Astromart

March 1, 2009 11:27 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Is Mars-Eye Finder same as Giant Mars Finder?

Walt

Consider the Telrad or Rigel finder instead.

http://www.buytelescopes.com/product.aspx?p_id=2386&store_id=2&did=4

March 11, 2009 01:36 AM Forum: Astro Binoculars

Fujinon 25X150

Posted By john raymond

Folks spend that kind of money on imaging setups, not visual scopes.

The Fuji 70mm binos are rather common by comparison. In your quest for good binoculars, try Swarovski SLC 50mm one night.

There are some other scopes that are seldom seen for sale:

Parks newts
Parallax newts
Questar 7", 12"
A-P 7", 8" refractors
JMI 40" (folded?) newt
D&G 8", 11"
BO 8" Apo refractor (I know someone who supposedly has one on order since 2003, 1 of 4 made. Im a little skeptical)

George Blahun said:

wondered why I almost never see any used ones for sale. Is it because they are so good that no one would ever think of selling theirs? George

March 12, 2009 10:05 PM Forum: ASTRONOMY

Astro-Club Management

Posted By john raymond

How do you form a club when all the active observers are anti-social?

March 14, 2009 08:14 PM Forum: Eyepieces

Nagler 11mm Type 1 vs. the New Type 6

Posted By john raymond

The Type 6 Naglers are the best mid-to high power ep's out there, IMO, for several reasons. (Best for most viewing situations.) There are some nights I like Orthos for planetary viewing.

My experience:

Work good in all scopes, even my Antares 50 and 80 mm finders.

Televue parfocal group "B", the best parfocal class to be in.

Parfocal when used with TV 2x barlow

Lightweight and small, close in size and weight to the 32 ploss.

Binoview well

Immediately comfortable to view thru

I now use TV plossls 32-20mm for low power and T6's for high power. The type 4's are in storage.

Knowledge gleaned from Astromart:

If something goes wrong, repair is available.

Readily available at good prices due to Ethos mania.

Hope this helps.
John

March 14, 2009 11:39 PM Forum: Equipment Talk