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Posts Made By: Donald Durbin

March 25, 2004 12:21 AM Forum: Binoviewers

This forum sucks!

Posted By Donald Durbin
Floyd,

I think this forum is kind of like the picture of the girl with four eyes. I did not want to look, but I could not help myself.

:>)
Don Durbin

March 25, 2004 01:05 AM Forum: Binoviewers

New binoviewers coming.

Posted By Donald Durbin
Michael,

Come on.. Say the brand.. You can't sit on the fence forever!

OK, Seriously.. 24mm is probably as low a power as you will use without any vignette effect. With the SV85mm you will need some type of optical corrector, but a cheap Barlow will work so you can get a feel for what you are looking for. The Sonotube will probably need a barlow also.

I found when I first started out with binoviewers I was very happy with very cheap Plossls.

I later upgraded to Televue Plossls and now I just closed a deal for a second 12mmT2 Nagler and I have a set of premium 22.5mm lenses on order. I am also looking at a pair of 15mm Panoptics...

Michael, Save yourself a small fortune and smash the binoviewers to bits right now...

Don't listen to him Michael!

OK, Once again Seriously.. Start off with some cheap Plossls, 15mm, 17mm, 20mm. You can get along with the pair of Orion 25mms for awhile. Use a X2 Barlow with them. You will be happy with the view.

Don Durbin

June 10, 2004 10:41 PM Forum: Binoviewers

How useful is binoviewer for the Moon?

Posted By Donald Durbin
Ron,

Crank up the power on a good clear night with a cressent moon and turn off the mount tracking. Its like you are flying over the lunar landscape. The moon is still one of my favorite targets.

Don

July 8, 2004 11:24 AM Forum: Binoviewers

Good deal alert!

Posted By Donald Durbin
Yep,

Even I took a second look at that.

I have my black night here in New Jersey with my two small scopes. When I go home to Ohio I have no binoviewer there to use with my big scopes. I do not want to haul the black nights back and forth.

Don Durbin



September 11, 2004 12:30 AM Forum: Binoviewers

Observing with Elite 40's

Posted By Donald Durbin
Matthew,

Can you give us an idea if you had brighter images through the Elites? I know it would be a subjective thing.

How was the contrast through the Elites?

You mentioned some ghosting. Did the amount of ghosting change with different eyepieces?

Don Durbin
I guess they are not vaporware anymore. :>)


October 13, 2004 10:18 AM Forum: Binoviewers

Siebert 1.39 Multimag

Posted By Donald Durbin
Hi Marty,

I do not have a Multimag, but I do have a 1.3X OCA and a 3.5 Ultra Barlow from Sieberts. I am very happy with both products. Their design allows me to use either 2" or 1 1/4" filters with both units.

I often use the 1.3X OCA on a refractor, in front of the diagonal. I think this also gives a little color correction to my Celestron 102mm Wide View.

I also currently have a Zoom OCA on order. I hope to be able to publish pictures of the Zoom effect using different binoviewers and a CCD camera.

I have always been very happy with Siebert Optics. You should check with Harry about a money back guarantee.

Don Durbin

October 22, 2004 10:45 PM Forum: Politics

hsuB owes big to Osama!

Posted By Donald Durbin
hsuB, elected by a minority had no mandate. He would never have had a successful Presidency. He would have unsuccessfully continued to try to find ways to invade IRAQ. He has always been fixated on IRAQ.

Libya was never exporting WMD, they were trying to import the technology. Iraq had little or no WMD and Saddam would not have given up any of it. We know now that any links between Al Qaeda and IRAQ were merely fantasies created by hsuB and Cheney.

I think less Iraqis would have died overall up to the present time. The Iraqis had learned how to live under Saddam.

When it comes to regime change the end does not justify the means.

October 29, 2004 03:10 AM Forum: Politics

Political splits in your family?

Posted By Donald Durbin
Most every one in my family is sane. (At least from my point of view). I have two brain damaged nephews.

One is a long time bible thumper that believes the right candidate is the one who says God is guiding him. I have no idea how the other one ended up where he is.


October 29, 2004 05:00 PM Forum: Politics

Videotapes of Explosives

Posted By Donald Durbin
hsuB does not like it if you cloud the issue with facts.

October 29, 2004 10:22 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

5" or 6" APO question

Posted By Donald Durbin

Get as much aperture as you can afford without sacrificing quality.

Keep in mind that the larger the scope, the better the mount needs to be.

Keep in mind that a big scope and a good quality mount will be heavy.

I have a Meade 152ED with an LXD750 mount. I also have a Celestron 9.25 on a Skyview Pro mount.

The C9.25 sees more use because it is easier to setup.

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