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Posts Made By: Linton Rohr

November 1, 2005 12:28 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

Aperture Fever

Posted By Linton Rohr
George,
I had only had a 12.5" truss Dob for a few months when I started looking at 18" Obsessions, which I had already been wanting anyway. After soliciting the advice of the "forum panel", I ended up getting a 14.5" Starmaster, which I have been very happy with. Of course, the 12.5" hasn't been getting much action, which is a shame.
If you'd like to tap in to some of the excellent advice I got, it's still there:
https://www.astromart.com/forums/viewpost.asp?forum_post_id=311725&poll_id=&news_id=&page=8
Have fun, whatever you end up with.
Linton grin

November 30, 2005 02:21 AM Forum: Telescope Making

Bosch or Dewalt??

Posted By Linton Rohr
Bill,
I own about 15 routers and most of them are Porter-Cable, but I do have one older Bosch and it is pretty good too. I did buy a combo fixed/plunge set once, and regreted it. I don't like converting back and forth. If you sometimes need a plunger, just buy a plunge router.
I'm not a big Dewalt fan, but they do make a couple nice plunge routers. Dewalt does have a good engineering dept.
Linton

December 1, 2005 07:59 AM Forum: Eyepieces

Eyepiece selection help!

Posted By Linton Rohr
Todd,
The 27 Pan is a very nice EP, and might suit your current needs. I had one, and loved it, but sold it after buying a 20 T5 Nagler. The FOV was just about the same. That left me a spot to insert the 26 T5 Nagler, which is fantastic. In general, the Naglers are considerably sharper than Panoptics in a faster reflector.
I should mention that I've never owned the 35 Pan, but rather, have a 41 instead. It is just a matter of time before that gets replaced with the 31 Nagler. wink
Linton

December 1, 2005 08:08 AM Forum: Eyepieces

Contrast filters, quick test

Posted By Linton Rohr
Hi Floyd,
Thanks for the report.
I like my Baader CB filter better on some nights, but the TV type A looks better on others. I've never tried the type B, but I understand it is darker.
The type A is more orange than the Baader, but I do not find it to be too unnatural. It does knock down the brightness a bit, but with Mars big and bright, that seems to be an asset, to my eyes. YMMV.
Perhaps we can compare the A and B soon. I'm hoping Sat. night is clear. Balinger?
Linton

December 7, 2005 05:44 AM Forum: Eyepieces

Which to choose?!?!?!?!?!?!

Posted By Linton Rohr
Hi Jay,
I used to have a 27 Pan, and it was superb in my f/10 SCT, but then I got a 20 Nagler, which had about the same FOV.
I'll have to cast my vote for the 26 Nagler, which I just love in my f/4.3 Starmaster. grin
Linton

December 8, 2005 01:36 AM Forum: Eyepieces

Which to choose?!?!?!?!?!?!

Posted By Linton Rohr
Hi Randy,
I'll have to try my 26 on the Horsehead the next time I am able to see it. I have only had the pleasure once, and I was using my 20mm T5. It was a rather pleasing view, with an appropriate FOV, I thought.
I'm still using my 41 Pan, too. (Though I like the Veil better in the 26 T5 - tight FOV, but better detail.) It renders a huge exit pupil indeed, 9.5mm by my calculation! (Isn't your 16" SM a f/4.3?) But I bought it for my f/10 SCT, in my pre-Starmaster era. Eventually I'll swap it out for a 31 T5, but in the meantime the large FOV is quite useful for certain objects, like you said.
Linton

December 9, 2005 06:20 AM Forum: Eyepieces

Nagler 4.8 deal

Posted By Linton Rohr
David,
That sounds like a pretty good deal to me.
Aside from seconding Randy's comments, I'll add this:
The 4.8 was one of my first Naglers, but I have moved on to T6's, in that focal range. They are more comfortable to use, and are more refined, in terms of coatings, etc. Still, that's a lot of bang for the buck. You can always trade up later, like I did.
Linton grin

December 23, 2005 09:51 PM Forum: Eyepieces

Nagler 3-6 zoom vs Meade 4000 6.7 uwa

Posted By Linton Rohr
Dave,
I have a 2-4 Nagler zoom for use on my TV-60 and like it a lot.
But if you love the 6.7 UWA that much, you should keep it too!
At least until your ready for a 7mm T6. wink
Linton

December 30, 2005 05:35 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Anyone Image at Mauna Kea?

Posted By Linton Rohr
Sorry Jeff, I can't help you with imaging (though I'm sure more than one Astromartster will).
But I thought I'd mention that my trek to the Mauna Kea visitor's center in 2002 was
a big part of what inspired me to finally get a scope of my own.
I'm sure glad I did! grin
Linton

January 5, 2006 06:00 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

I got $500.00 and NEED to get something

Posted By Linton Rohr
Robert,
"a good but not great set of EP's"
I always managed to get rid of excess (and future) $100's by investing in eyepieces.
Really though, I'm a firm believer that great EP's are worth their weight in gold. (well, silver maybe...)
Hard to say, without seeing your collection, but if you can work a really nice EP or two
into your collection, at appropriate focal lengths, it will pay off huge dividends.
And you can use them forever, even as you upgrade scopes.
Just my $200 worth...
Linton wink

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