Telescope Reviews, Page 2. Updated 62. 80. Click on a Telescope Below. Night Sky Scopes 1. Dob Mechanical structure only2 Starmaster 1. ELT Shorty3 Tele. Orion Astro 2.0 Serial' title='Orion Astro 2.0 Serial' />Vue 7. Orion Starblast 52. Dob structure, 1. Note As of 2. 00. Night Sky Scopes is no longer in business. A few years ago, Jim Nadeau was an enthusiastic amateur just like you and. Like many observers with woodworking skills, he made modifications to. Meade Starfinder. Soon he. One thing led to another. PHD Guiding PHD Guiding is designed to be Push Here Dummy simple, yet provide powerful, intelligent autoguiding of your telescope for both PCs and Macs. Wasted money on unreliable and slow multihosters LinkSnappy is the only multihost that works. Download from ALL Filehosts as a premium user at incredibly fast speeds Regardless of where you live, you have a neighbor working on something in their driveway or garage. I used to have a neighbor that used his 100foot long driveway as. Night Sky Scopes 16 Dob Structure 52002, 52502, 62806 16 f4. Dob structure, 1750 shipping, many configurations available Note As of 2008, Night. Media Buzz. Sky Telescope Magazine January 2009 The StarShoot AutoGuider from Orion Telescopes Binoculars is so affordable that now even casual. Night Sky Telescopes sells Dob. You tell Jim what. The 1. 6 Night Sky Structure. According to Nadeau, the sample I received represents the best seller in the Night. Sky stable a 1. Meade. Starfinder. As it turned out, there were two of these mirrors available in our club. Tubby, the 1. 6 Dob reviewed earlier, and a solitary mirror from another. Starfinder Dob that met an unfortunate end in someones basement that got. The Wizard of Oz is scary, when the Wicked Witch. West melts into the ground, imagine seeing little bloated pieces of Sonotube. Why would anyone want to go through the trouble of buying a mirror and structure. A complete 1. 6 scope like the one pictured can be had for 2. This is hundreds to thousands less than comparable high zoot competitive. Dobs. If you want, Night Sky will supply Meade, Pegasus, or Swayze optics for you. If the price already sounds reasonable, consider the fact that the Telrad, shroud. Many other premium Dob manufacturers. Several upgrades are available. Id had a long, stressful day at work. Arriving home, I got a nice surprise. Four massive cartons were blocking the garage door. The Night Sky structure. The quality of the packing was superb and it took me a while to. I began the minor assembly thats required. The. side bearings need to be attached, as does the secondary assembly. All in all. it took me about two hours to get everything unpacked, put together, and collimated. If you need help, Jim supplies a short video showing how everything goes together. Not knowing what to expect, I was concerned that the mechanical structure would. A lot of people bring me their half finished. Any such thoughts about this Night Sky. I opened up the cartons. The stuff. looks really nice Almost everyone who came by commented on how professional. Nadeau has taken mechanical and styling cues from varying sources, but the. Starmaster units. Like the Starmasters, its. The scope weighs in at about 1. Meade mirror. For reference, this is a little more than Obsessions. Much of the weight, however, comes from the mirror cell. Nice mirror cell. Jim is justifiably proud of that cell. The solid welded ladder type structure. This type of cell, while heavier, tends to hold collimation more. The four truss poles are welded into a. A frame, and have captive hardware. Again, the woodworking is of a. I expected the surfaces are very smooth and the varnish. I can practically see my reflection in it sadly, the photos here. Once I got the scope outside, I got another pleasant surprise. The motions. are velvety smooth, right up there with the best of them. Tracking is a. pleasure up to about 1. X 2. 