Posts Made By: Joseph Rothchild

2Sky is terrific. It is the first Palm program that I have used that functions well as a star chart. It has the full NGC catalogue and is very easy to use at the telescope.

I have been using the Bogen 410 geared head for a Stellarvue AT1010 (80 mm)refractor and the heavier Bogen 405 for a Televue Genesis (100 mm). The arrangement is not perfect, but quite satisfactory for both scopes. I appreciate not having to worry about constantly rebalancing the scope. The slow motion controls work well at higher power.

The main negative is having to reach up to the geared controls (which are behind the tripod for a refractor). The Genesis is also somewhat harder to move in altitude when near zenith.

I have looked a number of times at the Universal Astronomics Mounts (at NEAF) and still prefer my current arrangement.

Joseph