Different source, similar idea. <http://www.teleskop-austria.at/prod.php?lng=de&tid=24#goto-pecwatcher-hu> To me it looks like these people are getting 1 arc...
... pecwatcher-hu> ... It appears to be the same unit from Hungary, only this time sold by a retailer. It looks like they are advertising the same 2 arc...
So it would seem: the Ovision is only $500. Some imagers tell me that they don't do long exposures, say > 5 minutes because too many get ruined by satellites...
Joe; Feel free to mention brands as yours is a direct personal experience. I have always said there is no problem with mentioning brand names, favorably or...
... I'm sure everyone realized I was talking about StellarVue. I was only having a laugh by withholding the name and feigning being intimidated by SV's famous...
Your experience with Stellarvue does not surprise me at all. I have owned Stellarvue equipment and was completely unimpressed. Their oprical quality wasn't...
katekebo, Please tell us a little more about that telescope - what model I wonder? ...and not to defend SV, but my experience has been that they focus on the...
You remove the lens elements from the cell and place them against a cement surface with a little bit of cotton on top to prevent scoring of any surfaces. Then...
So I had imagined a very stylishly engineered device which would effect gentle wedging force from numerous pints spaced evenly around the perimeter of the...
What scopes did you have? I have had good luck with the Nighthawk and the SV80SB (non feather-touch focuser version). The Nighthawk does, however, have a ...
I, too, am curious which scope you had problems with. Your experiences don't match mine at all. My SV80S was priced competitively with other LOMO based 80mm...
If you contact John at " The Focal Point" Louisville, Colorado 1-303-665-6640 he should be able to assist. His business involves all facets of lens ...
Correct. You did your homework, lol. As I said in these previous messages, the Nighthawk is just an average achromat, not better than any Chinese-made...
Thanks for the response. I too have the Nighthawk and my impression is that it "feels" much more solid than the Synta scopes I have come across. The focuser is...
I have owned several brands of scope: several Synta-made (branded Orion and SkyWatcher), SV, Meade, Vixen. I also had a chance to use a TeleVue and Williams...
... I have not tried the Vixen scopes yet, but hear very good things about them. But also that, at least some, are just rebranded Synta? I did have a couple of...
... You will never get it to autoguide properly. It doesn't have a proper worm wheel in it. They used spur gears in these mounts. They were hoping you wouldn't...
Don't forget that the TV Gibraltar is pretty "awful"! I'm surprised TV sells it. Now: as for crappy finders, one encounters those. I just think that one is...
If the LXD75 falls over the head is likely to crack. Even on grass. It's some kind of crapola metal. Maybe not pot metal but something real close. Saw one...
I'm not sure about the relationship with Synta, but I try to keep up on Vixen. I would guess that anything coming out of Vixen with a "made in china" on it...
I think that all in all, the "value for money" argument is highly subjective. I recently came from an astrophotography workshop featuring Tony Hallas and...
... subjective. I recently came from an astrophotography workshop featuring Tony Hallas and hosted by SV's founder/owner, Vic Maris. One of the things I always...
... He he! Not only TEC and AP do telescope testing prior to shipment. I recently received a 127mm F7.5 triplet apochromat made by Jinghua in China. It was...
The problem I guess I have with the SV threads I see, and the finder that was shipped to my friend, was the disjunction between the product levels. OK, you...
I see University Optics is selling chinese eyepieces. If you look carefully the made-in-Japan eyepieces are still designated as such. The inexpensive ones are...
... What does it require for a person to do this? Can't you train any "monkey" to use such a machine? (like you can train people to use almost any machine) ...
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