Posts Made By: Ed Manspeaker

I have a quality Swarovski spotter and the adapter to use 1.25" astro eyepieces. Does anyone know what kind of astro eyepiece would be optimal for this use? For example, I could get the best Televue Nagler, but would it look much better than a cheap Plossl? I don't know enough about it to figure out whether the wider field of view would be evident looking through the spotter. I am looking mostly for a wide field of view and sharp images, similar to what I'd get with the Swarovski proprietary eyepieces. The spotter specs are focal length of 460MM and a 65MM aperture. Thanks for any info.

Take a look at www.stormcase.com - similar to Pelican, maybe better

OK, so I have the scope set up like this: see pic

New stuff is the Tak 2" adapter and a W/O 45 degree correcting prism - this replaced the 1.25" adapter that was on the scope before. The new assembly is about 3/8" shorter than the 1.25" one that it replaced.

Tak 2" adapter is screwed directly onto focuser tube

2" W/O correcting prism (diagonal)is inserted into adapter

Either a 35 Pan in the diagonal, or an 11 Nagler (with adapter) Both work about the same.

Instead of the previous problem I posted (couldn't move focuser out far enougn to focus, now I can't move the focuser in far enough to focus.

So how do I fix that? The 2" adapter is just deep enough to accept the diagonal, so I don't think a shorter one is feasible. Is it possible that the scope/diagonal/eyepieces combo I have are simply incompatible?

If so, anybody wanna buy a telescope?