Hi Danny, I collimate in both ways - with and without the eyepiece. I use collimating with the eyepiece when my primary goal is visual imaging, while when ccd...
Seeing wasn't very good today with only 7/10. This is the "boring" side of Jupiter. There are lots of activity both on the SEB and the NEB. More info at: ...
In a message dated 2/28/2006 10:50:49 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Yeah. But do you remember _why_ we had to repair so many things ourselves way back when?...
In a message dated 2/28/2006 1:43:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, djd521@... writes: The focal reducer was designed to be used with the 1.25" visual back...
In a message dated 2/28/2006 9:18:28 PM Eastern Standard Time, jmmahony@... writes: Here's how to test your reducer: aim it at a distant light source,...
Is rough optics an issue anymore? Is this a problem of past (SCT's) only? I heard that using a polarizing filter can midigate( to some degree) the light...
Dear JP, Some people will tell you you are getting old :) On the other hand: we can now buy telescopes with capabilities we could only dream of when we were...
Rod, What you wrote below describes my situation from last Saturday. 2" SCT diagonal with a 1.25" eyepiece. As all my eyepieces are 1.25", I don't see myself...
... I remember when every drug and department store had a tube checker. It was perched on a cabinet full of the most common replacement tubes. My dad finally...
... I assume you have the instructions for it; it not, here they are: <http://thadlabs.com/ASTRO/LX200/docs/4000_f6.3_Focal_Reducer.pdf> Also note there's at...
... However, for the past several months Meade has been shipping defective 0.63 FRs with a focal length approx. 130mm instead of about 240mm; the 0.33 FR has a...
... Arrgh! I already bought a 2" Williams diagonal last year - so if I buy a focal reducer to use with 1.25" eyepieces I'm going to need a shortened barrel?...
Make a FR "barlow". I did that and my FR works fine in my 2" (WO) diagonal with all my eyepieces, of all sizes. - Rick ... shorter ... buy ... the C...
I recently acquired a 10" Meade f/6.3 SCT from a guy in Los Angeles. In shipping to the midwest, the secondary assembly came loose from the corrector, and is...
Seeing was amazing this morning. This is my best image of Jupiter for now! Note the great detail inside the GRS!! More info at: http://jupiter.cstonind.com ...
Sorry wrong link... Seeing was amazing this morning. This is my best image of Jupiter for now! Note the great detail inside the GRS!! More info at: ...
At 5:00 pm today I began to install Bob's knobs on an 8 inch Meade, one of the new ones with the 6 screw secondary holder. It's 8:30 as I write this. For any...
Chris - the images you've been presenting of both Jupiter and Saturn I find astounding - glorious details. I sit and gaze and them for ages, trying to absorb...
Thanks JB. Sky conditions here are just fantastic at this time of the year... Regards, Chris ... Christopher and Vicky Go Christone Industries Manufacturer...
John Mahony, I tried the test tonight. I placed a flashlight on my workbench. Stood about 20 feet away. Put the piece of paper behind the reducer and slowly...
Wouldn't you know it. I purchases an reducer for a B&L SCT, some years ago. All my images had the most horrendous coma. I finally examined the reducer...
1.25" diagnals are not made in "SCT style". They all have standard 1.25" barrels in front. You put them in a 1.25" "visual back" on the back of the scope. ...
... In case you're wondering, yes, those two sentences are true at the same time. Once Meade realized there was a problem with their reducers, they started ...
... Imagine a 2" barlow with the lens removed and replaced by the lenses from the reducer. Then put it in the EP tube of the diagonal, and insert your EP into...
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