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I would like to use a talentcell on my cgx mount. Does anyone here do this? Where and how do...
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Thanks everyone. I found the perfect spot. No hanging cords and nothing under foot. Attached with a couple of bungee cords.
My dealer here in Canada just informed me yesterday that Feather Touch had their 1.25 single speed focusers for the Lunt LS50 ha scopes back in stock...
I know that several companies manufacture very high quality diagonals such as televue, astro-physic and baader.
Which one would you choose and why?...
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Over the years I had many diagonals from several vendors but at the end most got upgraded to Baader. Baader's optical and mechanical quality is hard...
This the battery I use. (Link here ) Like I said before, it is a different brand, but similar Watt-hour rating and concept. Just in terms of what it...
Lets talk about contrast boosters. Whats out there, how are you using them, are you pairing them up with other filters and using them on DSOs or just...
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Lets talk about contrast boosters. Whats out there, how are you using them, are you pairing them up with other filters and using them on DSOs or just...
Thinking about ordering a collapsible music stand to hold charts, sketch pad, iPad, whatever when observing. I have a couple of small folding tables...
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I use an app on my Android smartphone called Simple Notepad. It's put out by a group called mighty frog. I also have downloaded voice access by...
Hello Everyone. I have a couple of questions about binoviewers. Would it be better to get a binoviewer like a William Optics to see how they work or...
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After a quick exchange with the designer, the lightpath of these new BVs is 128.2mm though the majority of sites list it as 118mm
I bumbled across this on CN, anyone have any practical experience with one so far?
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It's for visual use, and the push-to function shows the error in floating point but does not use encoders like a push-to Dob. I don't see how this is...
I have been investigating the ASIAIR Plus (link here ) from ZWO for a while now., almost as soon as I bought my mount and scope....
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Thanks so much Lyle I did have a Sony shutter cable for the iPano panorama device I use, so I tried that and it fired the shutter! Will test tonight...
This arrived Friday, and I was able to try it in my AA Herschel wedge, using a variety of ep and mags.
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While it does...
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Hi, I've got the Baader version of this, actually two of them; the 10nm and the new 7.5nm. I would have to agree, I've used them both visually on an...
I have always been curious about binoviewers. Inspired by a recent thread about project refractors where lady Frac was looking take a hacksaw to the...
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For sure, nerding about science behind the hobby is always fun. :D
BV with larger aperture certainly have less vignetting, the trade off is that...
These look nice, larger prisms for unobstructed viewing using all 1.25 eyepieces, individual diopter adjustment and centering collets.
They have a...
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From what I read linear BVs are better for lower powers/DSOs and prism BVs are better for high powers/Lunar/planets. It has to do with the fact that...
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