Mark, Transparency is on a scale of 1-5 with 5 being the best. When you can see the greatest number of stars, when the Milky Way jumps out at you and hits you...
Loosening the 2 "top screws" can effect the focusers collimation. I'd get your Chesire sight tube out and check it. Happy New Year, Mark ... <john@j...>...
Hello Donald, A very imformative and entertaining post. Excluding Atmosphere I have been under the impression that maximum resolution (not power) is...
Mark, go to your favorite search engine and type in Clear Sky Clock. Download it, type in your city/state and you're off and running! It displays in graduated...
Yeah, I had put them back at their previous depth, and the star image *seemed* concentric. I'll check it throughout, though. Oddly, later the next night it...
I'm thinking of replacing those annoying phillips head screws on the push pull cell with slotted flat head screws to make it easier to align the lens. Does...
Hello Dan, Thanks. I try. Your post brings up an interesting can of worms. Classically, an atmospheric wave has been described as four inches in diameter. If...
I enjoyed views of Saturn last night with 1278 #30 in clear but slightly hazy skies. Very sharp at 200X with cassini sharp all the way around and much detail...
Of course, John. I'm not knocking turbulent nights; nearly *all* of our observing has turbulence to contend with unless your telescope is in space or unless...
Sounds just like the ocean. Some days it is flat calm, most days a mixed sea with waves of different amplitude crossing at various angles cancelling and...
Hi, I have a screw that is misshapen from the factory. Bill Burgess told me that those screws were M-3, .75 pitch. To make sure, take one with you to the...
Thanks, Dan. Maybe I'll see about one of Bills' 153's when ready. Maybe it's just the angle of the picture on the Yahoo pics site, but the 153 doesn't look...
Thank you, Geoff, for the info. I use a Celestron 8i and have enjoyed some decent views of the planets with konigs, Televue 9mm and a variety of plossels,...
Christopher, I assume you really mean an Allen screw with the provision for a hex key? Finding hex head bolts, particularly in metric sizes is not easy when...
... easy ... finding a ... never ... Metric or ... national ... in ... That's why DigiPower and McMaster & Carr were invented! <G> Tom D <-- DIY'er wannabe...
GJS, I had a 150 Celestron for a year and while it did well enough I did not like the floppy focuser and the very noticable purple edging. It was about 52...
I would discourage you, in the strongest possible terms, NOT to replace them with flat head, or "standard" screws, no matter where they are positioned....
I've just posted my review, which includes a comparison to my Antares 120mm f/8.3 refractor, on my web site: http://members.rogers.com/ggaherty/burgess127.htm ...
Good review Geoff, but I may have to differ with you on Rima Birt and Saturn. I made sure when I was viewing the moon to look at certain rilles. For instance...
... I've never seen them listed for less than $449, and I've heard that they're no longer available as the supplier in Japan raised the prices to more than Sky...
Geoff, Look in the used area. Apparently they are closing them out. Charlie ... From: Geoff Gaherty To: BurgessRefractors@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday,...
I, too, find your review to be excellent! However, I must disagree with you on two counts. Again. One, my star test produced perfectly concentric and even...
It is times like this that it might be important to remember that each of you is evaluating a different scope with different eyes and expectations, under...
... Antares 120mm ... Hi Geoff, Thanks for the great review. I have a synta 120mm and have done a few quick comparisons between it and my Burgess 127. My...
... The Antares scopes are shrouded in mystery. As I've pieced it together, it seems that Glen Speers at Sky Instruments in Vancouver started importing ...
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