I went up to Pilot Mountain last night for my club's first public observing for the year. It started out with much lack of promise, as the skies were nearly...
My second telescope was a Criterion 4 1/4 inch reflector which was my first REAL telescope. The first telescope I had was a single element F/50 refractor...
hi everyone Dose anyone know what type of glass was used to make the lens for these telescopes Is it ed glass? And are these telescope doublet? Either way this...
Hello all, I had the 102T out pretty much all day yesterday, firstly to look at the Sun. Now I remember why they call it Solar Minimum: absolutely nothing on...
Hi all, I noticed, reading a few first light reports or scope descriptions, that the the tubes are now painted "stardust white." My SV102T is, as I recall,...
I love the reticle finder that came with the 90T, but lately it's gotten very flakey. It just quits. Mostly it comes back on, but I haven't checked it after...
Well last night we finally had some good weather. I tried the 3.2 in my Nighthawk Classic. This gives me 150X. The view was very good. I compared it with my...
Hi guys, sorry for this stupid question, but is there a trick to attaching the red-dot finder to the scope? I see the 'base' on the rings, but can't get the...
Hi, As much as I hate doing this but I am placing my 102ED on Astromart to finance a family emergency. If anyone is interested I'm selling it with the M1 mount...
This past weekend 3RF conducted a weekend outreach program for about 40 Boy Scouts. Among the volunteers helping to run the show were yours truly and Jeff...
Hi Everyone, I have one of the SV80BV scopes and was just wondering how many of this type of scope Vic has made? 100,200,300? I know it was not alot. I have...
Hi Folks: I'm reducing my asking price for a mint condition, Stardust white SV90TBV to $1675 (including ground shipping in CONUS) and, in addition to the...
Last year I helped test and evaluate ACP Observatory Control Software for Global Rent-A-Scope at New Mexico Skies. ACP has been further customized for...
Hi Gang, Another image taken with the 102ED in November 07. 16hrs worth of data on M33. Why so long, my suburban light pollution. I have a nice backlog of...
OPT has some very good deals on Celestron overstock items, including $150 off the CG5-GT goto scope. If you go to optcorp.com and search for "Overstock...
The Moon was looking great this morning. I put the binviewers in my SV102ABV and started out at 70x. After about 30 minutes the scope cooled down and I got a...
I picked up my sale price diagonal today, took just about a week to arrive, very nice indeed, even with shipping and duty it came in at about the same as a...
On the Stellarvue website it says that the binoviewer focusers are a new Stellarview addition to a binoviewer currently being marketed under a variety of...
Hi Vic and all, I've been discussing with some of my refractor buddies adjustable vs. non-adjustable lens cells, particularly with the Feathertouch focusers...
I haven't heard back from anyone after my earlier post as to whether or not they will be joining us. If you are planning to join us over the weekend, please,...
Dang it's coming, March 9th is this years daylight saving time. Runs all the way to Nov. 2nd. DANG - ready for those late nights Derek ... Be a better friend,...
Hi Everyone, It clouded over in a hurry, but not before I got in some practice time with my SV50, the Little Angel. I want to take this to Pilot Mountain this...
Well I got my 80mm today to go along with my SV102ED2 I received last week and guess what, finally clear skies tonight, oooooh it will be difficult to get up...
Hey gang, Today my NHNG showed up (joy!). This was a couple days early and of course was accompanied by really heavy rain in central NC. Undaunted I set...
Hi, all. Well, I finally decided to take the plunge and get the SV90tbv--I found a used one, so no waiting..... well at least only the wait to have it...
M7: Brenda my part time machinist and I spent the better part of Sunday assembling the core or a number of M7 mounts. Unlike other mounts we have made, each...
Hey guys, Last night was the first night that I was able to break in my 102 since it arrived last week. One word. INCREDIBLE!! It was about 8:00 with poor...
