Posts Made By: Douglas Maier

ANYONE KNOW HOW THESE VIEW DURING THE NIGHT. PLANETS, DEEPSKY AND SUCH??
THANK YOU FOR ANY INFO

Looking for some suggestions for the best EP for viewing the Orion Nebula at F/6.5. I'm sure there is much experience in here.
CS!
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8) Hey all. I am just starting to look for the beginnings to a 2" accessories collection and was wondering if anyone had suggestions on how to begin. I just purchased an 80mm vixen apo F/7.5 on LXD-75 and received a 2" dielectric diag. in the deal.
what should be my first purchase, second, third etc. Price is somewhat of an object. I would like to keep this venture under a grand when all is said and done. All excellent used off of A-mart, of course I would like to do mostly palnets and moon, but also some nebula and cluster viewing if possible. Maybe some crude imaging with a webcam as well?

Anyway, any suggestions or comments would be most helpful as I am not familar with 2" accesories or there possibilities in the least.
Thanks to all involved in this crazy quest of astronomy and Keep Lookin' Up 8O !

Just wondering since I had never tried it before. Are the threads the same under the astroview hub and sticking out of a standard 3021 or larger bogen?
THNX!

I am looking to mount (2) 3 to 4" refractors at once to an alt/az (no lugging counterweights for side-by side viewing, but still want the use of slow-motion controls. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance for any ideas. 8O

Thank you all for your great advice. It seems the more I read, the more it seems that I need a camera with longer exposures. Are there any out there besides the coolpix and the over expensive Nikons?
THank you again.

Hi wayne. check out the Hutech website. CS!