[Chaos-l] Refractors

[Jayme Hanzak]

Is it a short tube? That is the one that I have. It is actually a spotting scope, but gives great wide field views. Stewart Dunaway has one as well. At least I think he does or at least he had one. I've brought mine to several of the observing session because it is easy to set up and the view is stunning to the casual observer. I really enjoy mine. 

Robert, the wide field view of the flame and horse on the eclipse site I gave everyone was taken through the Celestron 102. I used my DSLR to take the image. You'll notice the brighter stars have halos. Alex Armstrong and Stewart have recommended a Televue focal reducer that flattens out the star field and I think helps with he halos. I'm not sure which one however.

Jayme
 
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Hrivnak" <mhrivnak at hrivnak.org>
To: chaos-l at rtpnet.org
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 5:47:35 PM (GMT-0500) America/New_York
Subject: Re: [Chaos-l] Refractors

Seriously?  I can't remember if I've mentioned it yet, but I just bought a 
Celestron Omni 102 a month or two ago.  It was only a couple of months old 
and had only been used once or twice.  Absolutely pristine condition, and my 
limited experience with it so far has yielded great success.  Very clear 
images, nearly perfect star test, good contrast, etc.

Is that the same one you're planning to get?  If you want to audition one 
first, we should take mine out, or I'd even be happy to loan it to you if our 
schedules don't match.

I bought it mostly to do some lunar and planetary observing from my back 
porch, which is heavily light polluted.

Michael

On Tuesday 26 February 2008 01:04:47 pm Mark South wrote:
> Actually, I am getting a refractor for my birthday.  102mm celestron like
> Jayme and John M. So not only am I a rebel but a copy cat with those who
> have much more experience than me. mark
>
> Mark South
> http://web.mac.com/md_south
>
> On Tuesday, February 26, 2008, at 12:48PM, <mdlemon at lemons-bend.com> wrote:
> >Quoting Mark South <md_south at mac.com>:
> >> Ha ha ha ha.
> >> that's true, I've sorta a James Dean of Astronomy.  :)
> >
> >Well, if you want to solidify your reputation, you need to go back to
> >using a refractor. :)
> >
> >Big dobs are so mainstream. lol
> >
> >MDL
> >
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