Perhaps you could try an 'artificial star." You know, take a Xmas ornament or such and catch the sun's reflection off it. This should make a spot you can...
Thanks and Happy New Year Stephen, It will be tough with a chip that has color filters on it to get much Ha signal although I did it with my one shot camera....
Jon, Beautiful image! Lots of stars bathed in nebulosity! Colorful. Dave W. Nevada City, CA ... From: Jon Talbot To: Stellarvue@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday,...
John: I have no significant issues wrt field curvature in my SV105. I use mine primarily for visual observing, and use the 24mm Pan and several Nagler T6s [and...
Ricky: Any reputable Celestron Dealer should carry it. I got mine from a local dealer in Edmonton - the Science Shop. Hands on Optics, or perhaps Oceanside...
Mike: If you have ANY Televue EP, or an EP with a published field stop diameter, you can determine your scope's f.l. by a drift test. Say that an EP has a...
Vic: Seeing Stellarvue grow from a very tiny company to a serious contender in the refractor market within 4 years has been amazing to witness. Also seeing the...
I should also note that what I term field curvature is handled by the Panoptic EP, for example. Stars remain pin points across the FOV. No OOF stellar images...
Has anyone had any experience with the 11x80mm antares finder scopes? I have their 8x50mm model but it sometimes doesnt have enough aperature for deeper space...
I would take a look at the Vixen 70S (70mm, f/5.7) guidescope. This optic is easy to mount and collimate with your 6" OTA. A little more expensive but VG...
Thats great information barry, thank you. I'll definately check it out. I have a TV 1.25" everbrite diagonal that needs a home, maybe the guide scope your...
Hi Barry, I just looked at some photos of the Vixen 70S guide scope. I looks excellent. Im happy that it comes in white also. Like I mentioned earlier, I have...
I have that TV Everbright diagonal also and it works great. And if you need a crosshair EP, University Optics has one that is VG... Ciao...Barry ... it ... ...
The answer is yes to all that you ask. But since I don't have that EP, i'll pass on that. But it focuses fine with my TV 19mm Panoptic (the only TV EP I...
Ralph, A while back Vic was selling an 80mm finder that used (I believe) lenses similar to the original AT1002 and/or AT1010 in a lightweight tube with a fixed...
i've follow the discussion about field of the 105. I usually compare the field on a 24X36 photo for the the correction of field , can someone share a shot...
The APM TMB 115LW has the sliding drawtube for bino viewing. This, along with the collapsing dew shield, has the added benefit of collapsing the scope down to...
We got a nice clear, dark night here in Oregon so out went the scope (SV80DL on M6 Mount). Even though it was clear and very dark the seeing was not great...
Hi George, We got that same cold front north of you in Western Washington. I had both my 14.5" Starmaster and my new SV80S out side by side for the first...
Hi George, ... Yes, I have seen the nebulosity around the Pleiades with my SV102d on a really good, moonless night (I have moderate light pollution in my ...
Hello all! The 'Hawk in the Pelican 1510 has made it to France as carry on! We'll see how it works on the other airlines in two days as it makes its way to...
24" is not airline carry on size. I will have to review our website to see what is confusing about what we are presenting there. I will not have time for a few...
Hi All, With reports in the news of green lasers being aimed at airplanes we should all be very careful when using them so as not to lose this valuable tool...
George Nice Report! I have not seen (as far as I can remember) much (if any) nebulosity around the Pleiades in previous observing sessions though I have heard...
Thanks for the comments re: nebulosity around the pleiades. It's clear here again today and the seeing is supposed to be better than last night so I'll take...
Hi George, Thanks for the report - not much "seeing" around here these past few weeks, so it's nice to read others' reports. I find myself going out on...
