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Posts Made By: warren silverman

May 2, 2004 03:20 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Question on 80mm short tube

Posted By warren silverman
My generic 80mm short tube has extremely low color at even 120x. When I look thru the eyepiece tube racked to normal focus position, I'm sure some of the outer edges of the objective are hidden from view. The old focuser stop down trick I guess. I could hacksaw the last inch of the focuser off, This would give me more light for deep sky but more chroma. Should I just live with it or hack it off?

July 30, 2004 03:13 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Wooden tripod leg locking problem

Posted By warren silverman
I have a Meade LXD300 mount and one of the legs refuses to stay locked and of course collapses. It has a snow boot type of snaping lock, not your more usual pressure screw lock. any ideas on what needs to be adjusted to fix this problem?

January 26, 2005 03:10 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Thoughts on Orion Epic-2 ED eyepieces

Posted By warren silverman
Anyone with experience with these eyepieces please share your thoughts. I plan on using them with my Stellarvue Nighthawk and ETX 105. Thanks for your input.[COLOR="Blue"][/COLOR]

July 8, 2008 06:37 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Off Topic

Posted By warren silverman
Does anyone follow Tammy Plotkins "Daily Observing Reports" web page? She always posts every few day at most,but there has not been an entry since 2/08. Anyone have any info? Hope she is OK.

May 3, 2004 12:43 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

Question on 80mm short tube

Posted By warren silverman
Great info Dan. I will give that a try. When I put my 6.4mm and barlow in I was expecting the Jimi Hendrix experience. Jupiter was a bit soft and the view was better at 85x but no purple from hell. The moon held up at 120x easy and I do not even think all the lense surfaces are coated! Any more comments anyone?

July 16, 2004 07:29 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Is it worth it?

Posted By warren silverman
Ian,
Look At http://www.weasner.com/etx/techtips/collimation-tip.html
It is not something for a Newbee that is for sure. Good luck.

Warren smile

February 13, 2006 07:45 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Sky Publishing SOLD!

Posted By warren silverman
I guess that why the cover price just jumped to $6.95!!!

March 6, 2006 06:55 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Old issues of S&T

Posted By warren silverman
Fantastic Floyd... I was a young boy/early teen in those years and I remember seeing Sky and Tel for the first time at the Hayden Planetarium(lived in NY then). Guess we will not see any posts for a while with all that reading! I now have a son named Hayden, but not named after that great sky theater. smile

October 26, 2006 08:39 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Meade DS80mm F/11

Posted By warren silverman
I had one and the images were pretty bad. Reflections all over the field of view. Objects on the left side of the field would have a twin on the right. Could have been a bad one, but there are no lens cell adjustments.Very poor plastic focuser. Need I go on?

Floyd Blue said:

Anyone ever try one of these as a guide scope? I can buy one new for $45 and was considering it for this purpose.

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