Gedas, You would not be able to do this with the metal collet. The PBS collet is not designed to grip an eyepiece sleeve so tightly it cannot be twisted round....
Thanks Chris. I sure am glad this came up and saved me picking up my camera up off the ground. Gedas Gallery http://gedas.cc Web Page http://www.w8bya.com ......
Group - I emailed Starlight Instruments regarding this problem and this is Werner's reply. Thank you for the email and the comments. When the 3545 was designed...
To the Group. I went ahead and put the information received from Werner in the message regarding the Collet and Cold Weather. I did not ask Werner's permission...
Gregg, I think the point here is that I should have keep the emails between Werner and myself as private messages. I should have let Werner from Starlight...
Here in TXK the ClearSky Clock said average for transparency and seeing so I set up my 80mm refractor on the DM6. Started looking around, and whoa, the stars...
I have been notified that I am on the list to purchase a Mach1 mount from Astro-Physics. That is the mount I had originally intended for my 160 ED TEC. My name...
A few weeks back, some members of the group were looking for longer Losmandy plates for their refractors. Seems like the longest we found were about 12" or...
Losmandy ALSO sells a 19" and one can even use a pair of Losmandy C14 DT plates that are closer to 23" long. I personally use the 17.25's just to keep the...
Carl, That's a little on the light side for the 200ED, but an excellent mount!!! ;-) Mark **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL...
In THAT case Carl, The 900GTO is about the best universally useful mount available today! I regret very much having sold mine, but MY toybox is full :-( ...
Last night the seeing was average at best here in Houston, but we were informed that the weather was going to go downhill stating tomorrow as a cold front with...
Vahe, Interesting observations and your final conclusion is certainly what we would have expected, but I have to point out two things: 1) Seeing conditions...
Great stuff thanks Mark _____ From: tec-scopes@yahoogroups.com [mailto:tec-scopes@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of pandrolmb@... Sent: Thursday, March 06,...
Mark, By way of clarification, none of the eyepieces were ever cleaned, all were in like new condition. The 18Tak's were probably used only two or three times...
Vahe, Thank you for the excellent assessment/review. Were you able to use the brightness of Saturn's moons as an indication of contrast, glow, or sharpness?...
... Last night the two brightest moons were at a considerable distance from Saturn, at the lower right side as seen in binoviewer with a diagonal (mirror...
By way of clarification, none of the eyepieces were ever cleaned, all were in like new condition. Vahe, Noting that you still saw something significantly...
Mark, I will certainly try it again as soon as the weather gods gives us the green light. What I noticed about Tak18's last night was not based on one time ...
... . As for Penatx Orthos, a few years ago I stated buying ... it would be interesting to compare the 4 element Pentax Orthos with the Pentax XP. BTW, where...
Hi Group, My 140 (Serial #411)should be shipping shortly, maybe before the end of this month. I am mostly into imaging but wanted to try visual observing, also...
... <schling@...> wrote: My 5mm and 7mm Naglers get the most use in my TEC140 as I like to observe planets and the moon. They might not be in your price range....
The TV 13mm type 6 EP seems to hit the TEC 140's sweet spot for performance and I'm drooling with anticipation over the new Ethos version, Looking forward to...
... Robert, the TEC140 is such an outstanding scope (I've got mine in November 2005, #216) that IMO it deserves the VERY BEST eyepieces. While the Ethos will...
Hi Robert We all have opinions. There is an eyepiece evaluation report in the Files section. For high power I prefer the TMB Mono's @4mm, 5mm, and TAK...
