It's a great scope from most user reports. I have the 5 and it's a fine scope. At f/8 it will have a lot of CA for imaging, but that can be suppressed by a...
You are absolutely right. I am "guilty" -- but I did it intentionally to show how absurd it was to leave the tails on messages. I'm not sure that qualifies...
As your example demonstrates, top posting puts things backwards; and indeed for very short one-liner kinds of conversations, I prefer to intermingle my...
Absurd is not the right characterization of this. Perhaps careless or forgetful. Enough of this, I believe; we all do it from time to time and it is not a...
Thanks for the info. I already have the Meade 99% dielectric 2” diagonal, so I’m all set there. I have seen it in stock at a couple different dealers so I...
Ray, He is probably referring the amount of CA on this scope and how that will generally show itself much worse on brighter targets such as the Moon, Mars,...
Dave: If your set of Bob's Knobs is still available, I could make good use of them and I would like them. I can send you my mail address in an e-mail if it's...
Paul; Another individual has requested them. I have asked for his mailing address. I will keep your email on file incase he doesn't respond. Dave PaulHiggins...
Howdy Y'all...just returned from the GREAT Almost Heaven Star Party where I was a speaker. If there's anything anybody has for me, give me a shout and I will...
Did you miss us yesterday? Unk was on his way back from enjoying the dark skies of the 2008 Almost Heaven Star Party... ...but the blog is now ready for your...
I don't know how many of y'all knew Jeff--health and other factors has made him a little less publicly visible in astronomy in recent years than he had been......
I can't believe it - this is bad news. He was a real astronomer. God Speed Jeff Herb York www.Binocs.com www.BuyTelescopes.com www.AstroMart.com On Aug 4,...
One fact that can be of little comfort is to know that he has a much better view of the heavens then we do... I am sorry for the loss. Warp Herb York...
Orion are introducing a lot of new things - including what appears to be a strut-tube Dob (Skyyawner clone) and some astro-imaging equipment. What's up on the...
... Orion also has a killer camera coming out, the StarShoot Pro, a color CCD with a much bigger chip, 6.1 megapixels, and thermoelectric cooling, priced $100...
The dobs they are introducing are not "clones" of the Sky-Watcher telescopes. They are, like the Sky-Watchers, Synta Flex Tubes. -- Peace, Rod Mollise Author...
Hi All, I bought a second hand Meade 10". All my other scopes were Newtonians and I have never used a schmidt-newt with a corrector plate in front so I am not...
I know from experience, it's tube currents. This scope will not work unless it has been sitting for hours. If you are impatient, fans are the only solution. ...
... <chanang@...> wrote: ... It is highly unlikely that it's dirt. Dirt would affect you from the get-go, and would have to be a -severe- buildup to cause much...
I posted this on the LXD egroup but no reply yet. A couple of questions about the power suppliies for this mount. I recently bought an almost new (used only a...
... It sounds impressive, but they need to put some larger pictures up. A main selling point is the impressively large chip, but the images on Orion's site,...
... What exactly do you mean by "coma". Optically, that term refers to a comet-like appearance of stars when seen off-axis, or, if the collimation is off, in...
... But heaters can also cause your own bad seeing, due to the warm air rising on front of the scope. So always start with a good dew shield, and add heat as...
The LXD75 will draw over 1 amp under full slew. Peace, Rod Mollise Author of Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope...and... The Urban Astronomer's...
... A main selling point is the impressively large chip, but the images on Orion's site, even when you click on them to get the largest version available, are...
... I just looked in on the DSI forum and Duncan McCloud says "Thanks for the memories." He's moving on to the Orion, although he didn't mention it by name...
WOW!!! I have not gotten into astrophotography yet because I think the cameras are both too expensive and not sensitive enough for an AMATUER to use. I know...
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