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    Binoviewers in the Explore Scientific 127mm great for planets not so great for DSO's

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    cbrucker
    , 01-08-2013 at 06:50 PM (Notes from the field. My rants raves and frothing at the mouth about this maddening and frustrating buy lovely hobby)
    I have been looking into the addition of binoviewer's to my kit and wanted to use them in both the ES 127mm and the C11. I also wanted to use my existing ES EP line up to save a bit on costs. And I wanted to use as little correction (barlowing) as possible.

    I started out with the Baader Maxbrights and after testing with the BV's and their 1.2x glass path corrector (GPC) I found that without using a T2 diagonal and possibly a 1.2x GPC and most likely a 1.7x GPC they would not be able ...
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    First light for ES 82 6.7mm & .965 to 1.25 adapter

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    MLaferriere
    , 07-30-2012 at 03:38 AM
    Got home and finally had a semi clear night to try out the new ES 82° 6.7mm. Did my 2 star alignment with 2 calibration stars and all was well. Went to a few doubles and even in my new high power eyepiece they where in the field of view. Even in my ES 82° 18mm Mizar split nice but the 6.7mm shows them very sharp and separated! I quickly aimed the scope at Andromeda but with the lousy conditions tonight it was just a blob.

    My next attempt was the "Cats Eye Nebula" and a mini ...
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    1st post & review of the lx90 8", ES 102mm ED, & CG-5AT

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    cbrucker
    , 06-01-2012 at 05:59 PM (Notes from the field. My rants raves and frothing at the mouth about this maddening and frustrating buy lovely hobby)
    Hi & thank you for looking.

    Never thought I would actually blog about something since well... My life just isn't that interesting & I don't have too bad a case of adult onset narcissism ... Hopefully someone will find these postings helpful or at least interesting...

    Took the plunge into the hobby a little over five months ago & with my typical ADD jumped in with both feet to the deep end with much research ...
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