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The Lapwing

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  1. The Lapwing
    The irony of those last two posts is frankly staggering. Anyway….
  2. The Lapwing
    They are excellent scopes
  3. The Lapwing
    Like a million times each. Out of a sense of fair play shouldn’t this thread be flooded with people who want to ignore the original post title and hijack the thread to talk about the virtues of their TEC/Stellavue/Borg/Televue etc?
  4. The Lapwing
    Always. Of course in the months previous to finally making up one’s mind you’re almost tripping up over your scope/eyepiece/mount of choice
  5. The Lapwing
    Which is what attracted me to the TV102, a focal length of 8.6 with a well figured doublet objective. As far as I can tell it’s the only out and out planetary telescope TeleVue made 🔭
  6. The Lapwing
    Indeed. I don’t know if it’s true, but I understand that only 900 102’s were made and as one would expect the majority remain in the US. There can’t be too many survivors in the UK. I imagine the same could be said for your Vixen. I still haven’t seen one for sale anywhere.
  7. The Lapwing
    If I could have found one I would have bought it. As rare as hen’s teeth as far as I can tell, mind you getting hold of a TV102 wasn’t easy, I was actively searching for one for a few years before I found mine. I won’t be selling it.
  8. The Lapwing
    Indeed. I’m proper old school I am afraid, no wires for me. I learned the night sky with a star map and a red touch.
  9. The Lapwing
    Personally, I use nothing else
  10. The Lapwing
    Excellent eyepieces for the money. I had a set perhaps 13 or 14 years ago, no complaints apart from the annoying habit of eyecups coming loose from time to time
  11. The Lapwing
    That’s what car boots are for. Obviously meant to be. Another 200 quid gets you an AZ4 delivered
  12. The Lapwing
    Look here: https://www.astrobuysell.com/uk/propview.php?view=206234 a bargain…
  13. The Lapwing
    Like he said…☝️
  14. The Lapwing
    AZ4 mounts are excellent inexpensive and unrated for reasons which escape me. The steel legged on is rock solid with a 4 inch fl7 refractor which is the turn out I would buy in your position. A fpl 51 4 inch refractor and an AZ4 is perfect for you price bracket and could last a lifetime
  15. The Lapwing
    Embarrassingly I just had another look, I couldn’t find it, even with a 🔦 That last blow blower session was apparently more successful than I anticipated
  16. The Lapwing
    It’s got a small scratch from a previous owner (came with my TV102) and looks like a poorly fitted bino. As it happens binos don’t work with a 102 so they’re careless was in vain in any case. It makes absolutely zero difference to the views of course.
  17. The Lapwing
    I don’t seem be able to leave a reply as a quote. Thanks John, it absolutely does have a dielectric coating. Never mind, just an idea.
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  19. The Lapwing
    Thank you
  20. The Lapwing
    Many thanks for the info
  21. The Lapwing
    Hi John I was thinking of my elderly 2 inch Everbright. I only use refractors
  22. The Lapwing
    Like he said, enjoy
  23. The Lapwing
    Just out of curiosity, has anyone ever had a diagonal re-silvered and if you have who would undertake such a thing?
  24. The Lapwing
    Some wide field, but not all by any means. I used ES 2 inch eyepieces without issue at the time.
  25. The Lapwing
    WO diagonals in either format will serve you well. Excellent build quality too and not huge money either
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