When I purchased the Meade LX70 mount, it was during a sale and all the accessories were on sale to. So, I thought it might be nice to have the motor kit as well. The motor kit consisted of two motors and gears about with a controller and battery pack. The assemble was straightforward from …
In my research for a way to mount the Lunt LS50THA to the Meade LX70, I found out Lunt sells dovetail plates so I order one. It came with screws which was nice. I moved them to the inner position and they aligned correctly with the Lunt. I did need an Allen wrench so decided …
When doing my research for dovetail bolts, I found a dovetail from Orion that look like it was designed exactly for a camera since it had single bolt.
The Meade LX70 Mount I recently purchased came with a dovetail mounting plate but nothing to attach to a telescope. So, I did some research. It appears the bolt is a 1/4” bolt that is the same used on cameras. This made sense since I was able to mount the Lunt telescope to a standard …
I wanted to use the LX70 mount with the Lunt telescope but I couldn’t figure how the connect the two. There was a mounting plate on the LX70 but no screws like the camera tripod had. I did some research and figured out it was a called a “dovetail plate”. So, I did some research …
With the Meade LX70 mount, I also purchased the Polar Alignment Scope. Again, I had to download the instructions off of the Meade website. It was easy to remove the existing item and screw the polar alignment scope in. However, I was confused when I looked through it. I couldn’t see anything. I looked at …
