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Well, foop.
Decided to spend a little time in Orion and his belt was almost perfectly vertical. That's when I noticed his belt was centered in the right objective but well off center to the left in the left objective. And I thought I had collimated these things as best as possible.
I'll give it another try, but last time one of the adjustment screws was turned as far as it would go, so I'm not optimistic on getting them collimated. Guess it's time to look at a pair of Obies more seriously...
Man... That's some icky-tasting stuff!
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Mounts: Vixen SXW/Starbook (original); Stellarvue M2C alt-az.
Eyepieces: Televue: 55mm Plossl, 22mm Panoptic, 17.3mm Delos, 13mm Nagler, c. 1980, 11mm Plossl, 7mm Nagler, 5mm Radian; Meade 15mm Super Plossl; VERNONSCOPE 2.4X BARLOW
Binoculars: Leica 8x32 Trinovids, circa 1997; Orion Megaview 20x80, Orion Paragon Plus mount.
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Man... That's some icky-tasting stuff!
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If there is no hope for these binos maybe it is time for an educational dissection.
The Obies have a good reputation. I have only the 25X100s but they have served me well.
Binoculars are such wonderful observing tools...the quintessential grab and go kit.
More clears skies to you.
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Hard to go wrong with a new Oberwerk binocular...
Scopes: Apertura AD12 f/5; Celestron C6-R f/8; ES AR127 f/6.4; Stellarvue SV102T f/7; iOptron MC90 f/13.3; Orion ST80A f/5; ES ED80 f/6; Celestron Premium 80 f/11.4; Celestron C80 f/11.4; Unitron Model 142 f/16; Meade NG60 f/10
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Refractors: ES AR152 f/6.5 Achromat on Twilight II, Celestron 102mm XLT f/9.8 on Celestron Heavy Duty Alt Az mount, KOWA 90mm spotting scope
Binoculars: Celestron SkyMaster 15x70, Bushnell 10x50
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Shorty 2x Barlow lens, Orion Stratus 8mm,13mm,21mm, Baader 36mm, Meade 6.5mm,
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Mounts: SW: SkyTee2, AzGTi; iOptron: AZMP; ES: Twilight I; Bresser: EXOS2; UA: MicroStar.
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Time to move on to better and brighter things
Keep calm and set SCE To AUX
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Man... That's some icky-tasting stuff!
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notFritzArgelander wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2019 12:50 am But I want something bigger, better. Since I got my Nikon Aculon 10x50 set the Skymasters have been neglected.
Yep, that's pretty much been the case with me also. The Aculons are very nice, but I do like the extra mag and
Been leaning toward 15x70 Obies but those 20x80s are mighty tempting. Luckily (?) my hobby budget is depleted right now, so I can't jump into anything for awhile. But I did just sell a C-tron dovetail and I have a couple Orion Expanses to sell and...
Man... That's some icky-tasting stuff!
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I'm wanting an achromatic binocular telescope with swappable EPs. Budget is depleted also since I had to pay for major surgery on my cello. Also looking to upgrade a grandson's scope for December holiday gifts....pakarinen wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2019 1:59 pmnotFritzArgelander wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2019 12:50 am But I want something bigger, better. Since I got my Nikon Aculon 10x50 set the Skymasters have been neglected.
Yep, that's pretty much been the case with me also. The Aculons are very nice, but I do like the extra mag andaperture of the SMs.
Been leaning toward 15x70 Obies but those 20x80s are mighty tempting. Luckily (?) my hobby budget is depleted right now, so I can't jump into anything for awhile. But I did just sell a C-tron dovetail and I have a couple Orion Expanses to sell and...
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