I'll add to an already abused topic. sorry. I have an XT-10 F 4.7 Adjustment of the secondary mirror such that it's reflection is centered in the sight tube...
Jorma, This exact thing happened to me a while back. I didn't know if it had always been that way, since I had collimated many times before. But this time I...
... over ... in ... To be exact, I live 4 houses away from the weather station here in Caribou, Maine. ... to ... to ... as ... Even un-barlowed, the 7.5...
We (and several other astro e-groups) seem to have lost use of the great "Sky-insight" browser that resides on our front page. I'm looking into it and will...
I think this is a problem with a lot of the Orion XTi's. I noticed it again when I replaced it with the Moonlite focuser. I noticed when I put the laser in...
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... Hmmmm. I guess poor seeing could give trouble on Jupiter at 160x, but this should be fine fairly often. Let us know how it turns out over time. The...
OK, my flocking material finally arrived from Scopestuff today, so I'm planning on getting busy with the scissors tonight! I'm only planning on doing the top...
... of the ... Do the bottom 15 to 18" if you can: Before you start, look into your focusser tube, move your head around, and note that you can see, reflected...
Thanks Gene - I'll inbed my response too =) ... I only got about 2x4 feet total to work with along with some scraps. I'll pull the 1 1/4 adapter out and rack...
RE, The 2" strip size was just one I arbitrarily chose. I wouldn't see a problem with the 3" strips. As far as overlapping or not, I overlapped mine - with...
I'm not sure "first light" should apply to an eyepiece, but since these now cost more than the Synta XT-10 I currently have, I though it might be appropriate....
Thanks Charlie! I'll plan on using 3" strips and overlap them a hair. Well I just got home and did some eyballing down the focuser - I'm afraid I didn't get...
I flocked my XT8i 18" from the top and also the bottom AND I built a light shroud that extends 10" from my OTA opening. Big time improvement. I really didn't...
i'm trying to decide between these 2 scopes. honestly it's hard for me to justify the extra $ for the discovery, but not impossible to do so. factors in favor...
Gary, This question USED to have a lot of emotional heat attached to it. Many of our members have experienced exactly the same dilemma, w.r.t. earlier models...
... for me ... so. ... concern, ... asking ... reprimanded) ... get it ... Hi there, Gary! I have owned both the 10 inch PDHQ, and currently own the XT10i....
Gary, I have the Orion XT12i and love it. I haven't seen the Discovery 12, but I have seen a 10 and finish looked nice but I didn't get the chance to look...
... Yep. Orion did no one any favor when they changed from Guan Sheng to Synta. Synta products presumably cost Orion considerably less, but I'd have preferred...
Thanks for the help guys! I took my time and got it finished last night. I had just barely enought to get the top 12" across from the focuser and the bottom 24...
I have the Xt12i as well and love it. An often missed point is the alt tension control. It is much better than the old Xt and the color is a pleasing to me. ...
Robert Bruce Thompson wrote: I really have to wonder if Discovery is going to be around much longer. They've stuck themselves firmly in the middle between...
Looking at both the 12" Orion and Hardin (via DBA) scopes. Had a question about the Intelliscope... I see that it shuts off in 15 minutes (or with the extra...
Orion's web site didn't seem to have it, but I did find the diagonal size in the manual. The figure given is 70mm so it's slightly smaller than Hardin's, which...
It takes all of 30 seconds to do a 2 star alignment. Not an issue with me.If you use polaris as #2 star, you only have to look for one. Cliff ... 15 minutes...
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