tuckstar Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 I can think off a couple of people on here who I could see with one of these!! Bottletopburly, Tweedledee, +Bino-viewer and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottletopburly Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Now thats a beast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bino-viewer Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 I think Pete's building one isn't he.......?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Not practical in this country. Takes two hours to put together, look up at the sky, completely cloudy, two hours to put away Pointless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 1 hour ago, Doc said: Not practical in this country. Takes two hours to put together, look up at the sky, completely cloudy, two hours to put away Pointless. If it did stay clear, you'd need a massive light shroud in the UK which would turn it into massive sail. You could do yourself an injury messing around with that in the dark. At least the eyepiece is low down and easy to look through. 3 hours ago, Bino-viewer said: I think Pete's building one isn't he.......?? I think my primary mirror is smaller than his secondary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newtyng5 Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 Don't let SevenLegs Tony see this, he will want one. It also amazes me that any astronomy related stuff on the news is put in the 'funny last few minutes' for comedic value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 I'd still like to have a look! That mirror has to be a really good one if it was going to be flirted into orbit, I wonder how much it cost him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Meanwhile I'll just carry on snapping meteors! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 If you used your average 25mm Plossl eyepiece in this scope, it would give nearly 900x magnification and a minute FOV of about 4 arcminutes. It must be extremely difficult to use and you'd have to think carefully about which targets to even bother trying for. You'd be absolutely lost in such a tiny part of the double cluster, Pleiades or the Orion Nebula. Even just the Trapezium in the nebula would struggle to fit in the FOV. BAZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+seven_legs Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 I’ve just order the larger version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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