shadowdoc31
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Reged: 11/27/08
Posts: 28
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Greetings--
Just purchased a StellarVue 115 Apochromatic
refractor. Anyone out there with this or
a similar instrument?
Would be interested in discussing imaging techniques.
Thanks!
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Preston Smith
Military Observer
Reged: 04/24/05
Posts: 3449
Loc: Eureka, Pa
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Congrata! It's a great scope - I love mine. I'm strictly visual at this point but you will want to go out to the Stellarvue Yahoo Group and contact Jon Talbot who has done a significant amount imaging with this scope.
Post your first light here on CN and your impressions of the scope!
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Preston
Lift your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one, and calls them each by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing. Isaiah 40:26
SV115T,NHII,SV70,SV50 and Tele Vue Ranger
Vintage Refractors: Asahi-Pentax, Edmund Scientific, Tasco, Unitron
60mm Telescope Club
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shadowdoc31
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Reged: 11/27/08
Posts: 28
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Thanks for your reply. Since you're a visual
observer, I'll ask this--
I have the 2" focuser, and 2" eyepieces; is it just me,
or are the 30mm Meade and 14mm TeleVue eyepieces a little
on the large side? (up until now, my experience has been
with standard 1.25" eyepieces/accessories).
Thanks!
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DLB242
professor emeritus
Reged: 07/29/08
Posts: 545
Loc: Pen Argyl, PA
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Congratulations on the new scope.
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David B
10" f/5 DOB
6" f/8 DOB
Celestron C8
Antares 1529 6" f/6.5 MoonLite Focuser
Orion ShortTube 130mm f/5 Reflector
Stellarvue SV102BV f/8.7 LOMO Doublet APO
Stellarvue SV90T f/7 Fluorite
Synta ShortTube 80
Stellarvue SV70ED
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Don Allen
sage
Reged: 07/07/05
Posts: 322
Loc: Charleston, SC
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Not really, just wait until you get a 31 Nagler. 
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Don
SV 102A F/8.7 Lomo Doublet Apo SN 22
LXD75
35 Pan, 17T4, 7 Nag, 3-6 Nag Zoom
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Chris G
Post Laureate
Reged: 08/12/04
Posts: 4246
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I have the first SV115 with the TMB lens, great scope I love the size.
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"Ain't nothin' Human 'bout the Human Race"
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shadowdoc31
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Reged: 11/27/08
Posts: 28
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Here are a couple of my "1st light" pics from last night.
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shadowdoc31
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the 2nd pic...
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mistyridge
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 10/28/05
Posts: 2376
Loc: Loomis, CA ,14mi from SV headq...
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I also have a SV115. I have been using it primarily as a visual scope, but plan to use it with my Cannon XSi for imaging.
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Mike F
Misty Ridge Observatory
Stellarvue SV115T
Stellarvue SV70ED
Stellarvue Nighthawk
SV F50
18" f/4.5 Teeter's, Swayze mirror
12.5" f/5 Astrosky, OWL mirror
SV 15X70 Binos
Mounts: DM-6,M-1,CG-5(ASGT)
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Scott Beith
SRF
Reged: 11/26/03
Posts: 37214
Loc: Frederick, MD
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Congrats on the new scope.
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   SLAP Observer (TMB130SS, SV102V, SV80ED)
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -- Edmund Burke.
"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -- George Orwell
"The measure of a man’s greatness is not determined by what he accomplishes for himself, but by what he accomplishes for others.” -- Some Bald Guy
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BrianFitz
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 07/17/08
Posts: 1708
Loc: Northern California
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Nice first light images -- looks like you're flying over the moon !!
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Fitz
Meade LX200R 10" F/10
Meade 152ED APO
Stellarvue Raptor 80ED
WO EP's / Televue diagonals
QHY8 / QHY5 / Philips SPC 900
20X80 Celestron / 7X50 Meade Binos
“Lots of "Dreams”
“The Skillful Illusionist Makes the Best Image"
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Preston Smith
Military Observer
Reged: 04/24/05
Posts: 3449
Loc: Eureka, Pa
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Quote:
Thanks for your reply. Since you're a visual
observer, I'll ask this--
I have the 2" focuser, and 2" eyepieces; is it just me,
or are the 30mm Meade and 14mm TeleVue eyepieces a little
on the large side? (up until now, my experience has been
with standard 1.25" eyepieces/accessories).
Thanks!
I've not had any problems thus far with my larger eyepieces and 2" diagonal in the 2" Feather Touch focuser if that is what you are asking. But perhaps I didn't understand your question?
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Preston
Lift your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one, and calls them each by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing. Isaiah 40:26
SV115T,NHII,SV70,SV50 and Tele Vue Ranger
Vintage Refractors: Asahi-Pentax, Edmund Scientific, Tasco, Unitron
60mm Telescope Club
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Pasquale
Encrypted
Reged: 10/12/05
Posts: 2219
Loc: Olympia, Washington
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Congrats, Shadow... Nice first light pics! How about one of the new scope!
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Pasquale
Go Seahawks!
NexStar 9.25 GPS / SkyAlign
Stellarvue SV102ED
WO ZS80FD Anniversary
WO ZS66ED Triplet
Vixen Sphinx SXW
Canon EOS XT/350D, Meade DSI, NexImager
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djeber2
professor emeritus
Reged: 07/02/04
Posts: 733
Loc: Ohio
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nice pics!!
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Don
10" Dob, 4 Small scopes, 2 Classic Scopes (4.25" Edmunds, Sears 60mm), Several Binoculars
Job 9:9 He made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
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shadowdoc31
member
Reged: 11/27/08
Posts: 28
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Here's a Full Moon pic through the scope...
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islandsteve11
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Reged: 01/08/07
Posts: 427
Loc: Las Vegas, NV
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Sweet pic! Congrats and enjoy your new scope.
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shadowdoc31
member
Reged: 11/27/08
Posts: 28
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Here's a Pleiades pic from tonight
(suburban skies):
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mistyridge
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 10/28/05
Posts: 2376
Loc: Loomis, CA ,14mi from SV headq...
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Nice image. What camera were you using?
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Mike F
Misty Ridge Observatory
Stellarvue SV115T
Stellarvue SV70ED
Stellarvue Nighthawk
SV F50
18" f/4.5 Teeter's, Swayze mirror
12.5" f/5 Astrosky, OWL mirror
SV 15X70 Binos
Mounts: DM-6,M-1,CG-5(ASGT)
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skybsd
professor emeritus
Reged: 02/01/08
Posts: 603
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Hi,
WHICH one did you get, anyways?
LZOS, perhaps?
Regards,
skybsd
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shadowdoc31
member
Reged: 11/27/08
Posts: 28
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- camera was Canon EOS 5D Mk2 SLR; about a 20 min
exposure
- Telescope is just the SV115T model
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