Carbon
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Cut up some bicycle tire inner tube, folded and fitted over each eyepiece.
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Please Show Me Your Astronomy Chair
Carbon replied to refractordude's topic in Discussions - Scopes / Whole setups
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My ES 82*/30mm is a grenade of an eyepiece and it sure weighs down on my 12” dob. I use small sandbags and welders’ magnets to counterbalance.
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19th December 16:25 hrs: Jupiter & Saturn 1/4 degree apart
Carbon replied to John's topic in Observing - Planetary
Clear skies, observed for more than an hour between my Pentax spotting scope and the dob from my balcony.
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For a small refractor you can also use a photo ball head in portrait mode. With a good friction control knob it becomes a good alt-az mount with good fluid motion on both axis.
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What do we think of spotting scopes for astronomy?
Carbon replied to vlaiv's topic in Discussions - Scopes / Whole setups
I use my Pentax 80 ED / 480mm spotting scope for wide field views, piggybacked on a CPC1100. Pentax scopes accept standard 1.25” eyepieces, no adapters required.
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My cpc1100 and 12” truss dob reside in my backyard obs. Most all other astro gear and accessories are kept in the house.
