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Posts Made By: Bill Friend

July 2, 2004 05:02 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Portable Planetary setup

Posted By Bill Friend
Hi Folks,

I'm solely interested in lunar/planetary observing. I have an excellent C8 Dlx that provides rewarding views under steady skies; which is quite infrequent where I live. The problem is the C8 requires a couple of trips up and down the stairs to setup. I'd like to find something that I can carry out in 1 trip, and is optimized for planetary viewing/tracking. I've come up with the following options and am asking for comments/suggestions/alternatives:

Nexstar 5i
Meade ETX125
C5+ mount(Celestar) with either of the following:
Intes Micro M500
New Intes Micro 6" f/15
Celestron 5" Mak


Thanks in advance,
Bill

July 28, 2005 04:11 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Re: Mars - July 27th

Posted By Bill Friend
great images!

thanks for sharing, Bill

October 11, 2005 04:28 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Orion StarShoot Deep Space CCD?

Posted By Bill Friend
Hi Folks,

Looking for opinions based on the published specs; would this be a good "starter" camera? ( I have a C8 Dlx).

Thanks,
Bill

April 20, 2007 04:03 PM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

Is this a Coopers or a Sharpshen?

Posted By Bill Friend
The photo was taken from about 75' feet away with Canon S2 at 15x.

Thanks,
Bill

October 22, 2007 05:24 PM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

Need help identifying this hawk

Posted By Bill Friend
Hi Folks,

These pics were shot yesterday in Gray, ME on a golf course (and no, he's not my caddy!). Does anyone have an idea of what it is?

Thanks,
Bill

March 16, 2009 02:03 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Long f-ratio newts/dobs

Posted By Bill Friend
Hi Folks,

Does anyone know of a manufacturer who offers quality long f/ratio newtonian OTA's or dobs? I'm looking for something in the 6-8", f/8-10 range?

Thanks in advance,
Bill

October 30, 2009 04:06 PM Forum: Astro Binoculars

Garrett Optical 100mm binos

Posted By Bill Friend
Hi Folks,

Does anyone own a pair or have tried them out?

http://www.garrettoptical.com/Garrett-100mm-Binocular-Telescope-p/gt100-45.htm

October 28, 2002 05:58 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Tele Vue Day at Highpoint Scientific

Posted By Bill Friend
Dave,

TV-102i?

Is this a new variation of the OTA?

November 26, 2002 06:00 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

SCT or Refractor?

Posted By Bill Friend
Michael,

Its tough to beat a quality, used SCT on a fork mount. Depending on the model and condition, you can get a very useful instrument between 600 and $1200. They're easy to setup, comfortable viewing position and scale nicely as observing interests grow (both recreational and scientific). If you can, try to attend a star party and look thru some. And the most important point here, make sure the optics are collimated (ask the owner!). Collimation is crucial to an SCT, and is very easy to do.

January 21, 2003 05:51 PM Forum: TeleVue

Pronto for moon & Planetary?

Posted By Bill Friend
Hi David,

Here's a link to a recent review (and planetary pics) of a Ranger on CloudyNights. I had one several years ago, and I think these pics fairly represent what you can expect to see.

http://www.cloudynights.com/reviews3/ranger.htm

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