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Rich V.
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Reged: 01/02/05
Posts: 984
Loc: Carson Valley, Nevada USA
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Re: Saturn IIIs on the way!
07/04/08 12:43 PM Attachment (25 downloads)
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The Saturn IIIs arrived yesterday; I put them on the 3036 tripod and 501HDV head. My next chore was to fabricate a plate to mount my Stellarvue MRF to the shoe on the binoculars. Some 1/4"x1" alum. plate stock with some drilling and tapping and polishing and it came out just fine.
The skies have been smoky and the jet stream was overhead last night but I HAD to give them a look. At 33x the Cygnus area was very nice; lots of stars! I looked at the Ring and the Dumbell and some of the dark nebula action near Deneb; these bins really pull in the stars! The haze made the LM pretty low but still got a pretty good view of M51 but M101 was pretty faint. I can see that 33x and 2° is a sweet spot for these 100mm binoculars.
At 150x with the terrible seeing, Vega had a blue halo around it and the Double Double showed as elongated but not split. The Ring looked pretty good, though. Jupiter showed some mild fringing but the NEB and SEB were obvious as well as signs of the fainter belts/ zones. I can see already that the seeing has to be MUCH better to make good use of 150x. I can't wait for a steady night with the Moon.
The 501HDV is a bit wimpy for these 13# bins but it will do until I come up with a mount decision. For standing viewing, the extra height of the 3036 vs. the 475 is useful as these binoculars are pretty long and viewing at a high angle calls for a very tall tripod. Using the Saturns seated at a lower height looks like the best way to observe with these. An extended tripod is always an invitation for disappointment.
Here are a few quick pictures of the Saturns I shot this AM:
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Binoculars:
33-150x100 Saturn III, 16x70FMT-SX, 10x50 PCF-V, 10x43 DCF-SP, 10x35 E2, 7x35 E, 8x30 E2, 7x26 Custom, 8x23AS Diplomat, 8x23 Travelite
Scopes:
C9.25, 6" f8 reflector, SV80S
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