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so it turns out televue use different sizes on thiere barlow extention tubes and also different threads, i almost ruined my job, lucky i did a light...
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Adding to my post above, I don't know your tools or experience so please forgive me if you already know this, but carbide requires absolute rigidity...
Hi there ,im into some small improvments off my telescope,,,and the question is--vantablack 2.0 or black 3,0-- inside the tube? trying to figure out...
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I did the same thing and it worked great. Vanta 3.0 is ridiculous!
I made one of these and can't believe how well it works! you may need to loosen the eyepiece out a little ways from the holder depending on the model...
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Yeah 10mm gives the most useful magnification (depending on how fast or slow the lens is)
For a slower lens you can use a lower power eyepiece for a...
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I bought last year a TS RC8 (I'm the third owner), but I didn't like how the stars looked like. I collimated it with Cheshire and laser, then...
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Very nice work Marius.
Years ago almost everyone I knew made their own collimation caps and sight tubes, now you rarely find anyone doing this.
A...
Two weeks ago I ordered a piece of Protostar light trap material in the US. Today it arrived. I put it inside a dewcap for the 150 mm achromat and...
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I can't withhold these pictures of the Protostar effectiveness.
The following pictures were shown earlier on Astronomyforum. Its shows how effective...
Hi. I bought a Meade ETX 125 from a Auction, It looked in fantastic condition so i put my bid in but kept getting outbid but kept on bidding I won in...
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Good Idea mate, I usually am able to find old plastic caps that are a perfect fit for Eye Pieces. So will keep an eye out for a lens cover for the...
I was planning to eventually build a Dobson mount for my Meade 10 Schmidt Newtonian. I had already put my design on paper and bought some nice birch...
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A nice telescope Bruce, you do not see a lot of these anymore.
With a 2.7° FOV it should make a nice DSO telescope.
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