Posts Made By: Michael Aaron McNeely

The Tele-Pod would work well, but then again I'm not into birding. I usually just carry the mount out to my backyard.

Hans Tucker said:

Looking through the APM website I notice that the Televue NP101 & NP127 are listed under a Fluorite heading in the Refractors section. This mis-information regarding the NP range containing a lens element manufactured from Fluorite has been around since the introduction of the NP127 (well that's when I first noticed it)but I am still surprised this appears particularly on Markus Ludes website. Or am I the one mis-informed and the NP101 & NP127 do have Fluorite lens elements. The Televue website doesn't diclose any information to this fact.

Here's the link:

http://www.apm-telescopes.de/hersteller_uebersicht.php?id=Tele%20Vue

And gentlemen, can't we all just get along?

Here's the link:

http://www.cloudynights.com/item.php?item_id=1364

Thanks Ron for the review. I just ordered the book.

I am also a fan of Sue's old column. Her articles were perfect for enjoyable observing sessions with my Pronto. I was happy to see that SkyPub decided to publish the collection.

I have two TeleVue scopes, and I haven't experienced the problem that you describe.

One thing that I have noticed about TeleVue focusers is that some have linear striations along the chrome drawtube. I'm not sure what would cause this, perhaps dust?

I am in the opposite situation. I purchased a $60 item from an Astromarter with multiple 5-star ratings. I sent a PayPal payment in early-May and have yet to receive my item. The Astromarter emailed me twice early on stating that he would send the item. Since then, I have had no response.

Technically, my transaction hasn't been completed, yet I have waited almost two months for my item. I don't know what to do, I have most likely been ripped-off.

Aaron McNeely

Hi Nick,

Thank you for the observing report. I wish that I could have been there!

I remember one night when I was observing in southeast Arizona, I was able to easily see Barnard's Galaxy in my 70mm Pronto.

Thanks again.

Hi Paolo,

I have owned a Pronto for five years, and it has been a wonderful scope.

I have a 35mm Panoptic which provides an immense 5-degree field. It is also the most comfortable eyepiece I have used.

I also use a 13mm Nagler Type 6 and a 7mm Nagler Type 1. The 7mm is an ideal mid-magnification eyepiece (69x). It is very sharp. Planets appear small at this power, but very sharp. This is also a good eyepiece to observe deep sky objects with.

Like Clyde, I also use a 4mm Radian for higher magnification.

Hope this is helpful.

Aaron McNeely

I found some info on the Ethos eyepieces at the Company 7 website:

http://www.company7.com/televue/news.html#28April2007

Check it out:

http://www.cloudynights.com/item.php?item_id=1665

Hi, I was able to see the Ethos at Epoch 2007. Al Nagler spent two days at the star party.

I looked through the eyepiece on Al's NP-127 and through an 18-in Obsession.

During the day, I examined the ringed chart. It was difficult to see the edge of the field and I became somewhat queasy at times. At night, the edge was more apparent, it was like looking through an hyper-Nagler. I really enjoyed the night views. We looked at the Veil Nebula and it appeared to dangle in front of your eye.

In the 25-in Obsession we examined globular cluster M22. "My god it's full of stars!"

Using the Ethos was like looking into a hemisphere of stars that surrounded your eye. The eye relief was comfortable. I also lifted the eyepiece, and it seemed a bit lighter than my 35mm Panoptic.

I enjoyed talking to Al, and he even signed my TV-85.

Epoch 2007 was a nice event. The skies were quite dark, darker than I expected. The site easily trumps Astrofest in Illinois. The Milky Way was a brilliant arch overhead. Most LP was in the north from Chicago. I was also impressed by the efforts that Chris of 20/20 Telescopes put into making this a nice star party. I wish them luck getting it going.