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Astrophotography with meade etx 90 maksutov cassegrain. This is a pc to autostar or audiostar connector cable only. Photo tripod adapter for meade etx 60, 70, 80, 90, 105, 125 telescopes wmeade 497 autostar by atozstars. Meade autostar rj9 usb pc interface cable allows you to connect the meade 495497 autostar or meade audiostar keyboard to the usb port of a pc or laptop using the meade autostar suite software. This page is your source for older versions of the meade autostar software.
Originally produced in 1996, meade etx 90 is the first telescope to be designed for both beginners and professionals alike. Meade telescope parts and accessories for sale ebay. Get the best deals on meade telescope parts and accessories when you shop the largest online selection at ebay. Meade etx or lx200 with stellarium and stellarium scope software.
Meade astrofinder software displays a realtime interactive star chart on your computer screen that constantly shows you where your scope is pointing, so you can locate targets. It designed to control your computerized telescope from a laptop or pc through the various planetarium programs, connects to the usb port of the. The included parts will allow you to couple your slr or dslr camera to the etx rear photo port or the top eyepiece port for prime focus or eyepiece projection astrophotography or nature shots. I got an etx90 and it is way off on the alignment stars and after centering them and pressing enter, about 75% of the goto objects are also way off. This driver provides both telescope and focuser interfaces each of.
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