[Chaos-l] Getting Ready for Vacation

[matted]

Hi everyone -

I am getting ready for a long-awaited vacation in a week - off to the outer
banks.  I've never seemed to have luck with clear skies out that way, but
thinking of bringing my smaller Meade ETX-90 with me which I am still
borrowing.  Do you think it is worth bringing, or just stick to the binos?
The rental house has a deck on top of the house, which I'm thinking would
make a great place to setup a scope.  Just no room in the car for my 10" dob
if I want kids to come.

Does anyone in the area service scopes?  Perhaps not in the next week, but I
would like to get it collimated as it is off by enough to tell a difference
- and I understand aligning everything on a Mak is a job for a
professional... and as long as it's getting serviced, perhaps it should be
cleaned, and get the goto-gears cleaned or such (they are slipping so the
goto does not work properly).  I tried emailing the folks at "Big Bang
Astro" but they never reply.  Also, any clue how much a job like this would
cost?  I'd like to return the scope in better condition than it was loaned
to me, but obviously cant spend a fortune on it.

-Matt
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