Hello, Last Saturday night, I went to a star party at Anza Borrego Desert State Park, CA. The weather was clear but windy with gusts up to 20- 30mph which...
Rather than take you through the whole collimating procedure at once, let's walk through, one step (one post) at a time. ... entire secondary mirror. In...
I Just went through this last night with a new XL10...I thought the tube distorted by bulging at the weak point (the seam). Eventually, I discovered a 1/2" or...
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Ooooo... these prices are *killing* me! Two years ago, I paid Orion's full ticket price of $649 for my XT-10. Now, the DSH 10" clones are going for only $40...
... Good idea. ... Actually, the reason I can see the whole secondary when I use the cap is that the 1.25" barrel of the cheshire doesn't limit the view. With...
We had clear skies last night, giving me an oportunity to try out my new Pentax xl 5.2mm with my 8" orion dob and M3 happend to be one of my targets. I was...
i can get subtle textures in jupiters bands too, i love that view. but back to M3, no doubt your orion is better than my 8 inch and probably better collimated...
... should ... Hello Bob, I purchased my telescope during the holidays so I'm pretty new at Sky hopping. I live in New Jersey approximately 50 miles from NYC...
... While dark skies are important, I believe that with Globular clusters aperture is the still most important factor for resolving the core of the cluster. ...
... Are you talking about that BIG planisphere? The yellow and white one? Done by Levy I think. Man that thing is great for my old eyes. It must be what?...
Hello all, Dave I think that scope quality is first and formeost important , collimation is second aperature is third and then your local conditions. You could...
... Optical quality is important but given decent quality in a larger aperture you may be surprised. Especially on deep sky objects! A TeleVue 85 is a great...
... not ... Steel. There has been some confusion about the new style Orion XT10. Some of the literature from Orion stated that the tube was made from ...
I was not arguing about scope quality versus aperature simply stating that good quality comes first and formeost for good results. I did and do agree that more...
My take: Local conditions are most important to a point, depending on the object. Low surface brightness objects will be hard-pressed to compete with...
... eyes. It ... Just fits ... That's it. I gotta believe there are better ones out there. But I use it strictly to provide a high level understanding of...
I misspoke on one detail before, and apologize for having added to, rather than lessened your confusion. Let's keep going though. I'll show you where I was...
Phil, ... A TV85 is an exceptional scope. I've had one for a year now and I'm still surprised by what it will show. For 85mm's of aperture that is. It...
Friends, Well, my new Hardin DSH 8" arrived today via UPS. YEAH! Assembled without a hitch. Attached and aligned the spotting scope. Now I just have to wait...
... <wes_stone@l...> I liked Ed Ting's comments in his review of the GS ... Hi Wes, like my wife says, I can't find anything for looking, so could you help...
Hi Scott, http://www.scopereviews.com/page1s.html#2 Second paragraph, right under the picture of the XT10 Rick ... Wes, like my wife says, I can't find...
Hi all. While out observing the other weekend, I was uncomfortable keeping my 'non-viewing' eye shut or otherwise trying to limit its ability to distract my...
Hi Bob, I use DeepSky 2003 which works with the free program Cartes du Ciel. Deepsky is planning and logging software which allows you to make a plan of...
... I will agree that a Dobsonian telescope tube bears little stress in any manner allowing it to be made pretty light in the theoretical world. The real world...
... I'll ... position ... secondary, ... I have a 5" cheshire with 3.6" of it extending into the focuser. The crosshairs are 0.5" from the end, and the inner...
... I don't see a perfect circle.) I have to pull the cheshire out 1" ... out about 1.5" before I have enough space around the mirror to tell ... on to the...
May issue of Astronomy Magazine has a "review" of the Skyquest Dobs -- the 4.5, 6 and 8 (not the 10). Nice discussion (of course he likes them) -- but not too...
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