... but have ... service and ... Skyview Pro ... company ... also ... Hi Scott - I own the Konus 8", which is basically the same as the Orion SVP with a few...
Can anyone help me. I'm planning to purchase a telescope and cant decide which one to get. This is my first telescope and I want to see the good things in ...
Well, The first thing that i can tell you is, Aperture rules! Now i've never looked through the Ext or the Star max. They only have a 102mm Apeture. (4.5 in)...
dj- An XT8 will start you off right for the deep sky stuff. The SkyView Pro 6LT and 8 seem to be getting a lot of good marks as well. I think the SVP6 will do...
My first scope is the Orion 8xt. I highly recommend it -- the scope is easy to use and has much more light gathering capabilities that the Starmax. I have...
Chuck, I have to agree with the previous comments. I have an Orion Sky View Pro 8" and I love it. First night out I could see bands on Jupiter and 4 moons. I...
-I own a StarMax 102, and while I agree that aperture rules, sometimes budget constraints rule also. So - no flames please because I don't own something...
Melinda - My Favorite scope is a C5 - Celestron 5" SCT. It has given me awesome views of the planets, and also can zero in on the head of a lizard at 25 ft. ...
I've got the 6" Orion SVP and love it. The views are very nice and if properly collimated, a lot clearer and sharper than bigger scopes I've seen. You can...
How much do you have to spend? If your preference is planetary viewing you would do well with an equatorial mount with a clock drive. Before you consider a...
Greetings All, One of 3 types of DGM Optics designed LPR/Nebula filters are now available. For more info http://users.erols.com/dgmoptics/LPRfilters.htm clear...
Greetings All, One of 3 types of DGM Optics designed LPR/Nebula filters are now available. For more info http://users.erols.com/dgmoptics/LPRfilters.htm clear...
I have the opposite experience of Scott, having owned an XT-10 for a year and loving it. I also have a 5" refractor mounted on an EQ mount. With the XT-10...
Hi Jim, I have an un-named Synta 5" long tube similar to the Orion 120 or those offered under other names such as Skywatcher. The OTA weighs about 11 pounds...
Dave - I was wondering if the OTA would be too heavy for my AZ3 tripod for terrestrial observing. 11 pounds, as you say, may be too much even for my SVD mount...
Jim, I'm not familiar enough with the AZ3 to know how well it would work. I've never seen an OTA that size on one, but that may not mean much. I'm pretty...
Dave - The 11 pound OTA would probably be too much for my AZ3 mount. It has good wooden legs though that I'll probably use on my SVD mount. Though I'd love to...
Hey Joe, I have looked through 2 side by side XT10s and the optics are very good.The only problem is with the XT10 is that the left and right movement is to...
Hello: Can some one tell why can't see a thing about virgo cluster,aren't galaxies some how bigger than stars and more distint?All I can see is stars,have not...
Where are you viewing from? If it's light polluted, and the skys are not transparent (i.e., a lot of water vapor), the galaxies will be very difficult to pick...
... While galaxies are indeed larger than stars, that's exactly what makes them more difficult to see. Their light is spread out over a larger area instead of...
There are ways to assess the effect of light pollution in your area: Can you see all the stars in the little dipper on a good night ? (there is one in the...
Thank you a lot Sol for the input,will try it. solrp77 <solrp77@...> wrote:There are ways to assess the effect of light pollution in your area: Can you...
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