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What do you drink while stargazing?
Moonlit Night replied to Emperor!Takahashi!'s topic in The Astro Lounge
Or one’s ability to safely tear down one’s gear safely and transport it into the house? -
Excellent book, probably the best and most recommended book for beginners
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What do you drink while stargazing?
Moonlit Night replied to Emperor!Takahashi!'s topic in The Astro Lounge
I don’t drink alcohol at all if I am honest, never mind a pan galactic gargle blaster. -
What do you drink while stargazing?
Moonlit Night replied to Emperor!Takahashi!'s topic in The Astro Lounge
One of these….. But be warned, After two of those babies, the dullest, most by-the-book Vogon will be up on the bar in stilettos, yodeling mountain shanties and swearing he's the king of the Gray Binding Fiefdoms of Saxaquine You have been warned -
Your favorite eyepieces with slow telescopes
Moonlit Night replied to Emperor!Takahashi!'s topic in Discussions - Eyepieces
In fairness the 6.7mm (from memory) wasn’t great. -
Your favorite eyepieces with slow telescopes
Moonlit Night replied to Emperor!Takahashi!'s topic in Discussions - Eyepieces
I would think so, they were/still are very good. -
Your favorite eyepieces with slow telescopes
Moonlit Night replied to Emperor!Takahashi!'s topic in Discussions - Eyepieces
I used to enjoy a 25 mm Tal plossl with my 100 R -
Yeah I have owned the 24 mm too. I have read reports on CN about folks preferring the ES over the pan. I have owned both, but years apart and not side by side. The 68 series are often considered to be the best ES (along with the 90s) they produced. I owned both but apart from the FOV I couldn’t really choose between them
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I have a lot of time for ES 82 series eyepieces. I think they excellent eyepieces and very reasonably priced. I once owned a full set. You may notice all my gear is TeleVue, all of it. It’s a long and almost accidental story and nothing to do with anything remotely fan boy-ish. I would never buy anything new from TV, it’s just over priced and while they were absolutely the most innovative company back in the day there are other more re seasonable options out there these days. Have ES ripped off TV designs, probably. Have SW ripped off other designs, probably. Personally I think most of us would struggle to tell the difference between TV and ES in blind testing (yes I know that sounds ridiculous in a thread about optics). If I am honest I regret selling them and have often thought about selling the TV eyepieces I have and going back to ES. Others will vehemently disagree, hey ho.
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Not sure about 2 of the eyepieces on sale in this advert
Moonlit Night replied to John's topic in Discussions - Eyepieces
I also think the churn has slowed on ABS. Some gear which seems reasonable or least what one might expect to pay for a second hand item seem to hang around unsold for ages. I have sold scopes and eyepieces in under an hour in the past. If I had to wait until the next day it was a rare and worrying thing -
Cleaning a Takahashi FC100D Objective!
Moonlit Night replied to mikeDnight's topic in Discussions - Scopes / Whole setups
An entertaining thread I thought, absolutely classic CN topic. -
Cleaning a Takahashi FC100D Objective!
Moonlit Night replied to mikeDnight's topic in Discussions - Scopes / Whole setups
Apparently yes it is, but not very: https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/641828-is-flourite-water-soluble/ -
Cleaning a Takahashi FC100D Objective!
Moonlit Night replied to mikeDnight's topic in Discussions - Scopes / Whole setups
Incidentally, I thought fluorite was water soluble? -
Cleaning a Takahashi FC100D Objective!
Moonlit Night replied to mikeDnight's topic in Discussions - Scopes / Whole setups
I cleaned my scope recently, first time in several years. It’s not a big deal really as long as you’re careful. I stop at Baader wonder fluid and a micropore cloth… -
AZ all the way for me, I could never get on with EQ mounts at all. Certainly AZ are far easier and less intimidating than EQ mounts for beginners. I do appreciate if tracking for AP is required they really are the way to go. Luckily for me I have zero interest in AP. what ever you buy, get the best quality you can, much cheaper in the end. You are going to love your scope btw. Everyone loves them.