Televue Ethos 13mm First Light!!!

[Stu]

8 minutes ago, Racey said:

If only we had one scope ?

See signature... 

Yes, that was careless  

It's not the number of scopes but the variance in focal lengths and focal ratios which causes the issues. You have scopes from f4.5 to f10, so a 21mm eyepiece will produce a 2.1mm exit pupil in the Edge, great for DSO observing, and a 4.6mm in the Flextube, more suitable as a Finder eyepiece or for filtered views perhaps. It would also give a nice 3.5 degree field of view in the TS so multiple and different uses.

It's well worth drawing up a spreadsheet with all the different factors so you can see where there is common ground and which ones would be most useful in each scope.

[Racey]

@Stu

Firgive me if that came over inappropriately. It wasn't aimed at you at all ! I've got spreadsheets coming out of my ears ?

I think the best advice I could heed mirrors what happened with the Dob purchase. 

If you remember, you, @Scoot, @Saganite, @faulksy, @estwing all offered suggestions and options to consider or try before you buy...

And what did I do..?

Blaze ahead and buy with never having looked through a reflector of any size !!!

And it's worked out tremendously. 

So maybe, fortified by a lovely bottle of Domaine de Minuty, I should just pull the trigger and remember "one life..."

@FLO... Incoming... ?

[estwing]

You can't make a bad purchase if you ask on here first!

[Racey]

9 hours ago, estwing said:

You can't make a bad purchase if you ask on here first!

This week's Lottery Numbers ?? 

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Dont tell me... It's got 21, 13, and 8 ??

[Richard Hather]

I sometimes forget people have more then one scope, if that's the case a great variety of eps is essential.

For me 4 eps and a Barlow is more then enough for my lonesome dob... ?

I was also offered the try before you buy option but I thought what the heck, glad I did ?

 

[Alan White]

22 hours ago, Racey said:

So maybe, fortified by a lovely bottle of Domaine de Minuty, I should just pull the trigger and remember "one life..."

@FLO... Incoming... ?

I do hope Mrs Racey was involved in both the consumption of the wine and purchase strategy Mr Racey.
Otherwise unapproved purchasing may be a misdeamenour