I have an 8" f/5 OTA (not a dob, but on topic, I think). The focuser has a lot of shift and is not easy to focus. I took the plate off the knob gears so I...
Danny, check out ChineseRefractor@yahoogroups.com There are buku posts about focuser fixes! Check their archieves. Dan NM ... focuser has a ... knob gears so...
... Jule: Long Island Sucks! Not that I'm a total loser, but I spent the "peri" midnight portion of last night with the 15" truss observing saturn. Although a...
This is a recent post on the ServoCAT group... since some of you have/will have the ServoCAT tracking system I thought you might be interested! Please...
... Mike: I still cant get over the visual "gestalt" of you'r setup...very impressive. Two qestions: 1)How does the image you posted of m82 (through the C8)...
On my 22" I moved to the tallest tires I could. My limit was if the tires were too tall I could not get the handles on the the scope. I ended up building to...
Joe, Mike did not post this - I did as a convenience for those Discovery owners interested in imaging with their dob. A tracking method will be needed, Mike...
Hi Art, How's my platform coming along? :) No hurry, scope won't be done for months :( What if you just make a stand for the scope to sit on when not in use,...
Joe, My answer to this is that viewing an object on a monitor or in a print is completely different than viewing it through a scope (in so many ways), but that...
Gang, I'm a refractor nut who's researching his first Dob purchase. Am currently torn between an Orion XT10 (the basic black tube is available again) and a...
I haven't received mine yet, but my pdhq 12.5" is supposed to be here in mid-january. I spent several days trying to decide between the "inexpensive" X10 and...
... Any ... Pat, Apples and oranges. $2,000 vs $600. Solid tube vs truss. (many would add Chinese vs American, but that is another story) The 12.5" TD will...
The discovery optics will be far superior to the orion scope.We had 3 orion xt10 in are club and not one had optics better than 1/4 wave.Junk really.The last...
Hi, I am thinking of getting a 10" Discovery Dob. However, I am worried how successful it will be in my sky. I can usually only see the brightest stars..mag...
My torus mirror in the obssesion is the best mirror so far that i have used.That includes a royce 15in and discovery 15in,Both of them were good but the torus...
... Bob Visually, how does this diff manifest, contrast on planets, DSO's? Also I notice you have a thing for 15" aperture. Any particular reason that you see...
Craig, I wouldn't worry too much about it. S&T had an article a little while back about observing myths. This is in fact one of them. Of course darker skies...
Not to much difference really.My friend has my old 15in pdhq and the optics as i said were very good.I would take a discovery mirror any time over most for...
... Pat, My scope, a 12.5 PDQH, is better than it has any right to be given the price. I had Discovery use DX-1 focuser which added $100 to the price. The...
... Bob One final question: I have always wondered how a binoviewer effects the visibility of faint detail in DSO's at this aperture. I know that binocular...
The bino is really great on most objects we all love to look at such as the messier objects.For lunar work the bino is a must,The bino increases contrast...
... wider ... skies? ... Craig, Jason's post has it right. Even in polluted skies more aperture will show you more. It will still go deeper and show greater...
Hi Craig, I live in a small town close to Hamburg/Germany and I am an owner of a 10" Discovery Dob since nearly 3 years. I am very satisfied with it. It just...
Aperture allways wins no matter where you live/plus you live in texas which has some of the darkest skys in the usa.Get the dob and get away from the city once...
