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 Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 2:06 am
That is one beautiful telescope, Astrophilia. heart
How much could I expect to pay for that telescope or a similar one? ninja
Right now, I have a toy telescope that's no good. The tripod stand on it is broken and it's really no better than a cheap pair of binoculars. I won it at a local arcade some years ago and thought I could go star grazing with it.
Anyway... keep us posted as to what you find!
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Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 1:52 pm
Orion, nice. My current telescope, which brand currently escapes me is either an 80mm or 180mm aperture, not sure. I'm going to need new lenses for it, and a new viewfinder[nonexistant -_-;]. What i'd really like to get my hands on is a telescope with a computer interface, and use it with a program like NightSky or something similar. Click on a star, and the motor on the telescope rotates to view it within a couple minutes[length measurement, not time]/degrees.
An equitorial mount, no less. Whats the weight of the counter-weight? Mine's 5 or 10Lbs.
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 4:26 pm
Awsome telescope!
My current telescope is not that great mostly like a toy tlelscope with a remote control. )=
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Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 10:20 am
I wish I ahd a photo to share of my telescope; it's a Meade 8" 2080 Schmidt-Cassegrain, circa the 1980s, haha. It's been around the block a few times rolleyes It looks something like this, only with a different tripod and less electronic gadgets: http://www.telescopes.com/products/meade-8-inch-lx90-gps-schmidt-cassegrain-uhtc-coatings-43535.html
My latest aquisition, however is what I'm REALLY excited about. Anyone here into solar telescopes? I just got my hands on a Coronado PST... it's the low end of the solar-tel price spectrum, but I'm amazed with it's preformance. If anyone is interested I'll hook my camera up and take some solar flare/sunspot photos to share. Heres a photo of it (you can sort of see my 2080 in the background): http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b385/Mad_Hatter106/Telescopes/solar-tel2.jpg
and a good review of the PST if you want to know more: http://www.eastvalleyastronomy.org/reviews/Coronado.htm
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 4:51 pm
That's nice...real nice. My boyfriend and I are saving up for a Meade LX 200 our school has one that we use at our Astronomy club meetings...but my bf and I think it would cool to have our own.
We are going to be saving for a long time...
sad
<3
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Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 1:16 pm
My sister surprised me with a telescope (I think the company is called Telasco or something like that) for Christmas some years ago. I used the moon for practice, but I almost fainted the first time I saw Jupiter and Saturn. I can't use it now though because I have to get some screws replaced.
Does anyone know if using strip tape could damage the telescope?
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Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 9:01 am
Quote: Does anyone know if using strip tape could damage the telescope? I can't imagine that it would, so long as you don't put any on the optics or any moving parts... I personally wouldn't because I loath fixing things with tape as opposed to fixing something properly. Worst I can imagine happening is that you'll end up with an expensive piece of equipment all sticky sad
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