... John, You want to talk to the guy who owns Highpoint Scientific ( used to work at Pocono Mtn Optics). He has one and I believe has used it in his 24"...
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Louis Halikman
bonedoctor51@...
Sep 1, 2002 10:40 pm
Please let me know how the image looks -- I'm contemplating buying one. Where are you located? I'm in Owings Mills, MD, and moving soon to a darker sky...
I just downsized to a 12.5" DOB. Previously had 18" and 20" and 11" Dobs. Does my 12.5" still constitute being a big dob? Or, am I now an intermediate dob...
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Blais Klucznik
marbla@...
Sep 2, 2002 2:48 am
Hi, Even the 12-1/2 PDHQ becomes more of a hassle as one gets older. In any case I personally believe that it, with the Discovery Telescopes DSCs, makes for a...
Last week there was a posting (don't know if it was in this group) in which a 24 or 25 incher was called a small Dob (by a 30 inch owner). So what's big and...
FWIW, to quote Ed Ting: "Pete Smitka (of Portaball fame) once told me that an 8" telescope is the biggest of the small scopes, while a 12.5" is the smallest of...
Under 8" Small 8-14 Medium 15-18 (Is there a 19"?) Big 20-36 Your in the Juggernaut class. Over 36 How in the hell did you move it? :) David ... 11" ... an ...
Anything bigger than my Dob is a big telescope. Anything smaller than my Dob is a small telescope. My Dob must be intermediate. Robert ... ADVERTISEMENT ...
... I recall hearing years ago that "it's not the size of the tool that counts--it's how the tool is used"......<g> -- .....Wayne Howell..... ...Port Townsend,...
David, Are you talking about a generic DOB driver or the commercial product DOB Driver II? I'm also interested in the auto-clutch mechanism on your 25". Did ...
I currently have a 13.1" f4.5 Coulter Odyssey and am looking to purchase a high power eyepiece....approximately in the 5mm range which would give me 296x. I...
... I use Turtle Wax (auto) on the Ebony Star Formica and those green nylon scouring pads on the teflon twice a year as part of regular maintenance; once after...
... This is a hard question. I really like my friend's Pentax XL EP. They are super sharp. I've used a 6mm Radian (also a friend's) and I think that it is...
... I have a Pentax XL 10.5 that I use ALL the time in my 15" f/4.5. I think it's a darn fine eyepiece. It barlows very well. I may get the 5.2 some day as...
Hi Scott. I've found the following site helpful. http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/section.php?sectionid=22&/index.html (No affiliation.) Good luck! Mark S. ... ...
Thanks everyone for the advice. I purchased an Orion 5.1mm Epic this morning and hope that it will live up to its advertisement. If this doesn't perform to...
My preference is to use an eyepiece and a barlow. The Clave 10mm is very fine eyepiece for planetary views. For wide field high power it is hard to beat the...
Thanks Don, I have attempted to barlow my 12mm T4 Nagler with Celestron Ultima 2x have never been completely pleased with the result. Problem with blackout....
Doug...I was thinking about mounting a small 20" on my 36" as a finder scope and to give me a little more weight on the back. How much does that little 20"...
HAHAHA! I figure that if I want views better than my 20" can give, it's time to get into imaging. I'm almost there even with my 20"! But, there is something...
Hmmmm, Telescopes are another thing where size does matter, eh? Tom...
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Louis Halikman
bonedoctor51@...
Sep 4, 2002 9:37 pm
I realize that this is off topic (sort of), but does anyone have any idea where they might get a weathervane depicting astronomical subjects, or perhaps the...
... Louis, A jigsaw and a piece of 1/4" plywood, along with a closed tube that a vertical rod slides into should do the trick. If by chance you know of some...
I finally got my Deep Sky Digital Video camera out! Took out my 10" dob Orion XT10, turned on the DOB Driver II - told it to goto m15. It was a faint fuzzy...
I put 3 pictures up under the folder "Deep Sky Pro in XT10". This is one frame from a VCR tape recorded using the composite RCA cable, keep this in mind when...
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Louis Halikman
bonedoctor51@...
Sep 6, 2002 2:50 am
This I gotta see!!! Lou ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes ...
