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Hello everyone I do not know anything at all about telescopes etc, but my son has mentioned to me that he would love to have a go at one ( he's 29 ) so I have...
... 2000 November - Flexing Spheres into High-Quality Telescope Mirrors By Alan Adler 2003 November - An Inexpensive Microflexed Newtonian Reflector By Ernie...
Hi, I am looking at second hand telescopes as I would like to get in to astronomy. The vast selection of types of equipment is baffling me a bit. I have seen a...
... Think of it as "many choices to satisfy every need" (just not all at once). ... **warning: all of the following is **opinion**, and works for me. Your...
Google '"eyepieces" & "beginners"' (without the outer quotes) and you'll come up with about 180,000 hits. You won't have to read them all=:0 Good luck. Geo....
... Traditional advice is to get a pair of binos and learn the night sky. Then move on to a telescope, if what you see interests you. Then there was the guy...
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I was stargazing in the desert and due to my telescope being unstable in the sand, it fell causing sand to go into the tube. I took out the back mirror as well...
... First go to www.arksky.org/asoclean.htm and read the article. My opinions: Get a "lens pen" and use the brush to remove the grit. Light even strokes from...
... The first course of action is not to do -anything- other than "shake it out". As you've seen, the reflective coatings are -very- soft, and should -never-...
... To a point I agree. The lens pen's brush is the only part I use on any mirrored surface. Like Dick, I felt these were a gimick until I got one. For...
George. I'm in Brazil and the Meade 114 EQ-DH not arrives yet (I bought past week in USA). Maybe more 2 or 3 weeks I need to wait (I hope...). I've a picture...
I have just purchased a Meade 4504 telescope and am very excited with it. I am very new to astronomy and telescopes. I would like to know if there are any...
Hi There, Sue maybe? I'm no expert or even highly serious. More of a casual star peeker if you will. But......The eyepieces supplied with the 4500 series are...
First, you definitely want to change the adapter so you can use the 1.25" eyepieces. This will give you many more choices for good eyepieces, as the .965 ones...
The eyepieces I use most in my DS114 are the Owl optics 80 degree series. They come in 30mm 2" , 20mm 2" , 15mm 2" and 16mm and 11mm 1.25". The adapters can be...
In a message dated 12/3/2006 1:22:38 PM Central Standard Time, sueblond2002@... writes: I have just purchased a Meade 4504 telescope and am very excited...
Sue, All I can add to what has been said thus far is that to get the 1.25" adapter simply call the Meade Technical Support Department at 1-800-626-3233, I...
... Alessandro, Hope you're enjoying Spring, first snow here! Yes, that mount is the same has the 4504's and the DH motors will mount on it. You may want to...
... The eyepieces Meade provided are really not worthless, we sell them to people in the shop for $5 a piece. We tell them they are not the best, but they...
... Scott, Everything is realitive. Good and cheap are hard to find in optics. That said astro optics have never been more affordable. When I was a boy in the...
... And no matter what anybody tries to tell you 300X is about the maximum power than ANY earth based scope can usefully operate at without adaptive optics...
George Wow, thanks for the the great answer and advice! I'll definitely check the Barlows you mentioned. I have kind a Rube Goldberg question, would like to...
... Assuming a good spherical figure, then yes, a small spherical mirror can perform as well as a paraboloid. Here are the exact f-ratios for 1/4 wave...
Scott, A rifle scope usually doesn't have enough field of view to perform well as a finder. You want at least 5 degrees field of view, about 5 full moons, to...
