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Later on this year i will be getting into the SCT game. If you have made a cart for it out of wood, please drop a picture of it in your reply. I need...
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After one use and several trips around the drive and yard i decided to add a support to where the wheels mount, it just helps keep the wheels from...
My 8 Orion Dob is a pleasure to use, except for one thing. When all the way in, the focuser seems to need help initially engaging the friction that...
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Your focuser is a Crayford type focuser. You should be able to adjust the tension by tightening a small set screw just below the locking screw on the...
You can buy right angle SLR film camera viewfinders with or without an adapter for your polar scope, but since I already had an Olympus viewfinder, I...
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This is the reason when going to remote locations I always take a radio with me.
Most animals will avoid you after that.
I probably found this idea somewhere on the internet, and I don't know if any of it is original thought, probably not! But here is a binocular mirror...
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Here's a website that lets you specify the size then returns the price. You can specify 1/4 or 1/8 lambda. Best to sit down before hitting Calculate...
My OMC140 ( 140mm Maksutov) was actually always a tad heavy for the Alt/Az mount my GrabnGo 102mm Maksutov normally sits on.
The little 102mm Mak has...
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Well done John! I do the same with ES Twilight 1 when observing with 8 SCT, improves observing considerably. Unfortunately, it does not work with...
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Ok... That was just a Hook
Although, the reason I bought this was so girls could go to the bathroom on the pontoon boat.
Just remember that when...
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Hi , Glad to hear your about your new booth...
Is it for your scope , or for you ? Maybe both.
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I have two Tips ...
One , on folding... you'll get...
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I haven't needed this kind of stabilization yet... I'm still mainly Visual...and preparing for AP.
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I've thought about some of the things they do...
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There is no pressure to speak of... ( The sky is not falling... the tape is NOT red , There is NO spoon )
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OK... Why do people make those Braces to...
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