[Lvas] Questions and other?

[roger ivester]

Fred,

 

You did tell me that you had the complete set of Q70 eyepieces from Orion...correct? 

Is the field flat...what about the stars at the edge? An f/4.5 telescope will really tax any wide field eyepiece. 


At a dark site all nine galaxies of the Virgo cluster should be easily framed and seen with your 16-inch Lightbridge. Most should be fairly bright...

 

I would like to observe this cluster with your 16-inch...sketching again and compare the difference versus my 10-inch.

 

When I used to look at those big robust Cave reflectors during the 60's and early 70's I thought that a 10-inch scope was the "biggest" scope an amateur could ever have. 

 

 

John, what kind of 10-inch Maksutov do you have, brand, etc?  Maksutov-Cassegrain? I presume it is equatorially mounted? What was the Tele-vue eyepiece that you was using?


 

Roger

 

 
 
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