Howdy everyone, here are my latest astro-shots mainly of comet Holmes (Which BTW is a beautiful comet) Go out and see it if you haven't yet!! Anyway check out...
Wil, I bought the Orion ED2 3.7mm, 7.5mm, and 9.5mm. I was not happy with any of them. I gave away the 7.5 and 9.5 to a newbie for his f8 dob (the eyepieces...
13mm stratus nearly lives in my focuser, it is my most used eyepiece. This will probably continue until I can afford an Ethos or an 82' Nagler, both which cost...
I hadn't really considered the Stratus (mainly bedause of price) but Gary's post made me pause... After centering the target with either the 20 or 25mm I...
... Fwiw... It seems the sweet spot for most scopes is 20x per inch of aperture. The XT6 has a 150mm/5.906" aperture. 20 x 5.906 = 118.12 The tubes focal...
very good point! Anything below about 6mm would be pushing the optics of these scopes near or beyound their limits. Therefore a 3mm EP would be basically ...
... The highest power eyepiece that I regularly use in my XT10 is a 7mm University Optics Orthoscopic eyepiece I purchased from Helix Mfg years ago. Usually...
... I received the Edge-On 16mm eyepiece today and just finished testing it. I used an old SVD 8, f/4 for the test. I will restrict my comments to the bargain...
Hi All! Before the weather gets too cold here in the Midwest, I want to make sure my scopes are up to snuff so to speak. This includes gaeeing rid of that...
I generally try WD-40 as a first step. It will pretty much handle any sort of oil or grease as a solvent, and doesn't mess up plastics... Acetone will dissolve...
There is a new 5.5" Orion Mak Newt that looks very interesting and unlike the 102ED it can be had now. Very tempted to pull the trigger on one. Don't know why...
Yeah I saw it too. Looks like the Intes scopes although it's of course a Chinese copy. I'd have to see some comparison images to see if it's worth getting it...
... Orion's new MN55 looks like the real deal to me. They have sold Russian stuff before. Orion's MN55 http://tinyurl.com/2dan27 http://tinyurl.com/yo5svx ...
Could be Russian the two scopes look the same, have the same model # and are very close in price. Like I said an interesting offering that just slipped in...
Hi, I'm new to this news group, and new to Orion. I've been using a Meade LXD75-SN8 (Schmidt Newtonian 8") however the mount has failed and I'm likely to be...
Hello Roland I have the Orion 8" and a home built 6" refractor riding on an Atlas. I have upgraded to the go-to version of the mount a few years ago. It is...
Just bought this scope of a fellow astronomer,he bought it in 2002 and now i own it,not hd chance to look through it yet,what are they like in performance...
Hey everyone, I recently decided to get into astrophotography, and figuring out what mount to buy is a huge pain in the rear. I have a Meade DSI pro for...
As a fellow fledgling astrophotographer in pretty much the same circumstances, I can't give you any first-hand advice. However, from my research, it appears...
If you got the $$, get the most mount you can, then in the future when that next bigger better OTA or toy you need to put on your mount comes along, your mount...
So the ETX-125 has UHTC which is supposed to deliver an approximate 20% image brightness over "standard" coatings, which by my math would be equivalent to a...
I have played with the SVP mount and readjusted the worms for minimal backlash w/o binding. I believe much of the remaining backlash is due to the reduction...
You may have to relocate the main mirror higher in the tube or fit as low profile a focuser as possible in order to get adequate back focus with a focal...
I am trying to get better on my collimation of the 8 inch SkyView Pro OTA. What measurement do you come up with for the inside of the OTA when measuring where...
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