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tim53
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Reged: 12/17/04
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Loc: Highland Park, CA
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Re: Does this count?
06/24/09 12:21 AM
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Birdseye maple.
I just found the "sweet" combination of eyepieces/barlows for saturn.
I couldn't use my 2" star diagonal, because I made the tube too long. So I'm using a lumicon 1 1/4", which has always been a good performer for me. but in front of it, I've got a William 2" 2.5X apo barlow. After it, the good ol RKE 28mm.
I tried a baader contrast booster filter, but it dims the image too much and doesn't really improve it to my taste.
Also tried a 1 1/4" 2x shorty barlow in place of the 2.5X, and it's just not as clean or contrasty (but the thing might be dirty, I suppose.)
-Tim.
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"We`re just waiting looking skyward as the days come down.
Someone promised there`d be answers, if we stayed around."
-Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark, "The Romance of the Telescope"
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