http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/telescopes/ Talking Telescopes Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:57:32 GMT Ed Edwards http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/telescopes/message/136139 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/telescopes/message/136139 Goeff: Out here in California we use Eugenia for the same thing. Song birds love it! Ed Edwards Carpinteria, CA Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:57:03 GMT Anthony Maida http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/telescopes/message/136138 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/telescopes/message/136138 Thanks Guys for the info  I like the televue eyepieces they are in my price range.  For may fast scope what would be the best  deep sky and planetary    Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:56:55 GMT lvam1521 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/telescopes/message/136137 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/telescopes/message/136137 I have 2'' and 1/4'' diagonals what is the process for cleaning them? and can they go out of collimation? I dropped one can,t see any damage. thanks anthony Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:08:32 GMT Bob Speziale http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/telescopes/message/136136 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/telescopes/message/136136 My two favorite eyepieces on my 1000mm focal length, 4.7 inch refractor in 1.25" are the Celestrom 25mm OMNI plossl ($35 to $50 depending on what on line Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:04:09 GMT holl8127@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/telescopes/message/136135 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/telescopes/message/136135 I have asked the same questions. I have a 10 inch Zhumell dob as well as several other scopes. I even bought a TeleVue Genesis recently. What I use and have Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:53:05 GMT John O'Hara http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/telescopes/message/136134 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/telescopes/message/136134 Yikes! That would be a broadband emission and light pollution filters may not have tremendous effect. If you can borrow a narrowband or line filter, such as Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:44:28 GMT Rex De Silva http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/telescopes/message/136133 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/telescopes/message/136133 I asked this question before but my computer crashed before I could retrieve the responses. So please excuse me for asking again. Garden and street lights in Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:30:38 GMT Geoff Gaherty http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/telescopes/message/136132 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/telescopes/message/136132 ... The problem with this and similar telescopes is its extremely short focal ratio, which puts severe demands on eyepieces. The only company which guarantees Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:56:40 GMT John O'Hara http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/telescopes/message/136131 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/telescopes/message/136131 Hi Anthony, There has never been a better selection of eyepieces with good performance for the dollar. One rule of thumb still applies, eyepieces with Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:15:27 GMT lvam1521 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/telescopes/message/136130 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/telescopes/message/136130 Hello I have a xt10i intelliscope f/4.7 what would be some good budget eyepieces for deep sky and planetary? thanks anthony Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:54:27 GMT Geoff Gaherty http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/telescopes/message/136129 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/telescopes/message/136129 ... My last house in Toronto had a cedar hedge around most of the yard, and this turned out to be a wonderful "astronomical accessory." It absorbed stray Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:24:40 GMT John O'Hara http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/telescopes/message/136128 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/telescopes/message/136128 Watch out, this stuff can spread like wildfire and is hard to get rid of. It will grow in temperate climates, dying off in winter and returning in spring. It Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:31:07 GMT speda07 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/telescopes/message/136127 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/telescopes/message/136127 Thanks for the information, Geoff! As always, you've been a great help. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:30:51 GMT speda07 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/telescopes/message/136126 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/telescopes/message/136126 My budget range is $1500-2000...beyond that I need special permission from my wife that will require serious negotiations and probably compensation! Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:07:34 GMT ksbtk tds.net http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/telescopes/message/136125 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/telescopes/message/136125 If you want to go the SCT route, perhaps you could consider the HyperStar lens. It converts the SCTs from f/10 to f/2, thus reducing the demands on the mount.