00. X, and once, while looking at the Eskimo at. X, I found myself still tracking well by hand, with no backlash. The motions are just a little stiffer than the Obsession. Starmaster bearings, which is either a slight plus or a slight minus. Im trying to keep my comments confined to the mechanical structure, but the. Meade Starfinder mirror seems to reach its potential with the improved mechanics. The Night Sky structure sets the Meade mirror free, said one observer. Complaints were all minor. Two of the four nylon washers between the rocker. Also, I prefer the eyepiece angled upwards about twenty degrees. This is a matter of personal preference. Obsession places the eyepiece in the same location, as does Starmaster. The smaller Starmasters angle the eyepiece upwards. Those of you who know me well know that Ive had a personal moratorium against. It is ridiculous of me to. I was slowly going broke anyway buying up all the. Nevertheless, the combination of the. Night Sky structures high quality, its professional grade finish, and its very. I bought the review sample. Update, 52. 50. Jim at Night Sky Scopes reports that new models are about. I received. Also, he will drill the upper truss. Finally, new units will have a clear sticker on the upper truss showing model. Dobsonian reflector, 2. Those of you who know me well know that Ive had a personal moratorium against. Nevertheless, my. Shorty Starmasters. I first saw the prototype at the 2. Black Forest Star Party in PA. While I was there chatting with Rick Singmaster. This was a good sign. The Shorty, at Black Forest in 2. The Shorty is similar to the 1. ELT, but is about a foot shorter, and. This may not sound like much of a difference, but late. Also, the decreased height means that most observers can remain. Sitting. down reduces both the physical and mental strain while observing, and you. The Shortys low eyepiece height also. The Zambuto optics are stunning as usual. Even with the increased secondary. ELT, I noticed no difference in planetary image. Jupiter and Saturn looked razor sharp and highly detailed, given the. A shadow transit on Jupiter was pinpoint sharp one evening. On the other hand, if you like to do wide field, low power observing, youre. A nice stunt to do is to find a. Nagler, screw in a narrowband filter, and look at. North America Nebula. The wide field, sharp optics, and decent light. The same combination also. Veil. The Double Cluster was a big crowd pleaser at a. The scope is designed to be used with a Paracorr not included. The scope. Even with the Paracorr in place. Free Download Bain Graphics Wizard Programs For Kids here. This might cause a problem if you like. One owner suggests rigging a velcro and. On the other hand, the scope balances just fine if you use a binoviewer the. ELT ends to become front heavy with a binoviewer in place. Oak Classic, and its spiritual successor Note the eyepiece heights are nearly identical. There are a few options. I like the secondary heater. Its only 4. 5, and keeps. You can also select a. Feathertouch focuser, or digital setting circles. Delivery varies. but as of this writing you can get one within a few months. If you have always wanted one of the late, lamented Starmaster 7 f5. Oak. Classics, but have been unable to locate one or have been unwilling to pay the. I think these Shorties may be their spiritual. The eyepiece height is about the same, and they seem to share the. One owner even refers to his scope as if. Hey guys if its clear out tonight, let get Shorty and. In fact, at least three local club members have gone ahead and. ELTs. Thats a pretty strong. If you think you want one, Id act now while theyre still available. Who knows what theyll be worth down the road Very highly recommended. Update, 52. 50. According to Starmaster, new units will be f4. The extra. few inches will alleviate the balance issue described above, but will still preserve. Shorty character of the scope. Plossl, case, 1. OTA and case only also available, about 1. Stuff in our hobby is getting better and worse at the same time. I was talking to a fellow astro buddy on the phone about equipment recently. Hmmm, I said. How do you mean. The Tele. Vue 7. 6, unveiled at Stellafane 2. Al Nagler w hat. The really good stuff keeps getting better and more expensive. Look at the equipment. Astro Physics and Starmaster, for example. Every time you turn around the price. On the other hand, you have a bunch of guys who seem to be in. Chinese stuff. Have. Orion catalog lately. I confessed I had. The telescopes in the latest printing were so cheap I was tempted. Actually, he may. Telescopes coming from China are. OK these days, and some of them are a even little more. But I can see his point. Tele. Vue is one of the companies trying to make stuff better. Tele. 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