[LVAS] 100 mm Table Top Reflector

[roger ivester]

Elena,

 

I am forever checking the windows in Thrift Stores, looking for scopes. I was talking with Don Olive a few minutes ago. He told me that a while back one of his fellow professors at GWU found an orange tube Celestron C-8 at the local thrift store. It was the OTA with the wedge assembly, motor worked great, as well as the slow motion controls. It was lacking an EP and the tripod. Don gave him an EP or two and I think that he bought a tripod. Get this...he bought it for $18 dollars. 

 

Back to your 100 mm in the window. I like to use small scopes. 

 

Most of the time I take my standard X eyepiece out of my finder, drop in a 20 mm UO Erfle and it makes a great 50 mm wide field refractor, with a 90 degree correct image diagonal. This finder is on my 10-inch. Sometimes it is surprising what can be seen. M-81 and M-82 are almost in the center of it. I am also pleased with the quality of the star images.

 

Roger

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
    The moon and stars to govern the night.....   Psalm 136:9



 


Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 11:55:05 -0800
From: elenadlp at gmail.com
To: lvas at lvlug.org
Subject: Re: [LVAS] 100 mm Table Top Reflector

There was an Orion 100 mm on a tripod in the window of the nearby Salvation Army Thrift Store. I think I'm going to go in there and check it out. **Elena


On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 10:56 AM, roger ivester <drivester at hotmail.com> wrote:


All,
 
A few of us were planning a bicycle ride this afternoon at 2:00. I just received a call from Mike Ribadeneyra...he was on call last night and worked regular hours today. I am very sure that he is "tarred" but that is to my advantage, as today will be high intensity interval training. 
 
Anyhow...Mike called and said that he had just received a new Orion 100 mm table top reflector for himself and his two daughters. After the ride and tonight he was wanting to know if I would check it out and show him how to find a few things. He lives about a mile from me and has a pretty good site. 
 
I have been using "Vulcan" logic in trying to decide what scope to get Zoe. I have been concerned about the lack of adjustement screws, but this scope is still in my top three picks. 
 
I will let you know tonight how the scope performed and if it is collimated. I am pretty excited about looking at this $100 scope. 
 
Roger

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
    The moon and stars to govern the night.....   Psalm 136:9







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