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Posts Made By: Donald Durbin

December 21, 2004 08:23 PM Forum: Coronado-Lunt-DayStar Solar Filters

A beautiful Sun today!

Posted By Donald Durbin
Hi Tom,

I could not resist playing with your image. I do not know why. I just thought I might coax out a little more detail. Of course now it is not a realistic an image.

Don Durbin

December 22, 2004 12:29 AM Forum: Binoviewers

Zeiss/Baader Binoviewer Use on a Dobsonian

Posted By Donald Durbin
Peter,

Call Harry Siebert and see if he has an adaptor that lets you use a Siebert corrector on the Z/B.

Don

January 1, 2005 01:27 PM Forum: Binoviewers

Stellarvue 102APO with binoviewers

Posted By Donald Durbin
Well I got up at 4:30 and looked outside. It was nice and clear so I grabbed the SV102 and the 45mm Elites. I configured the Multimag for a 1.8X magnification and I put in my Sieberts 36mm EPs.

I must have bumped the Stellarvue finder because it was off from last night. I finally got it lined up and then the clouds started rolling in and obscured Saturn. I managed to get on the Moon and get a nice view. I held my Nikon 4300 up to the EP and took a few pictures. My nephew has an adapter that holds a camera steady over an eyepiece. I keep meaning to borrow it from him. That and his 35mm Panoptic. :>)

January 13, 2005 11:59 PM Forum: Binoviewers

Decisions, Decisions....Eyepiece Choices

Posted By Donald Durbin
Steve,

You should sell your 19mm Pans to me. grin

If you can use your 24mm Pans with an X2 switch, I would think you could use your 19mm and 15mm Pans.

Seriously, don't you have a grab and go short focal length refractor?

Would you like to trade your 19mm Pans for one? smile

Don Durbin


January 17, 2005 02:26 PM Forum: Binoviewers

Burgess Binoviewer

Posted By Donald Durbin
The Anscortes information is not correct.

Read the specs on the Burgess site. They say 18.5mm. Most ads say 18mm.

http://knightcontrol.freeservers.com/BO_Accs_Binoview.htm

Don Durbin

February 9, 2005 12:46 PM Forum: Binoviewers

Bino resolution

Posted By Donald Durbin
James,

According to the weather forcast I might only get partial clouds on Saturday and again next Thursday. So it maybe be a while before I can do any resolution testing. sad

Don Durbin

February 11, 2005 06:37 PM Forum: Binoviewers

Burgess Binoviewer Filter threads

Posted By Donald Durbin
To follow up on the Burgess filter threads problem, I pulled off the nose piece and I found that what should be threads are actually concentric rings. I contacted the dealer I purchased the binoviewer from and was told I needed to contact Burgess for a replacement nose piece.

I have contacted Burgess by both email and voicemail.

I learned on another forum that some other people have experienced the same problem. So when getting one of these units I suggest you check that the nose piece easily accepts threaded filters.

Don Durbin
Denk IIs coming UPS
Burgess BV125 Model C
Original 22mm BlackNights with Diopters
45mm Elite BlackNights with Diopters
Sieberts 1.3X OCA, Sieberts UltraBarlow, Sieberts Multimag OCA.
Denkmeier 2" SCT Star Diagonal
Stellarvue AT1010
Meade ETX90
Stellarvue 102APO
Celestron C9.25
Orion Atlas 8"
Meade 152ED

February 12, 2005 05:57 AM Forum: Binoviewers

Focus Problems with Burgess Binoviewers

Posted By Donald Durbin
Dennis,

Try putting the Barlow directly into the telescope and putting a diagonal into the Barlow. Then insert the binoviewer into the diagonal. This should allow you to focus.

Don Durbin
Denk IIs coming UPS
Burgess BV125 Model C
Original 22mm BlackNights with Diopters
45mm Elite BlackNights with Diopters
Sieberts 1.3X OCA, Sieberts UltraBarlow, Sieberts Multimag OCA.
Denkmeier 2" SCT Star Diagonal
Stellarvue AT1010
Meade ETX90
Stellarvue 102APO
Celestron C9.25
Orion Atlas 8"
Meade 152ED

February 13, 2005 02:47 PM Forum: Binoviewers

Last night with the Burgess

Posted By Donald Durbin
Here is a shot through the right Burgess holder with my Nikon 4300. I was using a Scopetronix Digi-T with a Meade 25mm Plossl.

THe image through the binoviewer was TAK sharp tonight. My skill with a camera is still a work in progress. The result was that I managed to take a crystal clear image and make it blur. :S

I have a remote shutter release for this camera, but I did not have it outside with me when I took this shot.

My back deck had a layer of water and slush on it earlier in the afternoon. I went out with a broom and swept away most of it. This resulted in a nice smooth sheet of ice to work on. So after ice skating while juggling binoviewers and Televue eyepieces , I called it an early night and packed it all up.

8O
Don




February 14, 2005 12:28 AM Forum: Binoviewers

Inter Pupil distance

Posted By Donald Durbin
Larry,

Make sure the eyepeices are seated properly in the holders. Higher powered views are harder to merge.

Is this your first pair of binoviewers, you may need to practice with them for a while.

It could also be that your binoviewers were knocked slightly out of alignment during shipping.

You can check your inter pupil distance with a ruler and a mirror. Just try to look straight ahead with the ruler just under your pupils and measure the distance between them.

If your find that the result in the mirror does not match the result on the binoviewer, you may need to send your unit to the manufacturer for alignment.

Don Durbin
Denk IIs coming UPS Wednesday
Burgess BV125 Model C
Original 22mm BlackNights with Diopters
45mm Elite BlackNights with Diopters
Sieberts 1.3X OCA, Sieberts UltraBarlow, Sieberts Multimag OCA.
Denkmeier 2" SCT Star Diagonal
Stellarvue AT1010
Meade ETX90
Stellarvue 102APO
Celestron C9.25
Orion Atlas 8"
Meade 152ED

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