Posts Made By: Vladimir Fedosov

Where are the new Nagler eyepieces made Japan or Taiwan? Thank You.

Hi I need Rings for my c102. What diameter rings do I need. Where can I get some? Also if someone has some to sell let me know. Thsnk You.

What do you all think? Can you really take some Deep sky pics with this cam?

On Deep-sky the APO will get its *** whipped any night. But on an average night do you think the APO will outperform the SCT on planets if I have good optics in my lx-200?

Hi I need all you APO owners help. I have a LX-200 10" f/10 and c102 f/5 refractor. I'm considering a 4" apo to replace the c102. Question is: Is it worth the $2000+? What I plan to use it for: I mainly do deep sky observing of mainly nebulas and clusters. I also enjoy the planets when they are out. My eyepiece collection is as follows: Nag 31mm T5, Meade 14mm UWA, 8.9mm UWA. I must confess I have never looked thro an APO and thus this post. With mars coming so close to earth do you think that I would benefit from an APO an see more detail then with the two scopes I have? The average seeing condition around my house are OK to bad. So the 10" usually shows a broken up image with more then about 180X. However about once a month(most of the time for a few days in a row) the seeing gets good to excellent and the views thro the 10" LX-200 a simply breath-taking(every time I look thro the EP at such times I cant believe my eyes at how much detail I'm seeing in my own personal scope). The c102 is useless on planets. So basically I would use the APO for the times when I'm to lazy to set up the 10" or when all I want to look at is planets and the seeing is not good. Do you guys think that it is worth the $$$, and will I be able to see more detail on mars when it swings by then in my 10". Also any recommendations on Tak v.s. TV 4" APO?

What eyepiece is better? Wight is no issue to me.

Hi folks I have some observing to share with you. On Saturday I setup my big rig LX-200 for some serous deepsky observing as it was the first day that the moon was truly out of the way. Anyone want to guess on what happened next? Yup the clouds rolled in. Well I was just about to give up but since the clouds where quite thin I decided to get a quick look at the planets. The view was not all that impressive so I got a bit lazy and decided to go watch some TV and hope that the clouds would clear. Came out about 1.5 hours later and it was evident that there where still some very thin and high clouds but I still decided to take another look at Jupiter before I packed up. Man am I happy that I did. That night I seen the best I have ever seen Jupiter. The night was far from steady but somehow once every few seconds the seeing would get real good. This usually does not happen so I don’t know what was going on. Anyway the attached sketch is what I drew out of memory and not at the scope. Just a little description of the details that I saw: A: the top portion of the planed had a very light brown color to it. No detail seen here. B: the whit portion was also featureless except for a few moments when the seeing cleared and I "think" I saw some stuff there but not sure. C: I don’t know what the deal is with this belt but I just could not pick up much detail in it. E: Probably was the most impressive belt of them all because I could actually see any little festoons in it. It was mixed in with belt F. The festoons where at the right portion of the belt and I think I counted about 4 "large" ones in the belt all in a single row. G: this belt in moments of very good seeing had a lot of detail in it but it is hard to describe it all so I won’t. This was the first time that I have seen the GRS actually kind of red. It was more like orange but a lot better then the usual skin color. H: Two small belts that where not stretched across the entire planet. J: This white area showed some detain in moments of good seeing like little belts but I was not sure. K: The bottom tip was like the top. I used ~178x(14mm Meade UWA). A little background about my experience in observing and drawing: I can’t draw. :-) As you can probably see. I'm trying to get some practice before Mars rolls around. Observing wise I mainly do deepsky: Nebulas and GC mainly. Planets only when the moon is out but even then as you all know most of the time the seeing sucks.

Hi I have a c102 f/5 and I was wondering if it is too much weight for the Lx-200 to handle on a regular basis even if I counter weigh it properly. Basically I want to have a wide field scope for the objects that require it without messing with two mounts. Or do you think that I should get something smaller along the lines of a pronto or tv-85.

Is it just me or is every spring more boring then the last when it comes to deep sky observing. All that is up right now is a bunch of galaxies that look like smudges from a moderately light polluted area. I have a 10" LX-200 and am bored to tears of looking at galaxies because they all generally look the same. So is it just me or does everyone hate the spring sky.

Hi I'm contemplating the purchase of a new scope to compliment my 10" LX-200. I was set to get a refractor but the deal that Meade has on the ETX's is worth a look at. I have a set of premium 2" eyepieces and I would like to know if it is possible to use them in the ETX. I know that you can’t use 2" the eyepieces in the built in diagonal but can you add a visual back to the back of the ETX and use a 2" diagonal in that? Thanks.