To my delight, it is a fantastic little performer. I had heard many good reports on this zoom and with the opportunity I purchased one. Russ: I recently acquired a Nagler 3- to 6-mm zoom. I'll post it in refractors.Įdited by John Fitzgerald, 04 August 2022 - 08:28 PM. We are getting a bit off topic here in the Double Star thread.
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Much sturdier than a standard finder mount, plus it's rotatable. I obtained a second set of rings for the big refractor from Explore Scientific, mounted aluminum bars between them and mounted the finder rings for the AT-60ED on one of the bars. It's hard to do in that 8 foot dome, as things are close. Since I have a 60AT going unused I might like to follow your finder mod. Is there any way you could post a photo of the set up. You have solved that issue so a tip of the observer's cap for you. The FT focuser made one amazing difference at least in my case. I am interested in parfocalizing my eyepieces but dont know how yet. Indeed you have made excellent modifications to your scope. The prism in the turret is top notch, and does not "get in the way" in the slightest.Įdited by John Fitzgerald, 04 August 2022 - 04:04 PM. I have parfocalized most of those I use in the turret, within a few tiny tweaks of the fine focus knob.Įven when using the Nexus DSC, many times I have to flip over to the 24mm Panoptic, to confirm which star in the field is the challenging double, before rotating over to higher power to try and split it. It's nice, when observing doubles, not to need to fumble with changing eyepieces. I had to rebalance the refractor a bit, but not as much as when I added the AT-60ED as a finder, on an extra set of tube rings.īTW, I did a modification on my true three inch Hex focuser, back in Dec 2020, that makes it solid, so no trouble with flexing there, and no need or desire for a FT any more. I have no trouble with the weight of the eyepieces. Not enough out travel for the turret alone. It wouldn't focus without the extension, as the refractor comes optimized to use a 3 inch diagonal. It focuses most of the eyepieces at about a 42 mm extension from fully racked in. I needed to use the refractor's included 62mm screw on extension tube, because of the short path of the Tak turret. I can go as low as a 3.2mm AT Paradigm ep for 380x. Sometimes I substitute a 11mm Nagler T6 for the 9mm, and a 6mm Radian or ES 5.5mm-62* for the 5mm.
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The usual eyepieces used lately have been: TV Panoptic 24mm, Delite 9mm, Delite 7mm, and Delite 5mm. I bought the Tak 4-place turret from LSS/TNR back in January 2021. I have the same 152mm apo refractor telescope as rugby. Seeing will probably dictate choice.Įdited by rugby, 03 August 2022 - 03:25 PM. I have also tried a 17.6 Morpheus between the 32 and 7 thus eliminating the 2mm Vixen. Based on what I have used in the past, here is what I have ended up using for doubles:ģ2 plossl, 7mm Delite, 3mm Delite, 2mm Vixen HR
They get scrambled and I end up using a light to identify a new choice.Ĭhoosing a set of four eyepieces will rely entirely on the expectations of the observer. Not so when changing individual equipment one at a time. The sequence of the eyepieces stays the same all the time in the turret. Luckily they have never fallen to the ground. When manually changing I have knocked over its neighbours. All my eyepieces for the night are stored on a small shelf between the legs of my Berlebach tripod. Not only is it faster, a simple rotation shows four views in the time previously taken for one, but it is safer too. First, although I will not use a turret all the time, my time spent chasing doubles will never be the same. I have had two ninety minute sessions under the stars to arrive at my conclusions. I changed the focuser to a Feather Touch and yes I had to wait months for it's arrival.īut arrive it did and so too the turret. This change worried me greatly because the original hex focuser, although competent was not up to the task.
After loading the equivalent of four Delites onto the focuser I had to slide the mounting bar forward almost two inches. I chose a four turret to keep the overall weight down. The ease and speed of comparing views has been a game changer. Of the three upgrades to my 152 mm f8 ES refractor, a four eyepiece turret has proven the most advantageous. The purpose is not to evaluate the efficacy of specific brands Rather, I will explain how a turret has changed my observational habits. I am hoping the moderators will not shift this post to anoher forum.
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