- 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
- Apertura AD10 Mini Review - Reflectors - Cloudy Nights
Apertura AD10 Mini Review - posted in Reflectors: Since a fellow CN member nicely asked me to do mini review (won’t exactly say who, but “Joe” is part of his username ), I decided to sit down to do this long overdue review of the 10” Apertura AD10 Dobsonian from Opticsmart I was already an owner of the ETX 125, that was sadly not being used for many years due to not being able to
- GSO 6” f 4 Newton - Articles - Cloudy Nights
GSO 6” f 4 Newton by Gianluca Rossi I decided to buy a second hand Newton as I needed a scope bigger than my 90 mm Apo refractor Most of the time I follow variable stars and record star spectra from my small balcony at home so a bigger telescope would enable me to detect and study fainter target
- Astro-Tech Ritchey Chretien 8 - Cloudy Nights
I was one of the first people to receive a new Astrotech 8” Ritchey Chrétien telescope at NEAF 2009 After doing months of research (on a scope that hadn’t even been released yet) I found there to be mixed opinions Many people on the CN Forums were skeptical that a quality, Ritchey Chrétien coul
- 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
- Replacing a Damaged Dobsonian Mount - Articles - Cloudy Nights
Summary Considering the choices available for replacing my damaged Sky Watcher Dobsonian mount, I found the same size Apertura mount the easiest and most cost effective solution In addition to the ease of modifying the Apertura mount, the superior construction and improved azimuth bearings noticeably improved overall satisfaction with this
- Wide-field scope options: AT102ED vs. 6 f 5 Newtonian (w optional . . .
In the meantime, I came across some fast higher-aperture Newtonians (e g Apertura GSO 6" f 5) which are wide-field capable at significantly lower cost ($199 vs $599)
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