Lery lovely! The first time I saw these two targets together was with my Nighthawk in the Pisga Mountains. Thanks for posting. David E ... From: "Robert"...
Robert, Thanks for persevering in the Valley Heat. This is a terrific photo. I always appreciate the little active areas identifying what I'm looking at. -...
Fantastic image, Robert! Very similar to David E's story, the first time I saw these two gems was with my Nighthawk in the Colorado mountains, at 9000 ft....
Vixen makes a "Universal plate" for the Porta mount which allows mounting spotting scopes, binoculars and cameras on altazimuth mounts such as the SV M1, M2...
Dave, David, Bruce, and Scott; Thanks for your support and for taking a look. It was a hot day, I think it was 106 that day but cooled down to about 95 at...
Nice image Rob! I like that (unlike so many galaxy images), there's a massive star field present in this one, including the cluster. Added to my list as well!...
A belated report from the darkest skies I've been able to get my SV102ED to so far! Our family has had a place in Averill, VT in the far north-east corner of...
Durango Skies is having a clearance sale on their inventory of almost all in-stock accessories as per the web site they are changing business direction to the...
"I think it was 106 that day but cooled down to about 95 at sundown and cooled off pretty fast after that." You left out the mantra, Robert: But it's a **dry**...
Many thanks William. You are right about the tendency to isolate the galaxy by removing stars. Robert Collins http://www.flickr.com/photos/14381217@N03/ Yuba...
Bruce, yes I lived in Florida (Eglin AFB) for 6 years and am well aware of the humidity. Seems like it rained every day at 2:PM. Nice that we have mostly clear...
Mark/Bob, Sigh, just lost my entire post. Three tries and a reboot later... I, too, have an Astro-Physics Mach 1 GTO after also having a CGEM & CGEM-DX. They...
Thanks, Rich. That was a nice way to add an Ethos to my travel kit and save some dough. Now I have to figure out how to mount a Star beam to a StellarVue....
Will, fantastic report and Trifid image! I'm not sure which I like better, though, the Trifid image or the pic of your setup. :-) In the setup photo, what...
Thanks Scott and Jim! Scott, my finder is an Orion ST-80 (short-tube) - I still haven't really sat down to try guiding yet. I will likely replace it when I...
Excellent Report and images, Will. Quite a beautiful spot you have there. Thank you for sharing your experience. I'll keep my fingers crossed that you have...
I've been mostly lurking in this group for a while but I've asked a few questions so it seems a proper introduction is long overdue. My interest in astronomy...
Very nice Will. I am impressed that you were able to accomplish that without guiding. Well done. Robert Collins http://www.flickr.com/photos/14381217@N03/ Yuba...
Good luck with the Star Beam. I am a Telrad guy. Use one on my C11 and did on my 12" dob. I am anxiously awaiting completion of my 17.5" dob and it will...
To me the Telrad is too large for most refractors. I like the multi reticle finder as offered by SV. Being originally gun sight based it is rugged as it has...
Ken, The 27 Pan is a lovely eyepiece but I find the eye relief just a bit tight (I wear glass to observe too). Not a tight as the Naglers though. I have a...
Robert, Those two objects together are some of my favorite DSO's. Even a good 80mm can bag them. IMHO, they don't get enough photo recognition. Thank you...
Rich, Given the challenges, I am using a multi reticle red dot finder instead of a Telrad. My red dot actually is a rifle sight and is too bright. The dot is...
Very nice image Robert! We can certainly sympathize with you WRT the weather...we've not been able to image in weeks. Curious what kinds of guiding problems...
Greetings Ken! Thanks for the background info - good stuff. I have the SV115T and I use the Baader 8-24mm zoom as my primary eyepiece. Coupled with a...
Welcome, Ken! Thanks for your introduction. Your link to you as the 'geeky kid' didn't fully 'take'. Here's a tiny url to the page that may work better:...
