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Nice pictures, Zoeff! Thanks for posting them!

How was the imaging with the barlow in place? Was there any significant degradation?

Cheers,
Kevin

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I tried imaging with the barlow, but the degradation is increased when using it and couldn't get a sharp picture with the camera.

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Telescopes: NexStar 8SE, 90ED f/5.5 doublet, Galileoscope
Accessories: Hyperion 36mm, GSO 32mm, E-lux 25mm, Hyperion 8mm,
DBK 41AU02.AS, 2x Barlow, 0.63x Focal Reducer, Solar Filter, UHC Filter
My (astro-)photos can be found on flickr.

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How was visual observation with the barlow?

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I managed to get a proper picture while using the barlow:



Compared to my own eyes, this picture and the ones posted above give me exactly the same quality. (So expect to see increased distortion around the edges when using the barlow)

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Telescopes: NexStar 8SE, 90ED f/5.5 doublet, Galileoscope
Accessories: Hyperion 36mm, GSO 32mm, E-lux 25mm, Hyperion 8mm,
DBK 41AU02.AS, 2x Barlow, 0.63x Focal Reducer, Solar Filter, UHC Filter
My (astro-)photos can be found on flickr.

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The two extra O-rings can be used to help secure the two halves of the telescope in place (note the two grooves in the telescope body). They are optional as the end caps seem to secure the body well enough.

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I can't find any grooves inside the telescope body..

Oh, almost forgot. In case anyone from the Galileoscope project itself is reading this thread.... Thank you!!

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Telescopes: NexStar 8SE, 90ED f/5.5 doublet, Galileoscope
Accessories: Hyperion 36mm, GSO 32mm, E-lux 25mm, Hyperion 8mm,
DBK 41AU02.AS, 2x Barlow, 0.63x Focal Reducer, Solar Filter, UHC Filter
My (astro-)photos can be found on flickr.

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Cool! Thanks, Mike! I got to play with it a little bit at home last night, and I added my location to the citylist file like you suggested. Works great!

I didn't get to play with all of the features last night. Do you know if the star chart can be printed out, or is it screen only? I think that the original version was made for a Pocket-type PC, so maybe printing was never figured into the XP version.

I know what you mean about the lack documentation. Since it's a beta release, maybe we can put a bug in the author's ear to add some. I just sent an email to him along those lines, so we'll see how that goes.

Cheers,
Kevin

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Ah, just figured it out - There are 2 grooves on each end of the focuser tube.

EDIT: I've still got 2 even smaller O-rings left. Hmm..

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Actually, I think that the smaller ones are for the focuser tube and the bigger ones are for the body of the scope?? I'm totally guessing because I haven't received mine yet...

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Orion SkyQuest XT6 Classic
Sears 4-6333 60mm f/15 refractor
50mm f/10 "Galileoscope" refractor w/Daisy Electronic Point Sight finder
TeleVue Plossls: 32mm, 11mm
Orion Sirius Plossls: 25mm, 20mm, 10mm
Astro-Tech Paradigm 15mm
Celestron Ultima 2x barlow
Orion LaserMate Deluxe + Meade 126 2x barlow
Telrad

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Kevin~
I didn't get to check that out although I suspect you can. I am still waiting for my scopes.

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Same here. I sent the author, Robert Brenner, an email telling him that I enjoyed the program and suggested that a quick start guid or some sort of documentation would be nice. Here's his reply:

Hi Kevin,

Thank you very much for your kind feedback.
To be honest, your's is the first I received.
For months I did not see any interest probably because shipping
of the Galileoscope has been repeatedly delayed.

I do agree with with you that to some extend a users' guide would
be helpful to explore all features. As soon as I see more demand,
and, if I have free time to spare, I will put together a simple guide.

My Galileoscope hasn't arrived either. After receipt, and testing
a few modifications to the software may be required.

The city list still lacks altitude data (for users in Cuzco, etc).
I am also considering to add bright Messier objects to the
Planets Chart, however, depending on demand.

After all, it is really simple software, probably not of interest
for users of The Sky and other fully featured packages.

Anyway, thanks a lot for your kind suggestion.

Cheers
Robert
Okinawa, Japan

I thought that was nice!

I'm thinking that if we want to talk about this more, we should move it to the Software forum...

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Orion SkyQuest XT6 Classic
Sears 4-6333 60mm f/15 refractor
50mm f/10 "Galileoscope" refractor w/Daisy Electronic Point Sight finder
TeleVue Plossls: 32mm, 11mm
Orion Sirius Plossls: 25mm, 20mm, 10mm
Astro-Tech Paradigm 15mm
Celestron Ultima 2x barlow
Orion LaserMate Deluxe + Meade 126 2x barlow
Telrad

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Ah, just figured it out - There are 2 grooves on each end of the focuser tube.

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The 2 bigger ones have the same diameter as the focusing tube, the smaller ones are even smaller. Weird!

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Telescopes: NexStar 8SE, 90ED f/5.5 doublet, Galileoscope
Accessories: Hyperion 36mm, GSO 32mm, E-lux 25mm, Hyperion 8mm,
DBK 41AU02.AS, 2x Barlow, 0.63x Focal Reducer, Solar Filter, UHC Filter
My (astro-)photos can be found on flickr.

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The 2 bigger ones have the same diameter as the focusing tube, the smaller ones are even smaller. Weird!

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Are they pretty stretchy? Possibly the smaller ones can stretch enough to fit on the focuser assembly and the larger ones can be put on the body? Maybe they're small to give them more tension when they're installed. Just a thought...

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Orion SkyQuest XT6 Classic
Sears 4-6333 60mm f/15 refractor
50mm f/10 "Galileoscope" refractor w/Daisy Electronic Point Sight finder
TeleVue Plossls: 32mm, 11mm
Orion Sirius Plossls: 25mm, 20mm, 10mm
Astro-Tech Paradigm 15mm
Celestron Ultima 2x barlow
Orion LaserMate Deluxe + Meade 126 2x barlow
Telrad

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Are they pretty stretchy? Possibly the smaller ones can stretch enough to fit on the focuser assembly and the larger ones can be put on the body? Maybe they're small to give them more tension when they're installed. Just a thought...

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