image is taken with the MX7C.

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Posted on Monday, February 28, 2005 at 12:01AM by Registered CommenterDavid Hersey | Comments4 Comments

Organizing the LXD55 Part 2

This winter's project was to get the LXD55 to guide for taking long exposure CCD images. I took three different approaches:

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Posted on Sunday, February 6, 2005 at 05:29PM by Registered CommenterDavid Hersey | CommentsPost a Comment

Organizing the LXD55 Mount

Knowing this already, I bought a used one on Astronomy Buy & Sell and for the small dollar amount involved, I must confess to being delighted with it.

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Posted on Friday, May 21, 2004 at 03:12PM by Registered CommenterDavid Hersey | CommentsPost a Comment