Leo, just building that web page was a lot of work, to say nothing of all the photography. Those are great pictures with a small telescope. Thanks for...
Hi Leo - I have seen your 80f5 images before - good job! I had an astro web site on Yahoo Geocities, but they closed down. How did you go about creating this...
Hi Leo, WOW very cool web page! Glad that you posted them. Pretty darn good for fast achromats IMHO. Having spent hours optimizing my ST80 lens I may shoot for...
... Creating the 80mmimages file was just a lot of cut and paste. All these photos appear mixed in with the SCT images so I went through all those files and...
... My old host provider was my ISP and the site was totally free. Unfortunately it was very primitive: no subdirectories and no CGI. It was a pain to have...
... It is amazing what you can do with a $199 OTA. The Stellarvue was $399 and you may remember I posted a face-off between the two on this forum and we could...
Hi Leo, Yes I agree for just $199 those images are amazing! Do you happen to know where in the forum the face-off was posted? As far as AP goes my experience...
To the ST80 f/5 group! It is my hope to get this forum alive and kicking again as so many of us enjoy the ST80 f/5! I look forward to hearing observation...
I found a free site yesterday (awardspace.com)Â and set up a domain (www.travelingastronomer.com). I'll try uploading my website pages and let's see what...
... Unfortunately Yahoo still has not fixed the search in the Forums so I had to page back until I found the discussion. A key message is #7939 which hopefully...
Hi, I have a ST80 on a photo tripod and it's sitting gathering dust. I want it on a good Alt-Az mount. How would the AT Voyager do and what do I need to mount...
The AT Voyager appears to be very similar to the Vixen Portamount. While I don't have experience with the Voyager, I own a Portamount, and it pairs excellently...
Hello, Mike. I chose to mount a short piece of perforated, galvanized steel angle stock (2 inch by 2 inch, about 8 inches long) on my photo tripod, then...
Mark - How well does that portamount track? I too am looking for a light tracking mount as I travel overseas all the time. I once brought my Televue Oracle...
When I catch a low-earth-orbit satellite, I can track it all the way across the sky from horizon to horizon using only the slow-motion controls on the Vixen...
No experience with the Ethos on the ST80, but I regularly use a set of Baader Hyperions with my ST80, and the 13mm is 13.8oz. Still not the mass of the Ethos,...
... Are you trying to more FOV out of your scope? If your trying to do that I would change the focuser out to 2 inch focuser. The 2 inch focusers do wonders...
FYI, I hope to pick up my first ST80 in the next week-or-so... No, I'm sticking to the 1.25" focuser for the time being - I already have a 13mm Ethos which...
Hi, I highly recommend a 32mm Plossl to give a wide FOV. I use a 32mm TV Plossl with mine all the time and have no problems. A great scanning eyepiece. Plus,...
I use a 40mm Orion Plossl with my ST80, and it has a bit of vignetting, but is still crazy-useful for starhopping to a target. I'd imagine a 32mm would be...
... Like the others I haven't used a 13mm Ethos in a ST80. I often use my 12mm Nagler Type 4 and its a wonderful eyepiece in the little f/5 scope. With an OIII...
... As an astrophoto fan I rarely look through my telescopes but I'll add my views of my Orion ST-80. I gave away my 40mm Televue, I could not find anything it...
You are right about that thumbscrew Leo. I have had both the 45 degree and 90 degree diagonals roll around on me. Not lost any attachments, or eyepieces, but...
I had similar problems with rotation on heavier accessories when used in a diagonal. My solution was to swap out the 1.25" focuser for a 2" ($50) and cut a...
I only wrote that the Ethos might be overkill in terms of price if the original poster was considering buying one at full price exclusively for use with the...
Hi all, I have used the Baader 'safety film' neutral filter on the objective of my ST80 for viewing sunspots, but I was wondering if there is a (cheapish) way...
... I don't think so. There is a reason the cheapest scopes to show prominences cost close to $500. Our Astro club owns 3 PSTs which members can borrow....
So after reading up on various websites, it seems that for viewing prominences a filter <2 angstrom is required, and for surface details <1 angstom and...
... My Astronomik is 6 nm which is still too wide. ... I forgot about focal ratio. Well known early solar observer Barlow Bob once had Televue make a f30...
