On the Tele Vue slippery slope....

[Doug]

Congratulation Mike good choice ,has it arrived yet ? have you had a chance to use it I think Naglers are tops in my book

let us know how you get on with it

[estwing]

yes mike,where's that first light with the ethos...details...details!

[Mike73]

hmmmm ok well.....Keep your head still, then look up at the ceiling, then try and look at your feet. THAT is what it feels like looking through a 100' Ethos!!

There is just so much to see in that FOV that its incredible!!!!

I literally only got about 2 minutes using it on Friday night before the cloud set in and that was only when I was aligning the Telrad on Saturn. What a tease!! I have to go back to work for 2 weeks tomorrow so I'm gonna have to wait even longer for its first real test run.

I know you shouldn't wish your life away but Autumn can't come quick enough.

[estwing]

[Saleratus]

Hey Damo,

In regard to your earlier post, I'm sure you would be wowed by the 21 Ethos. I had one in my big dob this winter and the Orion Nebula was green, streaky and beautiful in it. I kept going back and forth between it and the 31 Nagler and the 41 Panoptic, feeling SURE the views would be more artfully framed and better scaled in those EPs, but beyond reason, the 21 Ethos won every time.

Sincerely yours,

Satan

[Damo636]

Dear Satan,

Your are truly evil to try and tempt one so impressionable with words like green, streaky and beautiful!

The 21 Ethos remains a source of great temptation for me and I imagine will continue to be so until I eventually, inevitably, give in to its allure. The voice in my head keeps ringing out.. "you don't need it Damo" "you don't need it Damo", but I have grown tired listening to myself now!! ;-)

[swamp thing]

Dont worry Damo. I can put you off that 21mm Ethos easy, with just one sentence.

Large aperture mirror set!!

I'm not helping much am I?

[Damo636]

I do believe Satan has an accomplice!!

"You don't need that either Damo", "You don't need that either Damo"......

[estwing]

steve you tease....

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

My first Nagler was the 22T4, which instantly grabbed me a supernova (SN2011b). My second was the 17T4, which instantly grabbed me a supernova (SN 2011dh). After that I added the "Terminagler" or "Panzerfaust" 31T5 (secondhand), and most recently the 12T4. All awesome EPs.