- 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
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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
- 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
- AD8 GSO primary collimation hardware question - Cloudy Nights
AD8 GSO primary collimation hardware question - posted in Beginners Forum (No Astrophotography): I have an issue with my brand-new Apertura AD8 (GSO) Last week was first light, with a local astronomy club A friendly club astronomer offered to demonstrate how to collimate my new scope He was not familiar with the hardware on this specific model, and there were a few mishaps He ended up
- 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
- 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
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