Ah, well, it happens that you're ignoring some of the physics involved, namely optics. If things really were as you characterize them, the best eyepieces...
Chris, Make sure you've read Joe Donohue's review on Cloudy Nights--he covers the Vixen and the Pentax along with a Rodenstock. I have the 40mm Pentax XL and...
If you want significant details then yes, it certainly is truth that you need larger aperture. But for me the views of Jupiter and Saturn is simply gorgious...
Congratulations, it's really woderful setup that you've started with. You'll be thrilled with this equipment for many years, I'm sure. Like Al Nagler said: "In...
All, Sitting here, just thinking about the events of the past year, and must admit that 2001 was a grave disappointment. When the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey...
... Thanks, Phil. There's nothing like listening to Bach or spending an hour under the night sky to put things in perspective. Happy new year to all! Geoff...
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Thank you Phil - most fitting for this day and time in our history. Happy New Year to the wonderful folks on Talking Telescopes. Clear skies, Kevin Dixon ...
In article <a0sbd5+4uma@eGroups.com>, imnnmldr <laservet@...> writes [...] ... In "normal everyday life" it's probably not a weakness -- can you imagine...
In article <a0rql3+i61o@eGroups.com>, mehosea <hosea@...> writes: [snip an excellent summary] ... It was I, not he, that referred to these as "internal...
New Year's is always a good time to look back over the year that's done and forward to the year that's starting. I spent a while last night going over my...
... The original 5-element "Super Plössl" design is still available under various brand names: Celestron Ultima, Orion Ultrascopic, Antares Ultima, Parks...
... and ... we ... The term f/"x" is called "relative aperture", because it shows size of system's aperture relative to its focal length. So an f/10 system has...
... It also doesn't apply to visual observation. If your telescope and eyepiece give you 100x, it makes no difference to the brightness of the view whether...
Hi Geoff, While looking up the specifications of the Intes MN61, I came across the Intes off-axis parabolic reflector (OAPR) telescope. Being a novice, I have...
... Saturn ... details ... barely ... but gray in ... ... Any hints why the C9.25 scatters so much more light? Did it have a dew-shield? Any indications of...
... Since you mention Mike Palermiti, I assume you heard about these on the ITE web page, since he does a lot of optical testing for ITE. These scopes are not...
Happy new year to all fellow astro nuts.. a small, cheap red dot finder would solve that problem.. the biggest advantage of these finders is no ruptured disks...
The biggest difference between the C9.25 and the other scopes (other than SCT vs. Newt) is mirror surface smoothness, down at the ~10-angstrom level. The Newt...
Believe it or not, not one bit.. I regularly use my old Meade Widefield 20mm (a very good erfle) with an orion 2x barlow... works just as good as my 10mm ploss...
I just did a search on A5352-B at the NYS Senate web site, http://leginfo.state.ny.us:82/ , which revealed that the bill was sent to Governor Pataki yesterday...
In a message dated 1/1/2002 8:59:45 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... The light lost/scattered depends on 1) Number of air to glass surfaces, 2) quality of the...
Frez, I had a similar experience with the Meade 140 barlow. I found a good price on a old Celestron/Vixen "silvertop" barlow and while it is no AP, it is...
In a message dated 1/1/2002 2:40:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Walter Scott Houston was of the opinion a lower power eyepiece and a barlow worked better...
Last evening, I decided to go out in the cold for an hour with my Celestron 80MM F/11 Refractor. The wind had eased, and it was clear and calm. Jupiter using a...
