I should like to wish all our members a happy 2006, filled with clear steady skies and telescopes enough for everyone. It was just this week that our...
Thanks, Taras. I will give it another shot w/ my panoptic 15mm, and/or my 9mm Nagler T6, both good eyepieces, as you know. There haven't been a lot of clear...
Did you get the OTA only? or the tripod model? Or the EQ model? Andy Raiford http://www.andysshotglass.com ... and ... try ... short- ... advertisements of ...
Hi, Andy. I purchased the OTA only, since I intend to use it either as a grab and go, or as a piggy-back on one of my other units. The star images look very...
One more thing, are the stars being stretched out into comets pointing at the center of the field? If so, that is coma. If however stars looked shewed when out...
Ahh, nothing here but clouds right now, but as much as I may complain about light pollution, I must admit to you that I bagged 88 Messier objects on my most...
Marc, I would pull the mirror cell out and check it. I had a friend with one of these and he found that the mirror was being pinched. Once he corrected that...
I was mistaken. I'd only looked in the reflector section. There's actually one reflector, one refractor, and two Cassegrain scope combos sold with the SVP...
Hi Neil, The 100ED is a perfect grab-n-go scope. One of my goals this year is to pick up a good wooden tripod with one of those gyro mounts for exactly that...
Marc; I would agree with Larry. A fellow club member had a severely pinched mirror in his Orion 10" Dob as received. It could not even provide a clean split...
... I'll bet they are installing them as tight as possible to reduce the number of mirrors coming loose during shipping. I got one from another brand that had...
I guess ever getting rid of my SVP would be a big mistake if there is that much variation unit per unit. I got mine in november 2004 as part of an SVP127 dual...
Thanks, all. I want to give it one more try under the stars, should they ever show themselves again, and then likely pull the mirror. Given that, anyone...
Hi Gang, could someone please tell me the differences between the SkyView, Skywatcher and AstroView 90mm EQ refractors, I see they are all 910fl f10, and come...
... and AstroView 90mm EQ refractors, I see they are all 910fl f10, and come with a 25 and 10mm 1.25 Kellner's do they all have the same optics. Are these more...
The Astroview comes with the AstroView mount and the tube is white. The SkyView with the SkyView mount and the tube is gunmetal Grey.The Skywatcher is the...
... Hi Don and the rest of the group, I received the SVP intelliscope upgrade kit today, and of course it is sleeting and raining, not that it matters because...
One thing to keep in mind is the clips on the cell are there only to keep the mirror from falling out. When you resecure the clips, make sure you can turn the...
Sounds like excellent counsel, Taras. I'll keep you posted as this mini-project unfolds. We haven't seen any stars here in Connecticut for some time, and...
Ron Vigneri wrote: ... Don, this part is for you especially: The system seems to rely on a home position which is "Dec.= 0"... Hi Ron, Thanks for remembering!...
Hi All, I just ordered the 120mm f/5 refractor today. I noticed the price has dropped from 319 to $269. I already have the SVP100mm, and feel that (please tell...
You will see more than a lot. I sent you M42 with your scope and camera, with processing (Image Plus coming soon) it will look as good as any out there. What...
... better ... If you are using the 1 1/4 " to T adapter, that is probably your main cause of vignetting. Point your scope out the window with the 1 1/4" T ...
Hi Joe, Thanks for the image. Very nice. I'm getting IP as well. Hope to be posting shots myself soon. Tom H ... camera, with processing (Image Plus coming...
No, David, I'm using straight 2" prime focus. I noticed darkness around images I took of M31 and M42. I think th e wider fov in the 120 f/5 will eliminate...
Hi, this is my first post in any forum...i am complete newbie looking for first scope purchase...and after extensive internet research i have narrowed my...
I believe the Mak127 is an f/15 scope. With this long focal length it will have a very narrow field of view, particularly with small chip CCD cameras. So it'll...
Tom; The length and diameter of the focuser tube may be a problem. On my Orion 120mm F5 focuser tube related vignetting was noticeable when I checked visually...
Keiron; Do not try to judge scopes visual capabilities by photographs. The 80ED is a popular photographic scope due to a combination of reasonably good optics...
Rich, 2 questions. Have you had an opportunity to use both the 100mm f/6 and 120mmf/5? That originally was the core of my first post. I've been wanting to find...
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