I would imagine that weather and seeing conditions are similar in Michigan to what we usually have in N.C. Illinois. We seem to be having the same warm weather...
In the Michigan air the color flares up nicely. However, I will be making a barlow and a PowerMate run with the scope tonight, so I will be trying your trick....
Agreed that it sounds like a good deal; however, I'm still curious about the focuser, as I've never seen a SV80ED with a focuser that looks like that. Scott in...
OK. Just found out from the seller that it's indeed a 1st-generation SV80ED. $295 for a shipped 80ED scope & case sounds like a heck of a deal to me! BH...
Hi Rick: I am glad your got your Aplanat. When the seeing is good I have never had much 'color' in mine. When the seeing is not steady I do get very noticable...
Oh, okay. In that case, caveat emptor. I guess I don't have $295 to gamble with. If anyone else reading this does, they may luck out and get a great deal. ...
Sorry Bill, I was ambiguous, it's in the Photos section. Just click on "Recent Photos" at the top of the main page. Neptune is 8th magnitude, if your webcam...
... Yep, that would be a heck of a price for an SV80ED. I paid over $100 more for mine - used, and it was about the best deal I'd seen in months. BH...
I'm not finding the location of your folder, David. Do you think Neptune would be too dim to be picked-up via common webcam sensors. I'd imagine gain would...
... Yeah, that's what I thought at first. The focuser looks like a NH2 focuser, but the OTA looks more like an 80ED tube to me. The ad says it's a 552mm...
Hey gang, I was perusing Astromart and came across what looks like an excellent deal on a SV80ED. I have no relationship with the seller, but just wanted to...
Pete, I do not count Clive in that group. I think by nature he is just s skeptical person, who likes to see proof. I have no problem with that. It is the...
Bill, look for 45, 44, and 42 Cap in a line through a low power eyepiece. (These are near Deneb Algiedi.) Neptune will be the first bright object just to the...
David, If I were to try and get a view of Neptune this weekend, where would I look? Last time I tried (unsuccessfully) was a few weeks ago, and I believe it...
By the way, what Rohr's test shows is what made me post a few months ago asking what "super-apo" means. What I see at my ep is so sharp and clear that it looks...
I don't know, Clive has always seemed like a fair-minded fellow to me. He just really likes objective evidence, and so many of the arguments in the past have...
Going Retro... The Post Office left me a love note to pick up a package. Waiting in a box was the 80mm Aplanat I had purchased. I took it home and unboxed it...
This article has provided me with a new motto for life... "With Strehl = 0.966 as the total value inclusive all errors, you should be able to live well." Never...
Don, They're not all bad - even Clive, who is a very experienced observer. And all can appreciate good objective quality evidence when presented. I don't...
Deimos is quite a challenge for 4" refractors. I have spotted Deimos with my SV102ABV allowing Mars to drift out of the field to remove its glare. David E ... ...
I have replaced the original image with a mosaic of four. As pointed out by Mike Brown (York, UK), the other object in the original frame is almost certainly a...
What is interesting about the thread is that all the usual nattering nabobs of SV negatism have not said a word. I guess they don't like it when their baseless...
Rob, Thanks for posting the link. I was shocked that Clive actully brought something positive about Stellarvue to light.I'm still scratching my head. I enjoyed...
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