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Hi there Ron, a warm welcome to the Altair Astro Group! Best regards, Nick...
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astrowill535
May 6, 2012 5:40 pm
Hi everyone I`ve just taken delivery of my new AA 10" RC metal tube. I would have liked the carbon fibre version, but couldn`t afford it. If anyone, who owns...
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terrym2002uk
May 9, 2012 5:29 pm
Hi all, I'm hoping someone could give me some help with the spacing required for the AA Planostar 3" flattener I have with my AA115EDT, and my soon to arrive...
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nick_podmod
May 10, 2012 8:50 am
Hi there, you measure from the flat face or "shoulder"; excluding the thread on the rear M48 end. I redesigned it for M48 after the first production run of...
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terrym2002uk
May 10, 2012 11:22 am
Hi Nick, Thanks for the info. I appreciate that some stuff looks the same but it really isn't. So basically I should be aim for 65-69 +/- 3-4mm from the M48...
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nick_podmod
May 12, 2012 9:22 am
Hi Terry, you're right these are very tolerant designs, however I think I need to clarify the webpage better. Just for general info - assume for example you're...
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terrym2002uk
May 13, 2012 11:31 pm
Hi Nick, I already have a 18-23mm adapter and have ordered the 10mm which should give me plenty of options with different bits of kit. I didn't really get much...
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nick_podmod
May 14, 2012 7:36 am
that sounds OK Terry, and in any case, recently we've had reports of up to 10mm tolerance, so you may actually find you're fine where you are...
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terrym2002uk
May 14, 2012 8:33 am
Thanks Nick. Btw, the web page is much clearer now :)...
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Paul
paulnjenkins
May 23, 2012 10:18 pm
Hi All My name is Paul Jenkins I have just ordered a 8 inch CF RC and IQE45 from Ian at Altair Astro and am pretty excited about the stuff. Ian was of great...
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nick_podmod
May 24, 2012 5:11 pm
Hello Paul welcome to the group, we'll do our best to support you, best regards, Nick...
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Paul
paulnjenkins
May 26, 2012 2:57 pm
Hi All I just bought a high impact case from Maplins ( £49) which is a perfect fit for the IEQ45, comes with padded foam and wave foam in order to customise....
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Lawrence S
g4gzg
May 27, 2012 10:01 am
Hi, I'm Lawrence and I've decided to get back into Astronomy after a few years away. I've ordered an Altair Astro Wave series 102 F7 ED Triplet APO and a HEQ5...
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altairastro-owner@...
May 29, 2012 5:24 pm
Hi Lawrence, we are waiting for another production run of the finders to complete. Generally it takes about 4 weeks between runs. You and a few other customers...
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Lawrence S
g4gzg
May 29, 2012 7:11 pm
Hi Nick Many thanks. I ordered my scope etc from Astronomia so they should be in touch to put me on your ( or their ) back list. Look forward to getting the...
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Phil
phil7417
May 30, 2012 4:23 pm
This is a great piece of kit, not only as a finder but also as a guide scope. One gripe I do have with it is, although it has a very smooth helical focuser, it...
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Drew Wells
ac79xxx
May 31, 2012 10:30 am
I've had similar issues, if the telescope is pointing up to somewhere near the Zenith and the focus point of the eyepiece in the finder means that the...
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Phil
phil7417
May 31, 2012 10:45 am
My issue exactly, Drew... Nick/Ian... fancy contemplating a mod? Phil...
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altairastro-owner@...
May 31, 2012 6:55 pm
Hi Phil, I think our machining supplier just used too much lubricant on the helical focuser. I had a couple queries about this the other day and advised...
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altairastro-owner@...
May 31, 2012 7:02 pm
Hi Phil, saw your first post about autoguiding. For visual use removing the excess lubricant seems to solve the issue, but if you want to use the finder as a...
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Phil
phil7417
Jun 2, 2012 3:27 pm
Hi Nick.. The Lodestar is light enough to stay seated nicely... but a locking screw would have been the icing on the cake. (I've used a bit of tape to stop it...
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Paul
paulnjenkins
Jun 4, 2012 12:04 am
Hi Just got a IEQ45 from Altair Astro When i press the RA button,the telescope slews at high speed but wont stop slewing, no matter what button you press I...
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nick_podmod
Jun 9, 2012 6:24 am
Hi Phil, the reason I developed the kit was because on the existing finder, I found the same issues you did. I found too much flex in the diagonal too,...
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Phil
phil7417
Jun 10, 2012 9:05 pm
I do understand what/why you have done the extra bit of kit. My comments were directed at simply taking out the illuminated eyepiece & putting in (in my case)...
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nick_podmod
Jun 11, 2012 2:54 pm
Hi Phil, the problem is basically down to flex and accuracy and engineering practicality vs. cost. I get your point about the helical focuser, but I...
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Drew Wells
ac79xxx
Jun 11, 2012 3:17 pm
I have to agree, I got the Guiding adaptor and it is very good, however even for visual a lockable helical focuser would be great, as I had already commented...
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Lawrence S
g4gzg
Jun 18, 2012 11:23 pm
Hi I bought one of your new 102mm 715/f/7 APO triplets. At first light tonight I could not get the scope to focus with a 25mm Plossl although I could see stars...
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John Evans
johnevans700...
Jun 19, 2012 6:32 am
Hi Lawrence, Just checking that you have a diagonal before the eye piece? I had similar with my Zenithstar 80 as thy had forgot to include the diagonal and I...
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johnevans700@...
johnevans700...
Jun 19, 2012 10:42 am
Hi Lawrence, Just checking that you have a diagonal before the eye piece? I had similar with my Zenithstar 80 as thy had forgot to include the diagonal and I...
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Lawrence S
g4gzg
Jun 19, 2012 6:52 pm
Hi John Thanks for the advice. I was out at work all day but did speak to the ' award winning South of England' scope shop that sold me the Altair APO, the...
