I have to agree with Markelwebb. I have little use for the Dobsonian mount which is nothing more than a Alti-zumith mount. I can understand their popularity in...
Finally, after a solid week of rain or overcast the clouds went away this afternoon. I set everything up in the backyard as the sun was going down. I roughly...
My scopes usually fog up when I bring them in when its cold. My 8" Schmidt Newtonian is really bad for that. Just leave the caps off and after about 20 minutes...
You should definitely go back out and look at Jupiter tonight as Io just began to transit (pass in front of) Jupiter at 7:50 PST and it's shadow will be...
My new scope should be arriving in a few days now. I ordered the 8" Newt, SVP mount, Dual drive. I'll post my experience with this order. Any comments or...
Congrats on your new purchase. I purchased the SVP 8" EQ in December, and the scope has lived up to everything I thought it would be. It's easy to collimate...
... laid ... all ... Or ... Hi Terry, One way to fight the optics fogging up when bringing your scope inside is to cover the ends of the scope BEFORE bringing...
Well my 8" Orion Reflector is up and running. Naturally we had warm nights and no snow all winter and the day the scope arrived we got 8-10 inches of powdery...
... off. ... to ... Chris, You may need to do both. Check out the link I have in the links section at the left of your screen about collimation. It has really ...
... the ... be ... Chris, Also, from personal experience with my SVP 8", make sure the laser itself is collimated. If it's not, it will make the telescope's...
I have read recently in several posts on this list and others that the Orion 127 "Mak" gives very fine sharp images. My question then is, comparing the Mak...
Mike, Thanks. How can you tell if the laser is collimated, is there a test? I did learn a lesson though, don't turn the collimation screws several revolutions....
Chris, I tested my laser's collimation by resting the laser unit in a "cradle" so you can turn the unit 360-degrees. Set the unit in the cradle, turn the...
Chris, I just had my second go at collimating my XT-10. I noticed that the secondary mirror was not centered in the focus tube so I adjusted it and it knocked...
Yes the first time collimating is quite an experience. I did not realize how small of a turn on the screw would affect the mirrors. I had the Secondary so far...
Would you believe another snowstorm?? No I have not been able to star test my scope yet. In looking at the way the laser beam reflects off the Secondary mirror...
Hi all! Last week, I took several prime focus astrophotos of the Orion region with my SkyView Pro 8" EQ (with RA motor drive). I coupled my Olympus OM-1 SLR...
... I agree. I just got an EQ1 mount that was a 2nd for $59.00. It came in looking new but was missing a slow motion RA cable and Declination locking screw. A...
Congratulations, I can't wait to see them. I have a Pentax K1000 and my friend should have his LXD55 10" delivered on Tuesday. I have read lots of comments...
Robert, I would recommend the Skyview Pro 8 EQ. I can tell you that the SkyView Pro mount is rock solid. The movments are smooth as silk. I agree with others...
Greg, The scope is great. I am a planet gazer and have tried many scopes to achieve crisp views. I have used an 8 inch SCT, 5 inch refactore, among others. The...
I agree also. I have made 3 purchases from Orion and they could answer all of my questions, and everything arrived ontime and in perfect condition. I purchased...
Garry, I tried scanning my slides with a flatbed scanner, but the resolution is just not good enough. I'm going to have my slides scanned at the photo lab...
trying to decide between the two for my xt8. am a little worried about whether the 13mm nagler would tip my xt8 over! since I removed the rear steel plate even...
There are some peculiarities about my OTA I'd like to compare with others. For one thing, one collimation screw is a lot harder to turn than the other two....
Hi all! I finally got some slides scanned of my first-attempt prime focus and piggyback astrophotos. I uploaded the photos to the "photos" section under the...
Ron, thanks for the nice words about my first attempt at prime focus! The M42 exposure was around 5 minutes. I also have an 8 minute exposure shot of the...
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