Bill, I use the Orion Starmax 127 which is the same OTA as the SVP 127. My maximum mag so far is 256x with a 6mm EP. 50x/inch of aperture is about the limit...
Bill, correction on the power calculations, I used the 120 refractor instead of the 127 mak's 1540mm fl(late night). ---- A 7mm or maybe a 6mm fl eyepiece is...
Hello all: My 35mm,2" for my xt10 will arrive soon,it had been kind frustrating getting to the fussies,perhaps its my lack of propper training. please any...
Bill, I have the same scope and purchased the Expanse set of 4 EP to fill out my collection. I had the opportunity to try the 6mm at a star party several...
Andy, Based on some reading and your posts, I decided to order the 8" OTA from Orion's website. I have the SVP 127mm MAK and am very happy with it. Seeing...
Hello All, I forgot a subject line, sorry. Based on some reading and your posts, I decided to order the 8" OTA from Orion's website. I have the SVP 127mm MAK...
Welcome all new members to orion-telescopes. I wish to offer a couple of tips here to help things along. Post, post and post. I have found that posts breed...
Stephen, What sort of a problem are you having with contrast on bright objects? Do you mean you see ghost images? Mike Casey Pasadena CA XT10 ... [snip] ... ...
I decided to get the Orion Skyview Pro 8 EQ with the dual drives, and ordered it a week ago Friday. The following Wednesday it was delivered. It only took an...
I ordered the XT8 New version dobsonian on the 30th of December so they said it will be shipped on the 19th of January then it was bumped back to the 28th, and...
Ron, The dovetail bar that comes with the SVP 8 EQ is 8" long. I ordered another one so I could readily mount my 80ED without having to switch the bars. I...
Andy, Thanks for the info. I did not realize that the 13" plate would fit the SVP. Orion's website makes it seem like the 13" is for the Atlas mount, but not...
MeteorMan! Congrats on your new scope. The problems you encountered with the SVP 8 EQ are common. The RA motor cover, for instance, is a washout. I just took...
Thanks Andy, I'll check to see if there is a smudge on the eyepeice, I could be just overly sensative though. I have a QA background. As I back away from the...
I bought a Vanguard case to transport the SVP mount head. I probably could have gone a cheaper route, but one thing's for sure; that mount is a lot easier to...
Well, last night I was out looking at the moon because that's all I could see from my backyard... I noticed that with the 9 mm and 6 mm, the contrast of light...
Regarding the cap to cover the polar alignment scope eyepiece on the SVP mount, I put a thin strip of duct tape around the mating surface on mine. It takes up...
Lee, When do you see the black dot in the middle of the FOV, with or without an eyepiece in the focuser? Do you see it in daylight or night? The black dot is...
Hello all: My 35mm,2" for my xt10 will arrive soon,it had been kind frustrating getting to the fussies,perhaps its my lack of propper training. please any...
I wish I could help you. I don't own any 2" eyepieces. But I've borrowed them at star parties. It's like watching a movie on the big screen as opposed to...
I know you will love the 2inch ep. It is like looking through a port hole.
The advise I can give you is the following since I bought my XT10 a year ago
and...
Hi all, Can anyone recommend an upgrade for the stock focuser on my Astroview 90 EQ refractor? I am pleased with the scope overall but the focuser is just too...
Last Friday afternoon when I was checking out my equipment I found a whole lot of slop in my RA axis on my SkyView Pro mount. I very quickly made an...
Congratulations on the upgrade! I'm looking forward to your notes on the upcoming website so that I can do the same upgrade to my SVP mount. Think that it'll...
Friday night was able to test out a minus violet filter by Sirius using my Celestron ST 80. If you own one of these short tube 80s you should know all about...
... It's not necessarily the mirrors that cause a batch of scopes to fail a quality control inspection. Did they actually say it was? I was one of the lucky...
It was during day time viewing that I noticed the black dot in the middle of the eyepiece in the focuser. I don't remember if I saw it after it got dark....
Should anyone ever run into a situation where they need to extend the spreader bar rod on the Atlas mount, be advised that Orion continued to use the M12...
I have an XT10 and bought the Deep View 35mm 2" eyepiece. I was not at all pleased with its performance and swaped it for a 1.25" 18mm UWA. The focal ratio on...
You can get these rods in various lengths from www.mcmastercarr.com. Warp ... From: Jack Vandam [mailto:snotoir7674g@...] Sent: Monday, February 02,...
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