I have used the Orion Zoom eyepiece up at our observation point at Mansfield Dam. One of my friends there allowed me to use his. The views seemed decent...
Andy, I guess the moral of this story is don't use your Naglers, Lanthanums, XL's or Radians when you have little kids at the eyepiece. <G>. The worst story I...
... the ... How does the premium Orion Zoom compare to the Televue Zoom? I see the Orion is continous zoom where the Televue has set stops. Is the viewing...
This is the first filter I have purchased mainly to use on the moon. Should I place it in front of the diagonal or the ep? If I use a barlow should it go...
I just rec'd a letter from O. The new ship date for my back ordered controller/locater is 3/9. I hope this info helps the others who have this item on back...
... I couldn't see a difference between the 8-24 Orion, Meade, or Televue. It's my understanding that Vixen makes all. I thought you could buy the Tele with...
Hi Bill, I email Orion over the weekend and ask them whether the Epic ED eyepieces had a built in Barlow, and today received the below answer: "None of our...
... Gee - I wasn't expecting anyone to go that far! I was really more curious than anything, although part of the reason for asking was trying to determine how...
In my photos folder you'll find my latest Horsehead Nebula photo. This was taken with the Orion 80mm ED. I was able to get a 10 minute exposure that came out...
Andy, My sympathy for the loss of your Aunt. Aunts can be very special people. I'll access the Horsehead pic you took. My I ask what vendor you used to...
Great Horsehead shot Andy, You must have your mount guiding really well, as the stars are nice and sharp with no trailing. How long can you let it track...
I've been participating in this group somewhat lately, so I thought I might share a short review of the Atlas mount. There is so little information on people...
Very good report! The recommended payload rating for most mounts is for visual. For astrophotography, you should figure 1/3 less. I suspect that your 55 lbs...
Hi Andy, Thanks for the complement. I thought I should at least share something since there is so little info on using the mount with heavier SCTs. Yes, I...
Hey Andy, sorry to hear about your aunt. That is an awsome picture of the horsehead. That picture is enought to make me want to go buy the 80mm ED. Andy...
Steve, Here's a suggestion. Screw one half of the vaiable filter into the diagonal and one half into the eyepiece. It doesn't matter which part goes where....
Found this article on Sky and telescopes website. http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/planets/article_1195_1.as p Since Jupiter is going to be at...
Figures they would change the link. Here is the part of the story I had in my email. Sorry about that. NEW CLOUD FEATURE ON JUPITER S&T contributing editor...
Hello, I can't help myself from asking, so please forgive me if this seems crazy. A while ago I read an article titled "Did NASA Accidentally Nuke Jupiter?",...
That was actually a pretty popular rumor that circulated the internet. http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/jupiter_galileo.html Phil Plait describes that in...
I hope Phill is right! Just seems strange that there is now a new spot. Interesting. It is foggy/hazey here tonight, so I can't look either. Clear skies, Ron...
Difficult to say, but I think a more likely explanation might have to do with Jupiter's convection currents. I remember seeing a science program a couple of...
I just received an email from Orion that the Intelliscope Controller has been shipped to me! :-) -Bob [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Mike, You will note that just below the link is the letter p. In order to make the link work you must cut and paste the letter onto the end of the link to make...
... The ... the ... feel ... trying ... really ... effective 7mm ... Bill, I don't know how well the 14mm Epic ED works with a regular Barlow but it works fine...
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