- Apertura AD12 review - User Reviews - Cloudy Nights
Apertura AD12 review By John Kramer Click DISCLAIMER: OpticsMart announced themselves as a new astronomical telescope and accessory vendor through contacting me via email, as they heard of my radio show on BlogTalkRadio I offered them the opportunity to give them an unbiased review of their Aper
- Review of the Apertura AD10 10 Dobsonian - Cloudy Nights
Review of the Apertura AD10 10” Dobsonian By Jamie Proffitt Figure 1 I ordered the AD10 on Tuesday and it was delivered via FedEx two days later on Thursday, in two boxes: the OTA and accessories in one and the base and its components in the second The OTA box was heavy and huge and the box con
- New Imaging Newtonian - Apertura Carbon Star 150 - Cloudy Nights
Page 52 of 76 - New Imaging Newtonian - Apertura Carbon Star 150 - posted in Beginning Deep Sky Imaging: I went to see highpoint scientific, there are a few of used telescope available now
- GSO 30mm 20mm Super-Views - Eyepieces (14mm - 55mm) - Cloudy Nights
GSO 30 GSO 30mm Superview Since I recently bought a 14" Dob, it had become obvious that I started a quest to search for a good wide-field eyepiece around 30mm From my former telescope (Nexstar 8) I had already inherited a GSO 20mm Super-View (67-deg FOV) and I will also review that eyepiece in t
- Help me choose 8 Grab and Go Dob! (Skyline, XT8, Skywatcher, Apertura)
Page 1 of 2 - Help me choose 8'' Grab and Go Dob! (Skyline, XT8, Skywatcher, Apertura) - posted in Reflectors: I am looking for a good quality 8 Dobsonian to serve as my grab and go scope to complement my 12 and 18 Dobs I will be using this scope mainly for quick viewing sessions as in picking it up and carrying outside and leaving it to cool for a half hour before viewing I will also use it
- A quick question about magnification and fov - Cloudy Nights
A quick question about magnification and fov - posted in Eyepieces: So I recently have decided to likely be purchasing the astro tech uwa 7mm eyepiece for some higher power views My apertura ad8 came with a 9mm eyepiece giving views at 133x, but the eye relief is short and the field of view is tight Heres my question, looking in atronomy tools to calculate the views in the 7mm uwa eyepiece
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In the last two articles I talked about getting back into astrophotography, easing into widefield imaging Well, as usual, GAS TAS (gear acquisition syndrome target acquisition syndrome) has taken over I wanted to shoot one of my favorite targets, The Coathanger but it’s pretty faint and pretty small, so I would need a 300mm lens to nicely frame Brocchi’s Cluster
- Premium finderscope - Equipment (No astrophotography) - Cloudy Nights
Premium finderscope - posted in Equipment (No astrophotography): Is there any role for a premium finderscope? My current setup is a 10 inch solid Dob for visual only I have 20 20 vision with contacts, which I always wear I have a red dot finder which I use to get in the general location before switching to a 8x50 RACI finderscope I do most of my observing at my house (NELM 3 - 4 5 depending
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