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23831
8" SCT too heavy. Had one and sold it. The tube on a reflector is still too unwieldy. I have a situation where I have to squeeze between a car and a motorcycle...
weezyrider
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Nov 23, 2009
3:19 pm
23830
How about an 8" SCT? Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry ... From: "weezyrider" <weezyrider@...> Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:46:25 To:...
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warpedcorp
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Nov 22, 2009
4:13 pm
23829
The 8 inch f/4 is only 30 inches long and 12 pounds. Mostly you will find f/5 or f/6 in the stores, longer and, yes, unwieldy. The GSO has had great reviews...
tincanandstring
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Nov 22, 2009
3:06 pm
23828
8" reflector is too much. I went to a store that carried them. Someone had just bought one and the case for the tube. I asked if I could pick it up and it was...
weezyrider
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Nov 22, 2009
2:46 pm
23827
Actually, David, I took care to get the physical alignment of the cell on the tube perfect by measuring precisely and bolting evenly. The focuser mount is bad,...
tincanandstring
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Nov 22, 2009
1:48 am
23826
Frank Surprised you were even able to get anything approaching decent collimation from from that setup. Keep us posted on the progress with the 6" project. ...
DavidB
z32lunacity
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Nov 21, 2009
6:52 pm
23825
I agree 6" in a refractor is not a good starter scope. My recommendation for a starter scope has always been a 6" f/8 Dob or an 80mm Achromat like the...
DavidB
z32lunacity
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Nov 21, 2009
6:41 pm
23824
Well said. Lloyd On Nov 20, 2009, mel richardson <mel.richardson@...> wrote:   Your list is greatly encouraging Lloyd and shows what can be done. I...
L. W. Black
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Nov 21, 2009
2:31 pm
23823
An 8 inch refractor would be trouble. An 8 inch SCT is a bulky armload, even for a large person like me. But the 8 inch f/4 Newt? Pick it up with finger and...
tincanandstring
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Nov 21, 2009
2:25 pm
23822
I'm using P. Harrington's books. I got really annoyed by the Dob crowd when I first started. I had an LX10 and sold it. It was too heavy and bulky to be...
weezyrider
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Nov 21, 2009
2:12 pm
23821
The differences between the 6" 1200mm FL achro and the 5" 1140 FL are subtle, not at great as that noted between the 127 and the 102 (that probably because of...
tincanandstring
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Nov 21, 2009
1:35 pm
23820
Your list is greatly encouraging Lloyd and shows what can be done. I live in Windsor ON Canada with horrible light pollution from our city and Detroit just...
mel richardson
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Nov 21, 2009
1:25 am
23819
I totally agree. A few years ago, I wanted to see how many objects I could find from my backyard (darkened and protected on all sides by vegetation, my house,...
L. W. Black
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Nov 20, 2009
9:33 pm
23818
Hi Pankaj, Welcome to the group. I am not sure if you will find the information you are looking for here on this group but it is worth a shot. You should also...
DavidB
z32lunacity
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Nov 20, 2009
8:39 pm
23817
Dear All, Can anyone help to find a fisheye lens to be mounted on a projector for projection system to be projected on a dome to make a planetarium. thanks ...
pankaj bahmba
pankajbahmba
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Nov 20, 2009
8:20 pm
23816
... I used Patrick Moore's bino book almost exclusively for my first year of observing, as 95% of the time I used a 4 inch refractor max. and I live in the Los...
tincanandstring
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Nov 20, 2009
6:08 pm
23815
First the rant. I know that aperture can rule in urban observing. It is also a fact that the telescope that you can move, carry, whatever is the one that gets...
weezyrider
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Nov 20, 2009
4:19 pm
23814
After deciding that a 6" f/15 Sonotube refractor would be impractical - mostly good for planets, unwieldy to mount and difficult to store, and therefore not...
tincanandstring
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Nov 20, 2009
2:28 pm
23813
Unless it is against the rules, I will be posting in the files section a summary description of two OTA's I am putting up for sale. One will be a classic...
warpedcorp
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Nov 16, 2009
9:47 pm
23812
Got it. I forgot to turn images on. Yahoo annoys me so I just turn all the junk off. Weezy...
weezyrider
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Nov 13, 2009
1:29 pm
23811
try again, sometimes this happens if I am updateing it. Glenn...
gefisher77373
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Nov 13, 2009
11:54 am
23810
That link for Optics isn't active. Genealogy, moonview are active. Thanks, Weezy...
weezyrider
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Nov 12, 2009
1:02 pm
23809
Weezy, I have a program that can tell you if a particular eyepiece will work with your scope. Go to my web page and use the "My Public iDisk" link and look in...
gefisher77373
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Nov 12, 2009
11:55 am
23808
Thank you - I suspected that but wanted to make sure. Since it happens with the longer FR APO, I wasn't going to blame it on the 120 being a short tube. It...
weezyrider
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Nov 11, 2009
2:40 pm
23807
First thought was that Weezy was seeing CMB radiation with his 120ST! How cool would that be, but no, it's light scatter. Enlightening. Thanks for clearing...
ibmelrod
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Nov 10, 2009
8:06 pm
23806
Why high power eyepieces look like a snowy analog TV - I like to try inexpensive eyepieces, I am too much of a klutz to even consider something like... well,...
tincanandstring
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Nov 10, 2009
2:44 pm
23805
I'd still like to know what I'm seeing when the scopes are pushed too far. It resembles snow on analog TV. Is that incidental light pollution or what? Thanks, ...
weezyrider
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Nov 10, 2009
1:48 pm
23804
Cool weezy I like ortho's myself and have a 5,6,9,12.5,and18mm circle T brand set of othhos along with a 21mm vixen ed ( a nice long eye relief eyepiece that I...
brian nordstrom
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Nov 10, 2009
7:19 am
23803
No, I know no one. I've got a few Orthos, 1 older Meade UW and 1 2" Erfle. Everyone I know is stuck in Televue mode. Not that I'm being a Non-Televue snob - I...
weezyrider
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Nov 9, 2009
1:52 pm
23802
I was in a bit of a pickle this last couple of nights. Dew has suddenly become a big problem here in 'finally' sunny Florida and I have been lazy and have not...
Bill
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Nov 8, 2009
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