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I received an Edmund red tube 4 1/4 reflector from my parents on Christmas day, 1980. I had been reading the Edmund catalog for a year and all the...
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Great story @starfield - I later on (age 14) worked with Dobson himself when I made my 8 f/6 Dob, too. I even bumped into him at national parks well...
Curious if anybody has experience with Omegon refractors - good, bad, meh?
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Are you looking at a particular refractor?
They buy from the standard factories such as GSO, Long Perng, Hi-Optic, Kunming United and such then place...
This is my first ever telescope, which my parents got me for Christmas when I was seven. It had a 2 , 1 diopter (1000mm focal length) spectacle lens...
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My worst ever scope was not my first scope. In fact I was middle age when I bought it. It also turned out to be my most expensive scope.
I am a Total Newb in using Telescopes, and I am Looking to get something that I can clearly see planets, the Moon, and wanted a Good starter...
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Apertura would be my choice. Pretty much the same as my Zhumell scope, including the GSO Superview 30mm eyepiece, which is quite a workhorse. In fact...
Hi there, it didn't take me long to tire of manual focusing via various ATP focussing tools. My most likely and affordable electronic focuser to this...
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It would be good to see the underside of your focuser to offer a better comment. Please post a pic if you get a chance. :D
What do you think? Glass I think is 51 like on the one on TS-Optics (...identicle?: )
Sky at night...
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Reportedly a very nice scope, though I don't have one to speak from direct experience.
As can be seen from my sig I'm a fan of Altair equipment, and...
What do you guys think about this eVscope? Small enough to put in a backpack, but 100 times more powerful than traditional scopes it's size.
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Saw this thread, and being an eVscope enthusiast (it should arrive soon), I just started a FaceBook User Group. If you are interested in checking it...
I have discovered that there is not enough outward travel to get focus with TV Delites using 1.25 diagonal, which is a bit surprising since SV102 got...
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Go crazy, get the prism your eyes will love it. ;)
SOLD! I decided to sell my Obsession 18 UC a few weeks ago. The fact is that it took up a lot of space and was not getting used. I had less than 10...
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Sorry to hear that you are not a fellow Obsessioneer anymore Michael. But yes they do take up a lot of space, although i think the compact takes less...
I noticed in browsing recently that Apertura seems to have come a long way in a years time in terms of product offerings. They started with a line of...
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Nothing wrong with a 60mm at least they made it look good :)
Being a SharpStar it should work very well.
Yes Petzvel refractors from Astrozap, about the last location I would look for a actual telescope :lol:
I came across this older page from Scopestuff...
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Very nice Arsène, I would love to hear move about it :)
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