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Colin Graves replied to the topic Meade DS2114ATS in the forum General Discussion 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Sounds like a plan to me, I’ll be there a little before 530 on November 12th.
Colin
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Colin Graves replied to the topic Meade DS2114ATS in the forum General Discussion 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Randy, I would really like to do that, if I bring it to the next meeting could we do it then?
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Colin Graves started the topic Meade DS2114ATS in the forum General Discussion 3 months, 3 weeks ago
I was given a Meade DS 2114ATS.
I believe it is what you call a Jones Bird telescope as it has a 2x Barlow mounted in the focuser. Any ways, the go to mount operates, but I haven’t been able to get it to actually point to the object . Also when observing Saturn I was disappointed with the view, blurry and shaky. My personal thoughts on this t…[Read more]
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Colin Graves replied to the topic Orion website, telescope.com in the forum General Discussion 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Thanks for the links Josef.
I did get the ZBolt green laser pointer, I don’t care for the on/off button being on the bottom end. It’s just a little awkward using your thumb to actuate it. But it does have a constant on option. Still prefer the Orion one I have.
Colin Graves
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Colin Graves replied to the topic Orion website, telescope.com in the forum General Discussion 6 months, 1 week ago
Thanks again for all the great info, I actually just ordered a zbolt green laser pointer,
not the exact one you mentioned. I really like my Orion skyline deluxe green laser pointer,
and I’ll let you know how the z-bolt compares, hopefully the friend I’m getting it for will like it.
Colin
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Colin Graves replied to the topic Orion website, telescope.com in the forum General Discussion 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Thanks for the info all.
We haven’t seen a charge on our credit card, so thinking I’ll be okay.
Any suggestions for an alternate green laser pointer?
Colin
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Colin Graves started the topic Orion website, telescope.com in the forum General Discussion 6 months, 2 weeks ago
So I went to the Orion web site to order their green laser pen for a friend of mine,
I received an email confirming my order, but ever since then the website doesn’t even load up on my screen, phone calls to them go nowhere as the message says the mailbox is full.
I’m getting the feeling maybe they are out of business.Does anyone have any inf…[Read more]
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Colin Graves replied to the topic Laser collimating in the forum General Discussion 2 years, 5 months ago
Yeah, I was going to go to the last meeting but it didn’t work out. I’ll wait till I can bring it to an event. Thank you.
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Colin Graves replied to the topic Laser collimating in the forum General Discussion 2 years, 5 months ago
Jim, I’ve been just using the collimation cap that came with my scope, it appears to my untrained eye that it’s pretty darn close. It would be nice to check it with a laser. Im in Red Wing , but would be willing to travel to get some training on the use of the laser. Is that something you would be interested in helping me with.
Colin
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Colin Graves started the topic Laser collimating in the forum General Discussion 2 years, 5 months ago
I’m looking at lasers to aid in collimating my 8 inch dob.
Any recommendations welcomed.
My focuser accepts 1.25 and 2 inch.
Thank you in advance.
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Colin Graves replied to the topic Eyepiece recommendations. in the forum General Discussion 2 years, 8 months ago
Thanks for the insight, I actually think I’ll get the 41mm panoptic for my first addition.
And I see it weighs just over 2 lbs. so I’m pretty sure you’re right about the counterweight.
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Colin Graves started the topic Eyepiece recommendations. in the forum General Discussion 2 years, 8 months ago
I’m thinking about getting a 35 mm panoptic eyepiece for my Orion xt8 dobsonian.
Any thoughts or insight are appreciated.
Colin Graves
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