... I would see sense in using rifle scopes if they were a lot cheaper or a lot better but based on what I've read here they are neither. I'd rather purchase...
Have a used 9.25 that seems to be missing the counter. Why would somebody remove this, and are there any suggestions on a replacement or at least a cover. ...
Hi The early 9.25s had a relatively complicated mechanical counter. When it worked it was OK. However, it was a delicate mechanism and would jam at the...
... They have long eye relief to protect your eye from recoil. See <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iqYznDU1gY> ... All EPs vignette if you're too close or...
But...I have not been able to connect into Cloudy Nights.com...I am a Comcast subscriber...anyone else having trouble! Thanks once again sorry for using this...
Cloudy Nights is down for maintenance...should be back up this afternoon, I understand. Mike & Co. made several announcements about that on the site. It is...
Yeah, I tried too, unable to pull it's pages either. Bill Dittus Knoxville, TN ... -- "Veritas vos liberabit" The Truth Will Set You Free Bill Dittus [Non-text...
From their website: Cloudy Nights is currently down for maintenance... We are making some database changes and the operations are taking much longer than...
Thanks. Have any suggestions? I suppose I can fabricate a piece of SS plating and paint it black. I was just curious if anybody came up with a patch. Kevin...
I asked the very same question on another forum and the answer was CN is down for up grading the database and is taking a lot longer then they thought it...
I'm coming from the refractor world where no serious scope would come with a 1.25" focuser/diagaonal. Even the little 66mm apo's have 2" hardware. I just...
Likely never...since... 1. There have been thousands of 1.25-inch accessories made for the scopes over the last 40 years. 2. It only takes a few dollars to...
Good thing there's... http://uncle-rods.blogspot.com/2009/10/you-must-choose.html Peace, Rod Mollise Rod's new book: _Choosing and Using a New CAT_ Available...
Proper baffling in an SCT (or more generally, and more direct to this issue- any scope with a secondary that sends light through a center hole in the primary)...
Hi One of the ways the optics set is "tuned" prior to insertion in the OTA is rotating the pieces separately for the best "figure". This includes the ...
That has been discussed extensively here in the past. Meade claims that they rotate the three optical components (primary, secondary, and corrector) relative...
The rotational positioning is desirable but not always critical. Centering is much more important. Rotational mis-alignment will create astigmatism (just like...
I just did mine recently with numerous posts to the group about it. If you go back a couple of months the thread was "mark on corrector " I believe. Basically...
... Because nothing is perfect, you get "zones" in the figures of the mirrors and the corrector plate. At factory they (claim to) rotate the parts to minimize...
... The last phrase of that question is unintelligible: "what you think is the "best" position is as good as it gets?" Are the index marks not there? -John...
... I guess you could star test the telescope repeated after changing the orientation to find the sweet spot, but that would be unbelievably time consuming...
