I think you should try it with one of these Gabby: Stellarvue 50 mm Little Rascal Telescope
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I think you should try it with one of these Gabby: Stellarvue 50 mm Little Rascal Telescope
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Telescopes: 12" home-made dob, Celestron 150 f5, Tak TSA102, TV 76, Celestron 800CPC, ETX 125
Mounts: iOptron MiniTower, HEQ5Pro
Binos: 25x100FB, Carton 11x80, Vanguard Endeavour 1045, Takahashi 22x60, Swarovski Habicht 8x30
Eyepieces: My favourites are my Televue 32mm plossl, Nagler 13mm T6, Nagler 3-6mm
I think it would be the first time you would have to add weight to the front of a telescope to get it to balance!
Refractors: Antares 105 f/15, Celestron 150 f/8, Stellarvue NHNG 80 f/6.9, TAL 100RS f/10, TS 102 f/11, UR 70 f/10, Vixen SD115s f/7.7
Mounts: Celestron SLT w/ pier mod & EQ-3 tripod, Celestron hypertuned CG-5 w/ tracking motor & Argo Navis, Manfrotto 028B w/ Stellarvue M2C, Manfrotto 055PRO w/ 128RC, TAL-1 HD EQ, Vixen SXP w/ HAL-130 SXG & half pier
Diagonals: 2" Astro-Physics MaxBright, 2" Zeiss/ Baader prism, 2" Baader Herschel Wedge (Photo Version), 2"
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Amici prism, 2" Stellarvue Dielectric, 2" TeleVue Everbrite
Eyepieces: A-Z
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The weakest link in the optical chain is the large nut located directly behind the
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/ camera. - Gabrielle
Ya gotta keep this Apo/
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thing in some balance of perspective. Apos are awesome, but long focus Achros aren't that far behind them - Siriusandthepup (CN)
Refractors kick arse precisely because they don't hide behind excuses. That is, they have no obstructions to hide behind. - Jon Isaacs (CN)
It's unusual, but.... Just sit over the objective, bend over slightly and view through the eyepiece. Of course you need a higher capacity mount BUTT () your body heat eliminates the need for a dew heater.
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ST80 (mods for white light solar), SV ED80 f7 Newtonians: Z12 f5 Catadioptrics: VMC110L, Intes MK66 EPs: KK Fujiyama Orthoscopics, 2x Vixen NPLs (40-6mm) and BCOs, Baader Mark IV zooms, TV Panoptics, Delos, Plossl 32-8mm. Mixed brand Masuyama/Astroplans Binocular Nikon Aculon 10x50, Celestron 15x70, Baader Maxbright. Mounts: Star Seeker III, Vixen Porta II, Celestron CG5, Orion
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I get a full 3 degrees using the 0.5x 1.25" Antares focal reducer and a Meade 60 degree 25mm eyepiece on my VMC110L. That way with the flip mirror I can seamlessly switch back between f5 and f10 views.
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ST80 (mods for white light solar), SV ED80 f7 Newtonians: Z12 f5 Catadioptrics: VMC110L, Intes MK66 EPs: KK Fujiyama Orthoscopics, 2x Vixen NPLs (40-6mm) and BCOs, Baader Mark IV zooms, TV Panoptics, Delos, Plossl 32-8mm. Mixed brand Masuyama/Astroplans Binocular Nikon Aculon 10x50, Celestron 15x70, Baader Maxbright. Mounts: Star Seeker III, Vixen Porta II, Celestron CG5, Orion
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I don't want to take this thread off-topic, but have you ever noticed anything weird with the threads on your Antares reducer?
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I had one of these briefly a couple of years ago. After only a couple of days the threads started to wear away. They were undersized apparently and Antares had them built up after the fact with some form of coating. In my experience not a good one. I returned it and replaced it with TS Optics and an Altair (both GSO).
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TS Optics: 150mm, f/6 Newtonian (GSO SVD series). Altair: Starwave 102ED-R. Sky-Watcher: SkyMax 102mm, SkyMax 127mm, Evostar 72ED DS Pro, Evostar 80ED DS Pro, ST80 (TS Focuser), ST102 (TS Focuser), EQ5 Deluxe, AZ5 Deluxe. Vixen: Porta II, SXG Hal-130. Orion: 90mm StarMax , ST80 (TS Focuser). Celestron: NexStar Evolution 9.25". William Optics: E-BINO-P Binoviewer. A shed load of eyepieces including: Antares, Astro Hutech, Baader, Bresser, BST, Bushnell, Celestron, Explore Scientific, GSO, Kokusai, Meade, Orion, Sky-Watcher, Solomark, SvBony, TeleVue, Vixen & one or two I'm not sure of.
