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The difference between an 8 and 10 won't jump out at you like going from an 8 to a 12. Your 8 has aprox 50 sq inches of light gathering, the 10 78 and the 12...
I was contemplating purchasing 26mm Nagler while it is on sale. Since it is a big chunk of change I was doing some research. In reviewing numerous old...
... Ken, There could be nothing farther from the truth. That is bunk. It's difficult to put a cogent response together as I cannot for the life of me figure...
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... Charlie, I love my XT6 too, but please don't expect to run power that high on the planets. I've been to around 500x for fun on the moon as well, but even...
I love my 26mm Nagler with my XT10i – great views of DSOs. It's fun to Nebula hop with it!. I filled out the other end with a 16, 11 and 7 mm Naglers....
Anyone out there know who actually developed the Intelliscope controller? I'm doing a research paper and would love to interview the engineer... thanks Seth...
I started out with an XT8 and made the jump to a 12" instead of 10". I've never regretted it. You're just not going to see that big of a difference going from...
... I purposely spent less on my telescope than I could have so I could afford to get some good accessories that I would end up using with any scope I get. I...
I recently had to get a new encoder board for my XT10i when I found that the sensors on azimuth board had broken, for the second time. (Orion was nice enough...
... and ... Well that's what I like about it, with this and a wheeled desk chair I don't need to get up. I'm much less dangerous to myself and others when...
I found that a bit of sandpaper wrapped around a AAA battery was just right for this job. Before sanding I could just barely turn the brass bushing in the...
... From: Tom Hole To: skyquest-telescopes@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 7:56 AM Subject: [skyquest-telescopes] Re: xt10i a worthy scope? ... ...
I use a wooden fold up table I got at Wal-Mart. I use Pocket Stars for the PC and have a Theme setup on the system where the window frames/controls are black...
Looking into why ... the disc the glue balled up and warped the disc edges upward. I had a similiar experience with my first Az encoder. However, I did not...
... Seth, The Intelliscope box is based on an original design of Tangent Instruments from Mountain View California. I believe this "box" has also been the...
Is the Orion Starblast telescope any good as a "Grab and Go" scope for quick viewing to supplement your bigger 10" Orion Intelliscope. What other scope would...
... Heh - I've only had mine for the summer and here in NCarolina, its primarily warm-up time after taking it from the AC house to outside. It acclimates...
Premium eyepieces are certainly worthwhile. My GS10 came with standard Plossls, which are quite good. But in my early reading years ago I learnt about Naglers...
... Well thats not really correct. The XT4.5 has a spherical primary and the Starblast has a parabolic mirror. In practice you can run the starblast to the...
I suspect what was meant was that with the XT you can get greater magnification with a larger eyepiece. My granddaughter has an XT 4.5 and loves it. Cliff...
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... Yup - you are correct. Was too lazy to get up and doublecheck my numbers right on the side of the scope - thanks for correcting that. ... SB ... Yeah, as...
... Go for a XT4.5. Check out the reviews of the Starblast and XT4.5 on scopereviews.com. I wrote a review of the XT4.5 for cloudy nights.com. I use mine...
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