Hi. I'm new to the group. I have been doing binocular Astronomy for about 10 months. I recently acquired a used 4" 680mm f.l. Wm.-Yang Megrez SD Refractor...
Hello People My name is Rob and I'm a newbie to this group and fairly new to astronomy. I live in northern NSW, Australia. which currently places Neptune & ...
That will be quite an assortment. I'm interested in the off-axis Newtonian. Where are you getting that from? Are you getting it for planetary/lunar ...
My guess is you've passed right over them without realizing it. I haven't looked for them, but had the same problem looking for the Ring Nebula with my 6" ...
Hi. The off-axis was to be my first telesope. The idea was to get a newtonian with Refractor quality at Newtonian prices. With a focal length of 1020 mm it...
Be sure and post the results of some of your observations. ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. ...
Thanks Larry for your reply, I kinda figured I've probably looked over them many a time without realizing it. I guess I'll just keep searching and step up...
There's been quite a bit of discussion recently about the Orion contra the DGM off-axis telescope on the off-axis web-site. My DGM hasn't arrived yet but my...
Thanks for the comment. As you might have guessed I'm more inclined to talk than to write. It seems hard to build off-axis telescopes of any great size so...
I have had a Celestron 4.5" newtonian for years. 3 months ago, my girlfriend, (Bless her Heart) bought me one of those 8" newtonians from Ebay. I have used it...
Star test it first. If it really needs work, consider contacting Spectrum Coatings and talking to them about the quality of the glass, the possibility of ...
All I have done to this point is collminate (sp?) my scopes. Where can I get some info on how to star test this new scope? ... optics ... taken ... scope ... ...
Some fine mirrors are available from Discover telescopes, and University Optics, as well as others. ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check...
Offense? Of course not! Just didn't think your URL's were addressing the actual question, which was how to evaluate optics using a star test. Related to but...
Thank you both, very much.... I actually found some very good information on collimation. I will star test this evening and let you know the results... Thank...
Well not the best night to star test here in Houston. I did see that the scope was a little out of alignment, but the one thing that disturbed me was the...
Does anyone here have an opinion they'd be willing to share regarding the genereal quality of Orion eyepieces? The catalog came yesterday and they seem to be...
The low end stuff is all Chinese. Supposedly the high end stuff is still Vixen and Circle-K. Personally I would suggest that you check out University Optics ...
Miht be a bit early to toss in the towel. I had the same eyepiece problem with a Discovery f/5 Newtonian. it turned out it's a Chinese scope and mount with a ...
WOW, thank you... I am going to see if any of your suggestions will work for me. I keep hearing bad things about these mirrors, but I will give your way a try...
You are most welcom. Incidentally, I make stops out of the black posterboard. I cut a circle the size of the outside tube diameter. Then I cut a circular...
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