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https://agenaastro.com/tele-vue-1-25-2- ... -11mm.html
Can't do it, it is too pretty to use...
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As usual, congratulations to the best thing about TeleVue, the marketing team...
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Well now. I'm no lady. I'm also, selectively, a TeleVue fan. But this item strikes me as cheesy in the sense of overpriced Velveeta. Am I banned yet?Lady Fraktor wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2019 5:39 am A good thing I am a lady or I might say something that would get me banned...
As usual, congratulations to the best thing about TeleVue, the marketing team...
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See Far Sticks: Elita 103/1575, AOM FLT 105/1000, Bresser 127/1200 BV, Nočný stopár 152/1200, Vyrobené doma 70/700, Stellarvue NHNG DX 80/552, TAL RS 100/1000, Vixen SD115s/885
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In this case there's a serious question about what, if any, differences from the Nagler design this might represent. The lack of any technical info (beyond 85*Lady Fraktor wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2019 8:20 am I own some of their equipment as well, just not a believer in the often stated, there is nothing else better.
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Honestly I believe their marketing team messed this one up. For a "commemorative" item announcement /releaseLady Fraktor wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2019 5:39 am A good thing I am a lady or I might say something that would get me banned...
As usual, congratulations to the best thing about TeleVue, the marketing team...
it would been much better to introduce it BEFORE the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11. Announce it almost 4 months
after the date to be commemorated....just to order? - no definitive date for shipment has been given.
At that price they should all be personally autographed & delivered.
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I had a chuckle over a comment on CN that it is probably a rework of the Explore Scientific 12mm 92° eyepiece.
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That's hilarious!Lady Fraktor wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2019 7:10 pm They need to sift through the pre-orders to make sure their fan base gets them since there are only 300 going around the world.
I had a chuckle over a comment on CN that it is probably a rework of the Explore Scientific 12mm 92° eyepiece.
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See Far Sticks: Elita 103/1575, AOM FLT 105/1000, Bresser 127/1200 BV, Nočný stopár 152/1200, Vyrobené doma 70/700, Stellarvue NHNG DX 80/552, TAL RS 100/1000, Vixen SD115s/885
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The TeleVue hardcore fan base goes on like the landings would never have happened without Mr. Nagler.
Thankfully there was a hundred thousand or more people to carry the load when he was having a bad day....
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Yeah, that's really silly of the fans and is nausea inducing like personality cults do. One of those hundred thousand was an uncle of mine who worked guidance systems on the Saturn V. He didn't know, let alone get any help from Mr Nagler....Lady Fraktor wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2019 7:54 pm The majority of TeleVue eyepieces are made in Taiwan so not really an issue for myself.
The TeleVue hardcore fan base goes on like the landings would never have happened without Mr. Nagler.
Thankfully there was a hundred thousand or more people to carry the load when he was having a bad day....
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Interesting. So an optics/eyepiece designer (albeit highly-skilled, famous in his field) can actually have fans? Hmm. This gives me ideas. You see, I've designed some "cool" antennas... Only a relatively small technical community even knows about them, but... I wonder if any of those people would qualify as "fans" of my work? Perhaps some of the young graduate students (again, not a large number by any sensible standard, but even so, more than zero) who have sought me out at certain antenna-related technical conferences could be called "fans." But, before your comment, I never before thought about designing some kind of commemorative antenna! Maybe a little bitty one, perhaps, like those ZWO mini-camera key chains? (e.g., https://www.highpointscientific.com/zwo ... m-keychain ) .Lady Fraktor wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2019 7:54 pm ...The TeleVue hardcore fan base goes on like the landings would never have happened without Mr. Nagler.
...
Well... it's something to think about. Everyone needs a little ego boost now and then, you know.
Added later:
Sigh. Evidently, I continue to only rediscover old ideas, e.g.,
(Not one of my antennas.)
Also: My apologies for wandering off-topic, somewhat.
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I passed and thanked him for the offer. He has probably sold them all now.
Just for fun I mentioned it to my wife. It got the quickest "No!" I have ever heard!
I like my TV eyepieces (except for the 9mm T1 Nagler), but got them all either second hand or when the Aussie $ was on parity with the $US. They are getting way too pricey now. I can understand that Al has fans: I understand he is a nice guy and great to deal with and he has done a lot to develop some very nice equipment to encourage the amateur astronomy community. I don't think he has a 10-year + waiting list for new scopes like another US manufacturer though.
Hang on: maybe if I got 3 of the Apollo 11 eyepieces I might be able to trade with someone who has lucked out on that waiting list... hmmm
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I am not sure if this was an issue here perhaps at that other site?AntennaGuy wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2019 9:17 pm Ahem. FYI, I have been conveyed a message from someone who sought and acquired a statement from an employee of Agena Astro, specifically addressing a query about the connection, if any, between the design of this eyepiece and any eyepiece(s) used in the Apollo 11 simulator mentioned in the Televue promotional materials. Here is that statement: "It is not said in any of Tele Vue's communications that the design of this eyepiece is in any way related to the optics used in the visual simulator used to train astronauts during the Gemini and Apollo programs."
Though Mr. Nagler helped design the simulator optics people seem to set aside the fact that this was a team effort and not accomplished by one person working alone.
The fan club elsewhere tends to cause a twitch in my right eye at times.
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