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Posts Made By: Joe Herzing

September 28, 2003 03:23 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

Rigel aline tool

Posted By Joe Herzing
The Aline does replace the cheshire. It requires your primary to have an accurate center spot. Basically it allows you to see the center spot of your primary mirror directly at the focuser (because of the reflective tape that is on the bottom of the aline) and when the center spot is centered in your focuser your collimated. I haven't compared it to a cheshire, but after using the aline, I put a laser on it and it was dead on.

October 3, 2003 03:01 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

Re: Newtonian Astigmatism

Posted By Joe Herzing
Thanks for the input! Can you tell me what defect in the mirror actually would cause astigmatism?
Thanks
Joe

December 2, 2003 02:50 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Telepod head unscrews when I rotate it!

Posted By Joe Herzing
Paul,
On the tele-pod that I have there is a "Delrin" (plastic) cover on top of the metal plate that sits on the azimuth arm (hope you understand this). That plastic cover threads off and underneath it are three allen head screws that you need to tighten so that it won't unthread on you. As far as the tension knob, I would call televue and get a new one. BTW Tele-vue is very helpful even if you have not bought the head new. (another thing: I think there was an earlier version of this head so it may not be as I described).
Thanks
Joe

March 2, 2004 09:02 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Tried the new little Coronado H-alpha scope?

Posted By Joe Herzing
Nick Ilka from Coronada was there and he was saying that all these scopes have a "sweet spot" a spot where the detail is most clear. On this particular one the sweet spot was when the sun was 1/2 way out of the field of view---lots of detail. Whereas on the other side of the field view almost no detail. Nick also said that there is no way the one that was being displayed would be the way that one would leave the factory. He said it had been around the country and beat up quite a bit. On this scope the first time I walked up to it I didn't hardly see any detail because with the sun centered there wasn't very much. But playing around with it I found a spot where there was very nice detail. I think Coronado is quite good on quality control so in the real world I don't think this is going to be a problem. I ordered one back in December and still am purchasing it after what I saw.
Joe

February 5, 2006 04:06 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

Attaching 80ED to Gibraltar?

Posted By Joe Herzing
Hi David, Three options come to mind
1. Ken's rings makes a quick release attachment but kinda spendy over $100. But it sure looks nice http://www.kendauzat.net/other.htm follow the link about 1/2 way down the page.
2. There is a nice astro-physics machined aluminum bar which will line up with your gibraltar holes (you would then use the screws and caps that come with the gibralatar mount) and allow you to attach the parralax rings at the end
http://www.buytelescopes.com/product.asp?t=&pid=6013&m=
3. Go to your hardware store by a piece of steel between 4 and 7 inches long drill holes out for the gibraltar and rings if you need to. Use 1/4 bolts glue or weld them in place and use gibraltar caps that came with the mount.
I would tend to not just attach the rings right into the gibraltar holes but you can if it works.
Any questions's let me know, I can upload a picture of what I did for #3.
Joe


May 10, 2006 11:04 PM Forum: TeleVue

Encoders from Gibralter fit Telepod/

Posted By Joe Herzing
Hi Scott,
The new style Gibraltar is basically a telepod head mounted on a Gibraltar tripod. So yes they fit. Now if you have an old style Gibraltar then no they do not fit. The old style Gibraltar mounted the azimuth encoder underneath the head between the tripod legs. The new style mounts the azimuth encoder on top of the head. Another tip to the old style Gibraltar is that they used a "delrin" friction fit for the azimuth motion of the head. The new style has the azimuth motion self contained (like a telepod).
Joe

July 20, 2006 09:25 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

CELESTRON'S New *SKYSCOUT

Posted By Joe Herzing
I called a couple of vendors this past week and they said they were looking at August delivery.
Joe

October 29, 2006 05:32 PM Forum: After Dark

Swan - Sat - DFW

Posted By Joe Herzing
I agree there was a significant change in brightness between Friday night and Saturday night. It will be interesting to see what tonight brings.
joe

January 10, 2007 02:43 PM Forum: AstroMart FAQ

How would other Astromarters view this

Posted By Joe Herzing
Hans,
I shipped an FS-128 where the collimation screws came out in transit. So it does happen.
Joe

September 18, 2007 10:35 PM Forum: AstroMart FAQ

how do I know if someone is contacting me?

Posted By Joe Herzing
Hi Amy,
Responses to your ads go to the e-mail you have listed when you sign up for Astromart. If you go to Account Menu on the left hand side when you are in Astromart you will see the "account menu" click on "account settings" and that will show you what e-mail account you signed up with. When people reply that is where the answers go. On the left there is also a "message inbox" that people can send a private message to. If you click on that you can see if you have any messages there.
good luck
joe

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