Posts Made By: Rod Mollise

Greg Shaffer said:

I knew they made some supposedly FINE zoom EP's......Did not know they also offered EP's like this one. Is that a realistic asking price or is this guy living on a different planet?

http://www.astromart.com/classifieds/details.asp?classified_id=678188

While I love a great EP.....if the best gets into that ballpark I now know one thing for certain....I will never own the best, maybe 2nd best

Slawomir Bucki said:

I am in the process of buying a C8 SCT OTA that I am planning to put on a motorized Vixen Great Polaris (older model) mount. However, I am concerned that the C8 might be a bit too heavy for the GP mount. Currently I am using the mount with a C6 OTA, and this combination works great, with very precise tracking. I calculated the total weight of the C8 OTA + finderscope + diagonal + eyepiece, and it adds up exactly 15 lbs, which the max. load capacity of my mount.

Does anybody here have experience with using the Vixen GP mount carrying an 8 inch SCT OTA (C8 or similar)? Any issues? Any problems with the mount's longevity?

Regards.

S. Bucki

Jim Moscheck said:

Announced today at NEAF:

http://www.televue.com/engine/TV3_page.asp?id=128

I thought they were done. :S

Roland Beard said:

I have a couple Barlows of the short type. When used with a astrovideo camera, the camera picks up some internal reflections. Folks tell me that the regular length Barlows have much less likelihood of stray light getting down the longer light path. I don't have any experience with the longer type. If it's a major manufacturer product, are the longer Barlows about the same in performance or can anyone recommend something they prefer?

Michael Greenham said:

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Andreas Saldivar said:

On May 15 some friends and I are going to do an astronomy night for about 20-25 girl scouts. This will help them get their astronomy badges. Part of the program is teaching them to use a star chart. I wanted to use planispheres but each one I found was too expensive. That is until I was pointed towards this link.

http://scientificsonline.com/product.asp?pn=3009227&cmss=planet+locator

You can get 25 8" planispheres and instruction booklets for $49.95 plus shipping. That's a good deal.

Andreas