Hi Guys Burgess Optical is back in the Telescope Business. The 80 Planet Hunters are being Star Tested this week so that they can start shipping. This is a...
Julie; Phone Burgess Optics. They do take orders and ship direct. Once announced here I am sure they will happily take your order. I have some of their...
The Planet Hunter 80 web page has been updated with pictures and full specs. <http://www.burgessoptical.com/Scopes/PlanetHunter.html> The new telescopes are...
Nice looking scope. From the description though it does not have a sliding dew shield. This is a feature I like which also eases transportation. I hope that...
Hi Last night two friends and I who observe together on a regular basis did a preliminary comparison of the 40mm TMB Paragon eyepiece with the Pentax 40mm XW....
Most of the objects I've found over the two-and-a-half years since getting my Burgess 102mm achro I've found by star-hopping. However, there're been a few...
Mark; Good point. The same advantage though can be achieved, though not as inexpensively, using DSCs on an altaz mount. The GEM has advantages for high power...
IMHO, TMB is offering the noncollimatable version for $200 and I have just seen an ad for the collimatable one by APM for $150 (http://tinyurl.com/yz2zwp) ...
David; I would say Markus is offering a collimatable diagonal, NOT the TMB collimatable one as ALL TMB designs sold under the TMB name carry the TMB name...
... I also didn't notice the collimation screws on the one Markus is selling. From what I've heard, the TMB one will have the screws out front where they're...
I thought that these diagonals were 250.00 in the non collimatible type, NO??? ... From: David To: BurgessRefractors@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 17,...
Julie; Another difference between Burgess, TMB, and the other top APO manufacturers versus their so called competition is that mostly the items they offer are...
My TMB/BO 80mm Planetary refractor arrived the other day in good shape. Nice 2" GSO fine focuser and 7mm planetary eyepiece. MRF works great and I like the...
Hi, George. Congrats! You know, Uranus and Neptune are up there now and they're planets! Why not check them out and tell us what you see? Uranus is a good...
Nice report George. It sounds like a really nice little telescope. You might try to see if someone has a Stellarvue 80/9D soft padded case for sale used on...
... WG: George, sounds like a pretty good deal from your report--- Saturn yes, but I doubt you'll go very far with Jupiter, the best scope in the world won't...
Thanks, Bill. As soon as the rain and wind stops I'll give them a try. I'd like to start with Saturn and Jupiter and then go looking for U and N. I'm going to...
Thanks Sal. I'll check out the used ads and maybe even give Vic a call. Can't wait for clear skies again and try it out on my LXD-75 mount. It's noisy but...
George; The length of your scope is 36.5" per the specs and the SV long metal $99 case for the 80/9D is 32.25" outside length. A better fit, and less...
And don't forget about the Moon! That is another obvious object for high power observing. See how many craters you can see inside Clavius, little ridges with...
Hi everyone! Just wondering what the owners of the 127/8 use to store their refractor in? I was looking at Orion bags for around $70, but I would like to...
Hi Guys In the photo section I have added pics of the new TMB 2.0" Binoviewer. The pic. shows the binoviewer with the 30 mm Paragon. (Yes that eyepiece is that...
Bill, How can you picture both the bino viewer and the 100mm binocular in the same post. I don't know what to do - which one do I want more. On a more...
Hi Dan I knew you would like these. Thanks for noticing the prism housings they are way oversized (Can you say 120mm or 150mm) To answer some of your ...
Russ; Take a look at the smallest of the SKB golf bag air shipping cases. As a hard case, with your own added foam lining, it should provide close to the...
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