Ouch!!!! I'm very very sorry to hear this! What a bummer that is!!! If your in North-Central MA, Southern NH area, I'd also be willing to help out if you get...
... Did the primary mirror really shatter, or was it just scratched? I can't imagine it shattering. It's thick enough to serve as bullet-proof glass, ...
No, in my rage of anger I exagerrated...the primary did not literally shatter...there is a large scratch across the bottom of the primary, it's the secondary...
Gene, I'll probably give orion a call and see what they can do. There is a telescope/optics store an hour from me and there is a remote chance they might have...
Depending on how bad the scratch is, you might be better off sending the mirror to Steve Swayze for refiguring and recoating. It's not exactly cheap to do...
I FINALLY got a Starblast! Well, it should be here next week. I got it at Sunriver Nature Center in Sunriver OR. They were out of stock, but they ordered me...
I just realized I need to know which secondary mirror to buy. I could easily measure it myself but since it's parabolical I don't know which way to measure it...
Cool bobby! Are you talking about the orion starblast 4.5EQ? that's the only one I know of other than the kids' mini-dob. That mini dob is oh-so-cute...if I...
... Or yet another option, just have the mirror recoated. Its not too likely that there was much damage to the actual glass substrate. Recoating the mirror at...
You know, I never thought about how convenient that little thing actually is. I really thought of it as a kids scope but now that you mention it...for a quick,...
I have a litte extra B-day cash, and I want to get a good DSO eyepiece for my XT8i. I am looking at the Meade UWA 4.7mm or the 6.7mm. Any recommendations? I am...
From: "doylewilliams" <mooshe@...> ... Yes, the 4.7mm probably will spend more time in your eyepiiece case than on the scope. I have a 4mm Radian and...
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You'll only need a good apo barlow, and 2 good ep's. One in the range of 7mm-9mm (ortho won't be bad), and one 15mmWA Together with what you have will make a...
... Okay, the 30mm GSO makes the 25mm pretty useless, and the 10mm is pretty useless in any event. Our next step down from our "finder" eyepiece is a 14mm...
I ended up using Goo Gone and that clean up everything very quickly. I got the old grease off and the new grease applied this morning. Now if I could just...
- ... Emory, Bummer! That sucks! I have attempted to protect my XT-10i from my typical klutsiness by installing a safety strap for the secondary mirror. It is...
Is the primary shattered or just scratched badly? As light as the secondary is, I wouldn't think it would shatter the primary. If it scratched it and its in...
... Home Depot has a new product coming out soon called "Cloud Be Gone". It is meant for for the weekend garden buff but it should also work at night for...
As promised yesterday I have added a photo in my albumn "Steve Feist XT10i Hacks". which shows the secondary mirror saftey strap that I had fabricated from a...
Thanks for the photo! I attended an observing session to watch the occultation as well...it was great! We were taking bets on which star would go next! And I...
Emory's ordeal got me thinking and looking critically at the secondary on the Orion XTi. As best I can tell, the scondary is attached using double sided foam...
... Yep, its the typical double sided foam tape. ... This is common practice in the amateur telescope makers arena. Three blobs of silicon will do a fine job...
I have an xt8i and my secondary is screwed into the holder. There is a Phillips head screw in the middle that holds the secondary in place and then 3 Allen...
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