OK, I want to upgrade my eyepiece set which at the moment contains a 30mm, 20mm and 15mm GS Superview, plus a 2x Ultima barlow. I will keep the 30mm GS and the...
... which ... should I ... Hi Zsolt, Just speaking from my own experience, I wouldn't use the 30-mm much either. In fact, the longest focal length eyepieces...
... I wouldn't bother with anything in between the 30 mm and 13 mm myself. My two main low power eyepieces are a Nagler 22 mm (63x on my 11" Starmaster) and a...
Phil, Geoff, thank you for your input. I value your opinions a great deal because I know they are based on many years of experiences. It's been raining here...
... a ... keep ... the ... Baader, the ... low ... 30mm ... length of ... deg. ... smaller. ... which ... I ... this ... fussing ... 1.25" ... Hi Zsolt, The...
... I agree. I think you'll end up liking it and using it a lot. There are times when my 8.8 mm is a bit much, and I long for something a bit longer. I seem...
I would like to reinforce much of the good advice you have gotten from the slightly different point of view of exit pupils (EP). In your F6 telescope, the...
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... Hi, Szalma, Everyone has different preferences. Best thing is to look through a lot of scopes with different eyepieces and see which appeal to you. I used...
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Just enquiring on any tips for checking to see if your focuser is square to the optical train for an 8" f/6 newtonian. but I'm not completely sure if this will...
... I heard from Al. His hosting service was doing maintenance, apparently just as I was trying to access TT. We're connected again. Phil ... Phil Harrington...
... This sounds suspicious to me. Squaring the focuser to the tube should always be the first step in collimation, but I suspect most of us skip it because we...
Thanks to Phil and Russ for the responses. Hadn't thought of the GEM option, always nice to have an ultimate option. Russ, I'm familiar with Bondo, I tend to...
I have an 8" f6 scope also. Probably from the same manufacturer. I have had mine for about a year now. So far I have found that the mirror cell was out of ...
... In the early days of the introduction of these Chinese (I assume) Dobs, we were getting so much for our money (compared to what scope prices had previously...
1a. Re: Choosing a low power eyepiece Posted by: "Geoff Gaherty" geoff@... gahertyg Date: Sat Jul 1, 2006 7:27 am (PDT) <snip> . . . the Nagler 13 mm is...
Hi all, This past spring I purchased, used, an Orion XT8 IntelliScope more for the 2" focuser than for the DSC's. I previously had an Orion XT8 Classic which...
... Typo. I meant Nagler 16 mm. As I said I've never looked through a Nagler 13 mm. Geoff -- Geoff Gaherty Foxmead Observatory Coldwater, Ontario, Canada ...
I had this one recommended to me...I was a little put off by the eyepiece being so far up the scope. Is this unusual, or inconveniant? Thanks.. Sue PS I got...
... This is a standard Newtonian design, invented by Isaac Newton several centuries ago, and is a tried and true design. In fact, some of us find having the ...
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Greeting, Sue: I've been following this thread. With your current budget limitations it is my opinion that something like an Orion 8-inch Intelliscope...
Sue: On second thought, you should also compare with a 6-inch Newtonian scope of the same model as weight is a factor in how often you use it. You may also...
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