Hello all, I am fairly new to astronomy as I bought my first telescope about 7 months ago...an Orion 6" skyquest dob (f/8 1200 mm). Along with the telescope...
Hello Jay, I can relate to your frustrations. Before giving up on your dob, I would check the collimation. Howie Glatter has a great web page on collimating....
Craig; IMO excellent advice. As far as seeing some of the lower surface brightness Messier objects is concerned, particularly gaslaxies for which filters are...
Mark, I have not had a chance to check the forum for a couple of weeks. So a belated Merry Christmas and happy new year to you! The forum certainly has...
Hello all, Thanks for your comments....I have been wondering if I am collimating the scope correctly...From what I have read on the net I believe I am using my...
Jay, If you see two or three rings both inside and outside of focus, and they are circles, not ellipses, you're doing pretty good. Might need some tweaking,...
Hi Jay: Are you so new to amateur astronomy/telescope use that maybe you don't know about using averted vision? If you center the object in the ocular and,...
Hi Donald: I read with interest your post on averted vision. I was with my parents in Jacksonville Florida (my home town) right after Christmas in 2004. My...
For those folks who ordered the Paragon 40 eyepieces, the news is good. They are currently going through a final series of tests at Burgess Optical, and should...
I would like to take the time to say Hello, to all the Wonderful Members of the Burgess Refractors Yahoo Group. I am a New Member of the Group, and look...
Hey Todd, welcome to the group. I own a Burgess 102mm achromatic refractor and get a lot of use and enjoyment out of it. You'll have to let us know how it...
Thank You very Much for the Warm Welcome, it is very appreciated. I also, am Thankful for the information reguarding the Burgess Star Diagonal. I am certainly...
Todd: Welcome to the Group. I've been fortunate to have owned may Burgess products. My first was the 102 achro. I purchased the 20x80LW binos, Red Oak...
I was out last night saying hello for the first time this season to the three amigos in Auriga (M38, M36, and M37). In looking at them on my new star chart (a...
I believe it is, Mark. Coincidently, I too, started to look at the very same object this fall with a new star chart. I got bored looking at the "three amigos",...
Hi, I saw it tonight at 5:35 PM from the 9th floor of the Courthouse where I work through 10x50 binoculars. It's spectacular. Very bright with a nice tail....
Thank You for the extremely warm welcome and kind words, George. It seems you have had a Great and Long history with Burgess Optics products. That certainly...
Todd: You're quite welcome. BTW I enjoy using my 38mm SWA with ALL of my scopes even my C11" Nexstar goto with field flattener installed. Very nice viewing....
Hi Everyone. I have a question I would like to share with the Great Members of this group. Has anyone recieved the New Burgess Optics/TMB Paragon 40mm...
... I've got one of the first ones that was sold, and I've been using it since last Spring. I've done head to head tests between it, the 41mm Televue Panoptic...
Is there any rigorous testing done for different batches (production lots) of these eyepieces to ensure equivalence of quality and specifications. I believe a...
Renato; So far all of the Paragon 40mm eyepieces are from the first manufacturing lot of 500 from what I have been told. There were delays in the arrival of...
Thank You for the Information about the different Manufacturing Lots, Rich. I would also expect that the Paragons will be thoroughly inspected for quality...
I realize I'm raising a delicate issue here, as I don't wish to upset anyone, but I've long been under the impression that specific postings from retailers...
... upset anyone, but I've long been under the impression that specific postings from retailers were not permitted, under any circumstances. This seems to hold...
On the other hand, I joined this list partly because I was under the impression that it was owned and run by Burgess Optical, and it appears I too was wrong....
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