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Posts Made By: William Green

July 16, 2005 04:36 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

Vixen ED103S and ED115S

Posted By William Green
Hi, Mike,

The Sky & Telescope review concerned an altogether different Vixen telescope, the ED114S, as I recall. The ED103S and ED115S were introduced this year and are both f/7.7. They are available in the USA, but one never hears anything about them. I suspect the Chinese ED telescopes have ruined the market for Vixen apo's.

Bill

June 8, 2006 09:40 PM Forum: Off Topic Discussions

What are you doing to save on GAS?

Posted By William Green
Ivan,

I have not seen a Yaris in my neighborhood (Austin, TX). In fact, I thought the Yaris not yet been introduced. Is it smaller than the Corolla, which itself is not very big?

I'm currently driving a 1995 Civic, which is still going strong!

Bill

August 10, 2006 11:42 AM Forum: Takahashi

Tak Scope Optics Servicing

Posted By William Green
Without question, you can trust Art Ciampi and TNR 100%.

Bill Green

August 31, 2006 09:05 PM Forum: Astro-Physics

Mach1 mount and Pier under test

Posted By William Green
Would the Mach1 mount be overkill for someone like me who is a purely-visual observer? Would I do as well sticking with the less-expensive G-11? Maybe the Mach1's servo motors (?), as opposed to the G-11's stepper motors, would allow me better high-power views of the planets?

Thank you.

Bill G.

March 25, 2007 10:43 PM Forum: Takahashi

Tak homepage?

Posted By William Green
Tim Carleton said:

What happened to the Japan page for Takahashi? I used to visit there but now I can't find it.

It's still there!

http://www.takahashijapan.com/

Bill

April 24, 2007 11:33 PM Forum: Beginning Astronomy?

Vixen GPD-2 vs. Vixen GPD

Posted By William Green
Are you certain that the new GPD2 is Chinese-made? If so, that is a major disappointment. I have had nothing but bad luck with Chinese products.

Bill


sebrin campbell said:

I'd be very interested in user comments comparing construction quality and tracking accuracy between the newer, Chinese made (Japanese assembled) Vixen GPD-2, and the same size, slightly older, but completely Japanese made, Vixen GPD.

September 7, 2008 03:23 PM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

Pacman NGC281

Posted By William Green
Great work!!! Wonderful image! It's now my desktop! grin

Bill

November 30, 2008 08:26 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Company that can clean eyep's?

Posted By William Green
I would contact Company Seven and ask.

www.companyseven.com

Bill

Charles Peterson said:

I just picked up a older RV8 8" f/8 Newt and i it came with a Celestron Polaris finder. The optics are pretty mucked up!

Is there a company that clean the optics and eyepiece on the 8x50 finder?

Chas

December 1, 2008 01:30 AM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

Orion's Beltway Mosaic

Posted By William Green
Stunning! 8O

Billius

December 4, 2008 04:17 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Celestron C8-SGT vs Meade LDX75 8" SCT?

Posted By William Green
If I were going to buy an SCT, I'd buy it from Company Seven, because they really do check out each scope before they sell it. I've purchased two or three SCT's from them, and each was very good optically and had no noticeable image shift.

Bill

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