[QUOTE=Shorty Barlow;1058629855]I don't want to take this thread off-topic, but have you ever noticed anything weird with the threads on your Antares reducer?
I had one of these briefly a couple of years ago. After only a couple of days the threads started to wear away. They were undersized apparently and Antares had them built up after the fact with some form of coating. In my experience not a good one. I returned it and replaced it with TS Optics and an Altair (both GSO).
Nope. The threads are clean and regular. The unit works fine. I understand the Antares is made by GSO too.![]()
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ST80 (mods for white light solar), SV ED80 f7 Newtonians: Z12 f5 Catadioptrics: VMC110L, Intes MK66 EPs: KK Fujiyama Orthoscopics, 2x Vixen NPLs (40-6mm) and BCOs, Baader Mark IV zooms, TV Panoptics, Delos, Plossl 32-8mm. Mixed brand Masuyama/Astroplans Binocular Nikon Aculon 10x50, Celestron 15x70, Baader Maxbright. Mounts: Star Seeker III, Vixen Porta II, Celestron CG5, Orion
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ST80 (mods for white light solar), SV ED80 f7 Newtonians: Z12 f5 Catadioptrics: VMC110L, Intes MK66 EPs: KK Fujiyama Orthoscopics, 2x Vixen NPLs (40-6mm) and BCOs, Baader Mark IV zooms, TV Panoptics, Delos, Plossl 32-8mm. Mixed brand Masuyama/Astroplans Binocular Nikon Aculon 10x50, Celestron 15x70, Baader Maxbright. Mounts: Star Seeker III, Vixen Porta II, Celestron CG5, Orion
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It's an interesting idea, but given the 1.25" barrel, it looks as though you'd get a tiny AFOV.
Don Pensack (eyepiecesetc.com) figures 15.4° AFOV
have you ever noticed anything weird with the threads on your Antares reducer?
A imaging friend of mine uses/ recommends the Antares all the time. I have never heard him complain about the threading before.
Refractors: Antares 105 f/15, Celestron 150 f/8, Stellarvue NHNG 80 f/6.9, TAL 100RS f/10, TS 102 f/11, UR 70 f/10, Vixen SD115s f/7.7
Mounts: Celestron SLT w/ pier mod & EQ-3 tripod, Celestron hypertuned CG-5 w/ tracking motor & Argo Navis, Manfrotto 028B w/ Stellarvue M2C, Manfrotto 055PRO w/ 128RC, TAL-1 HD EQ, Vixen SXP w/ HAL-130 SXG & half pier
Diagonals: 2" Astro-Physics MaxBright, 2" Zeiss/ Baader prism, 2" Baader Herschel Wedge (Photo Version), 2"
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Amici prism, 2" Stellarvue Dielectric, 2" TeleVue Everbrite
Eyepieces: A-Z
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The weakest link in the optical chain is the large nut located directly behind the
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/ camera. - Gabrielle
Ya gotta keep this Apo/
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thing in some balance of perspective. Apos are awesome, but long focus Achros aren't that far behind them - Siriusandthepup (CN)
Refractors kick arse precisely because they don't hide behind excuses. That is, they have no obstructions to hide behind. - Jon Isaacs (CN)
I've read where others have had a similar problem. The Antares may be GSO, but I'm not totally convinced, I've heard they were actually made in Canada. The packaging isn't standard GSO. I have Revelation, Altair and TS Optics 0.5x reducers and apart from the writing/silk screening they are identical and come in identical GSO style plastic boxes. My Antares 1.5x Barlow has oversized threads as well. I think it was probably a weird batch that they either never recalled or just ended up on stock shelves somewhere.
TS Optics: 150mm, f/6 Newtonian (GSO SVD series). Altair: Starwave 102ED-R. Sky-Watcher: SkyMax 102mm, SkyMax 127mm, Evostar 72ED DS Pro, Evostar 80ED DS Pro, ST80 (TS Focuser), ST102 (TS Focuser), EQ5 Deluxe, AZ5 Deluxe. Vixen: Porta II, SXG Hal-130. Orion: 90mm StarMax , ST80 (TS Focuser). Celestron: NexStar Evolution 9.25". William Optics: E-BINO-P Binoviewer. A shed load of eyepieces including: Antares, Astro Hutech, Baader, Bresser, BST, Bushnell, Celestron, Explore Scientific, GSO, Kokusai, Meade, Orion, Sky-Watcher, Solomark, SvBony, TeleVue, Vixen & one or two I'm not sure of.