Posts Made By: Ivan Gastaldo

Here you go Alex... HAVE FUN! 8)
By the way, remember that the OS and the running processes NEED memory in order to run, and you'll never have the FULL amount of memory available, no matter what you do... ("Safe Mode" STILL loads the OS and some processes)

http://www.tasklist.org/

http://www.processlibrary.com/

A trade JUST for the Coatings? No, IMHO not worth the hassle... (a difference there is, but it is NOT a DRAMATIC one, and some people can't even tell visually...)

Now, if you are UPGRADING the scope to a larger one, then sure, why not...? 8)

Nice MODS Jack, congrats!
Get back to us with a First Light Report! 8)

Great link, thanks Aaron! 8)

Welcome aboard Joe, and forgive me for not answering any sooner,. but the whole MOTHER'S DAY thing threw my schedule off...

I see you are using a 9.25 SCT, and that's a fine scope indeed..., and a CGE mount would be an awesome combination.

I currently own a meade 10" SCT, so yes, I'm NOT using exactly your scope, but I'm close enough to be able to pitch in my .02 cents... 8)

For "low power sweeps", since our scopes have a "by design" narrow field of view, I use a UO MK-70 40mm eyepiece, which is NOT as good as a Panoptic, but it is GOOD enough in our SLOW scopes, and the low power allows us to grab as much of the Sky as we can...

For mid-high magnification I use a Meade 4000 14mm UWA eyepiece, which with its wide FOV complements very well our scopes. (I really love this eyepiece)

For High magnification I use a Nagler 9mm, which has a very wide FOV also...

For REALLY High magnification and Planetary work I have the whole set of UO Orthos, which range from 25mm to 5mm. They are probably the BEST "Bang for the Buck" since they are very simple, clean, inexpensive and provide awesome views of the planets (even though I must point out that they have a smaller FOV, by design, so a tracking mount is something very nice to have while using them)


Hope this helps a lil' bit... 8)


Clear skies!

I can see this "airy disk" through my ED80 too, and it is normal...
Itz, take a deep breath my friend, and enjoy your scope! 8)


Clear skies!

FLOYD!
Let me look around, I should have the number for SCOPEAHOLICS ANONYMOUS... 8)


Nice grab! ENJOY IT!

It most certainly looks like a Vixen GPDX tripod Stephen... but I was not aware that there could be 2 different tripods with it...
I did find a couple of sites that mention a HAL130, but the specs seem (as far as leg length goes) to be the same as the HAL110...

WONDERFUL!
Sweet shots Tyler! 8)
Looks like that scope is a winner for sure! (and glad you are the one using it... )

Beautiful shot Tyler! 8)