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Posts Made By: Ivan Gastaldo

December 9, 2006 04:15 AM Forum: Beginning Astronomy?

EZ Finder II or Telrad

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo
IMHO, all you'll need will be a Telrad and a good set of charts... 8)
(I don't see why you would need a magnified finder in addition to your Telrad... once you have your Telrad & your scope aligned, you should be able to find pretty much anything without it being magnified, but if you must, you could have them both...)

But of course, this is just my opinion, and YMMV.


Clear skies! 8)

December 9, 2006 04:18 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Congrats Dan Kowall

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo
Congrats Dan! 8)

December 9, 2006 04:25 AM Forum: Insects - Flowers and Other Small Stuff - Photos

Skipper

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo
Great shot Robert! 8)
Beautiful colors & detail!

December 10, 2006 02:38 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Sculptor Galaxy

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo
Beautiful shot my friend! 8)
Keep'em coming!

December 11, 2006 01:40 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

Thinking about a mount....

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo
Paul, when Imaging, there is no such thing as being OVERMOUNTED. Just get the best mount you can get... so that you won't have to think about "upgrades" for a while... 8)

I have not heard much about the Atlas and Astrophotography, but I guess that should be fine...

Other options would be a GM-8, a G-11 or a CGE, for example...

December 11, 2006 05:07 PM Forum: Landscape Photography

Frozen Pendant

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo
Nice shot C! 8)

December 11, 2006 07:26 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

1st light with lots of new toys!!!

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo
SWEET SHOT! 8)
Congratulations on that wonderful equipment Luca... enjoy it! wink

December 12, 2006 02:29 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Please Help!

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo
Erik, if I were you, I would go this route...

http://www.telescope.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=238462&itemType=PRODUCT&iMainCat=4&iSubCat=9&iProductID=238462

The Orion XT6 Dob is much larger than the scopes you have chosen, and the "aperture rules" rule applies here... specially for DSOs

The longer focal length will help with the planets, and also will make collimation easier on you.

This is just considering the price range of the scopes you have chosen previously... (I'll take it you are on a tight budget)

Clear skies! wink

December 12, 2006 07:11 PM Forum: Pictures of Me and My Telescope and........

Night ahead

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo
NICE! 8)

December 12, 2006 09:20 PM Forum: Eyepieces

Celestron 99$ eypiece kit

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo
Hello Tony!

It all depends on what you want to do, but for most part those are good enough eyepieces. If I'm not wrong they were a set of Plossls from Celestron, which are not bad at all.

If you would like to get wide FOV eyepieces, or dedicated planetary eyepieces, then you could upgrade to other models/brands, but if you don't have anything "planned" in particular, then I'd say what you have is pretty decent.


Of course, you could always move into 2" eyepieces, which would be a totally different experience... 8)


Clear skies!

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