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can any one recommend the celestron star sense? Is it realy worth the price?
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I have just suffered a moment of weakness and ordered another Docter 12.5mm UWA.... my respect is deep for this EP and hope to use them in the Binotron 27's as they are worthy themselves
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I have just suffered a moment of weakness and ordered another Docter 12.5mm UWA.... my respect is deep for this EP and hope to use them in the Binotron 27's as they are worthy themselves
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Crystal clear out- what do I look for, what scope do I try? Waste time on really faint stuff or cherry pick some nice objects?
I have so much I want to see...
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We may have won the battle of the Zeiss zoom (focus)
maybe.....
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We may have won the battle of the Zeiss zoom (focus)
maybe.....
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We may have won the battle of the Zeiss zoom (focus)
maybe.....
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Ordering a VX8 f3.8 rich field from OOUK,
, 5.5mm exit pupil with the 21E and a nice 2.7 deg TFOV...
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Question for anyone with some experience with this mount: During my inital start up the mount does its "calibration" and after its done that and all the information (date, time, lat, long, etc.) appears to be correct I select enter to verify information is correct then the scope with start to slew to a target, naming the star and its magnitude its going to. The problem I am having is that where the scope ends up is no where near the named star. When I do try to slew to the named star with the HP it will only allow me to move the scope in the Ra + or - . I beleive this is how it is intended, according to the manuel. The "level bubble" is pointed towards the south. I have tried this several times and always the same result. I eventually get the goto funtion working using the two star alignment metod but the scope is still slewing too far out of the FOV, even a 25mm eyepiece doesn't always get it. Any suggestions?
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Question for anyone with some experience with this mount: During my inital start up the mount does its "calibration" and after its done that and all the information (date, time, lat, long, etc.) appears to be correct I select enter to verify information is correct then the scope with start to slew to a target, naming the star and its magnitude its going to. The problem I am having is that where the scope ends up is no where near the named star. When I do try to slew to the named star with the HP it will only allow me to move the scope in the Ra + or - . I beleive this is how it is intended, according to the manuel. The "level bubble" is pointed towards the south. I have tried this several times and always the same result. I eventually get the goto funtion working using the two star alignment metod but the scope is still slewing too far out of the FOV, even a 25mm eyepiece doesn't always get it. Any suggestions?
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Question for anyone with some experience with this mount: During my inital start up the mount does its "calibration" and after its done that and all the information (date, time, lat, long, etc.) appears to be correct I select enter to verify information is correct then the scope with start to slew to a target, naming the star and its magnitude its going to. The problem I am having is that where the scope ends up is no where near the named star. When I do try to slew to the named star with the HP it will only allow me to move the scope in the Ra + or - . I beleive this is how it is intended, according to the manuel. The "level bubble" is pointed towards the south. I have tried this several times and always the same result. I eventually get the goto funtion working using the two star alignment metod but the scope is still slewing too far out of the FOV, even a 25mm eyepiece doesn't always get it. Any suggestions?
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Question for anyone with some experience with this mount: During my inital start up the mount does its "calibration" and after its done that and all the information (date, time, lat, long, etc.) appears to be correct I select enter to verify information is correct then the scope with start to slew to a target, naming the star and its magnitude its going to. The problem I am having is that where the scope ends up is no where near the named star. When I do try to slew to the named star with the HP it will only allow me to move the scope in the Ra + or - . I beleive this is how it is intended, according to the manuel. The "level bubble" is pointed towards the south. I have tried this several times and always the same result. I eventually get the goto funtion working using the two star alignment metod but the scope is still slewing too far out of the FOV, even a 25mm eyepiece doesn't always get it. Any suggestions?
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As the moon sets, the Milky Way appears, the transition is amazing.
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As the moon sets, the Milky Way appears, the transition is amazing.
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Yes I have had the Eudisacopic a week or 2 now, it is amazing for solar in the 80mm & 110mm Gerry. Mind blowing detail especially so in the 110mm
For dark sky I couldn't achieve focus with a 2" diagonal though so I had to drop down to a 1.25 !!! very sharp indeed, probably the sharpest I have ever seen. Maybe the 31mm is similar except 72 degrees. Is F7 fast ?
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As the moon sets, the Milky Way appears, the transition is amazing.
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As the moon sets, the Milky Way appears, the transition is amazing.
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As the moon sets, the Milky Way appears, the transition is amazing.
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It is actually very warm Gerry despite the cloud cover..... but it has brought some rain with it in most parts of the UK. However, Northampton has been relatively dry
I am thinking of getting an eyepiece between 20 & 30mm any suggestions ? or even a wide field view between 14-20mm I was debating whether to get one of the Vixen SSW.
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As the moon sets, the Milky Way appears, the transition is amazing.
, 5.5mm exit pupil with the 21E and a nice 2.7 deg TFOV...
Solar will have to wait...
