Well, I've got a Stellarvue! :) It is fabulous. I had an (Alternate Telescope)80mm scope 2 weeks ago. Now I have a SV80ED. The difference is amazing. The...
This one's been sitting on my computer for about a week now, been so wrapped up in the comet. This is a neighbor of IC405, the Flaming Star nebula, and is...
Ok, it wasn't the REAL first light but it was MY first light. This morning I got in early and hopped on the Naval Observatory's 12" f15 (that is fl = 4500mm...
I've seen some post about scope cool down times when bringing your scope outside, but what about after a viewing session. My question is, what do you do when...
A fellow club member returned from the Astro Imaging Conference last weekend with a new refractor from Italy. He brought it over and upon unwrapping it I noted...
Wow!!! The comet just cleared my house and I got my first look at it through the 102BV. Holy smokes! This is my first comet so I am thrilled to see it. I...
Just a quick 'heads-up' to the group. I am planning to list my SV80L (S/Nr 0075)and M1 grab and go mount on AMart or CNights. I will be getting an ad....
Does nayone know if the Stellarvue 90T is available yet or is it still wait listed? Does the 90T come in a version tha is not binoviewer? Thanks Terrence...
HI, Returning home tonight from a friends chamber music concert we stopped along Lake Michigan for a look. because of trees I cannot see it from my yard. I had...
Vic, In an earlier post when you first mooted a new line of scopes I made a joke about a 120 mm scope under 10 lbs in weight. Now you have produced a 115 mm...
Hi folks, I sketched Holmes with the 102ED last night (Sunday night) at 177x with my TV radian 4mm EP. I made a pencil sketch at the scope and then went to ...
Got up this morning to a slightly windy set of conditions. Too windy to be comfy observing with the Deuce or 80ED, so I grabbed my 15x50IS Canon binos for a 15...
I finally saw it. After a very long day, at 9PM I was planning on just going to bed. But the night was cool, dry, bug-free and dark, so I roused myself to get...
I mentioned in a post that the Hubble is imaging the core of comet Holmes but think the post might have gotten buried and I put in the incorrect link. Keep an...
I guess that I am not crazy!! I just read on the comet Holmes portion on [spaceweather] SW.com that Holmes is just starting to emerge a faint tail! Whew - glad...
Here's image# 3 taken last night, 11 PM Denver time, so about 05:00 Oct 29th, 2007 UT. 2 Minutes each LRGB taken with the SV115, Televue 2X powermate and SBIG...
Well, I had about a dozen kids in my 7th grade Sunday School class tell me that they wanted to see the comet last night, so I took the 80mm Aplanat, it's new...
hi gang, can someone tell me the diameter of the 102? I bought Parallax 114mm rings and they're too big. do actual 102 rings fit the best? Michael D...
Here is a link to a website with lots of info on comet Holmes. This includes an orbital diagram and a plot of it's expected position over the next several...
Just an idea for everyone that's worked for me these past few years. Every Halloween night I've set up a telescope to show the trick-or-treaters a celestial...
Hi! I was lucky to catch about an hour of clear sky last friday, so I managed to see the comet and take some quick shots. Wow, is this thing bright! ...
Several weeks ago I was glad to meet up with Vic and Jan at the Eastern Telescope Show held at Hands On Optics. Vic was looking through one of my scopes at...
Hi Gang, What is the difference between the 2" Dual Speed Crayford focuser and the 2" Dual Speed Feathertouch focuser? Is there really a $300.00 difference in...
This is the first of three days at the Advanced Imaging Conference in San Jose. This workshop is for those who really embrace the huge and complicated realm of...
hi, I was out tonight with the Gyrfalcon and baby blue (F50i). I wanted to put a light pollution filter on the illuminated EP that came with the finder. It...
I finally got first light with my new SV90TBV, and the first subject I viewed through it was Comet Holmes. I actually took delivery a month ago, but the star...
After seeing comet Holmes for the first time yesterday morning (WOW) I was not going to miss seeing it again this a.m. (last night was a bust d/t prior...
I swore I would get some sleep last night but woke up at 4 am again and figured I'd take another look at the comet, then decided to go ahead and get some more...
