Rich Rockets Etc

The Christmas of 2007 received as a regift this Meade ETX90-EC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mind though, it is one of the greatest gifts I have gotten in a long time.  In excellant condition, was only
taken out of the box just to sit there.  Came with the #883 Deluxe Field Tripod.

 And a moon filter.

With Christmas and Birthday money, bought the first batch of Accessories:

The Meade Aluminum hard carry case.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To go into it the Meade T-Adapter and T-Ring for our Canon Digital Cameras.

Plus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looks like:

Also to double the strength of any eye pieces I got, ordered a #126 Barlow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bought my first eyepiece ended up being a Celestron 15mm
Fully Multi coated.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now my first home-made Accessory
An Accessory, Leveling and Orienting Tray
Got the idea from another one I saw on the net but made a
few changes. Added another 1 1/4" hole for another eyepiece.
Changed out the two individual string levels for a 'T' Shaped
Level. The plate is 1/4" Smoked Lexan instead of aluminum.

While browsing some scope sites found a gadget to help show where the telescope is set-up in the night.
Was really serious in getting them, even as pricey as they were, until I found these at my local Radio Shack.

Then after adding some Velcro to the backs and legs of the tripod,
wrapping the excess wires with a couple of plastic wire ties and
with two sided tape attached the LED so that it will aim down.
The LED lights up the length of the leg and makes a red spot at the
base that won't mess up your night vision.


Just got from Optics Planet the Meade Autostar Computer Controller
               
And a Meade AstroFinder Software package, I can now
plug all into a PC/Lap top for controlling it.