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Posts Made By: Michael Aaron McNeely

January 1, 2006 08:18 PM Forum: TeleVue

CloudyNights Refractor Contest **Updated**

Posted By Michael Aaron McNeely
The results, as of 1/3:

Orion, 7
Stellarvue, 5
Borg, 5
TeleVue, 4
Celestron, 3
Meade, 3
Tak, 3
Vixen, 3
Antares, 2
TMB, 2
WO, 2
AP, 1
D&G, 1
GPU, 1
Konus, 1
Skylux, 1
TEC, 1
TravelStar, 1

Count: 46 separate refractors reviewed


January 2, 2006 04:13 AM Forum: TeleVue

TeleVue 8-24mm Zoom Review

Posted By Michael Aaron McNeely
From Luxorion:

http://www.astrosurf.org/lombry/reports-tvzoom.htm

A nice article from a French website.

January 29, 2006 03:38 PM Forum: TeleVue

NP-127 Article

Posted By Michael Aaron McNeely
There is a new NP-127 article on Cloudy Nights:

http://www.cloudynights.com/item.php?item_id=1356


January 31, 2006 02:42 PM Forum: TeleVue

Tele-Pod Mount Upgrade

Posted By Michael Aaron McNeely
Hi. I use a Tele-Pod with my TV76. The mount works well, yet I am interested in obtaining a more substantial tripod. I realize that many upgrade to a Bogen tripod.

I would like any replies as to which tripod would be a good upgrade.

I also have an Orion SkyView pro tubular steel tripod. Has anyone ever attached a Tele-Pod head to this type of tripod? This would make one stable combo.

Thanks.

February 16, 2006 03:50 PM Forum: TeleVue

Guru Al's New Eyepiece Article

Posted By Michael Aaron McNeely
Sky and Telescope has posted a new(?) article by Al Nagler:

http://skyandtelescope.com/printable/howto/visualobserving/article_1673.asp

TeleVue also has a link on their website.

Comments: Al contends that a 7mm exit pupil is optimal, and that a telescope's highest power conforms to 50x per inch of aperture.



February 27, 2006 07:20 PM Forum: TeleVue

Al in the Midwest

Posted By Michael Aaron McNeely
Al is going to be a speaker at the June Apollo Rendezvous in Dayton, Ohio:

http://www.mvas.org/AR.html

It's nice to see Al come to my neck of the woods. Tom Trusock of CloudyNights is also going to speak.

I often wondered why Al never attended Astrofest in Illinois?


March 3, 2006 05:53 PM Forum: TeleVue

Company 7, TV76 Page

Posted By Michael Aaron McNeely
Company 7 has updated their TV76 page to include photos and a description of the new focuser:

http://www.company7.com/televue/telescopes/tv76.html

Enjoy.


March 24, 2006 02:56 AM Forum: TeleVue

The Moon in a TV-76

Posted By Michael Aaron McNeely
I found this site that features photos of the moon taken through a TV-76 and Meade LX-90. Joe Carr is the photographer. It is interesting to compare the performance of the two scopes.

http://joecarr.ca/astro/astrophoto-moon.htm

Check it out.

April 8, 2006 08:06 PM Forum: TeleVue

TeleVue Eyepiece Reviews

Posted By Michael Aaron McNeely
CloudyNights: 20 mm Nagler

http://www.cloudynights.com/item.php?item_id=1431

Astromart: 8 mm Plossl

http://www.astromart.com/articles/article.asp?article_id=399

Happy spring.

April 16, 2006 02:12 AM Forum: TeleVue

TV Scope Reviews

Posted By Michael Aaron McNeely
I came across a site that I hadn't seen before. It is Greg Babcock's Astronomy Website, and he reviews the TV-85, 76, and Pronto. Here is the link for the TV-76, and the other links are at the bottom of the page:

http://www.synrgistic.com/telescopes/76mm.htm

Happy Easter.

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