Overall Rating: 8 Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 01/25/2001 05:08:33 pm PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.27.147) Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=40612
>I HAVE OTA ONLY WHICH IS MOUNTED ON VIXEN GP WITH OAK LEGS. > I HAVE HAD 15 TELESCOPES SINCE 1974 AND THE VIEWS THROUGH THE 9.25 ON > THE MOON AND PLANETS ARE THE BEST OF ANY SCOPE I HAVE OWNED. > HOWEVER STAR TEST ON SAME SCOPE HAS BEEN THE WORST OF ANY OF MY SCOPES > UNABLE TO GET A TIGHT AIRY DISK.I HAVE COLLOMATED SECONDARY MIRROR WHICH > DOES MAKE BETTER STAR IMAGES BUT STILL NO AIRY DISK, FLARE FLARE EVERY WHERE > SCOPE HAS BEEN USED SIX TIMES IN PAST TWO WEEKS.I HATE TO BE THE ONE TO > COMPLAIN BECAUSE I REALLY DO WANT TO LIKE THIS SCOPE IT IS VERY EASY TO USE > HAS OUTSTANDING CONTRAST,VIEWS OF M42 STRAIGHT THROUGH WITHOUT DIAGONAL > AND WITH 35mm PANOPTIC IS FANTASTIC ONLY WISH STARS WOULD FOCUS DOWN TO > PINPOINTS THAT WOULD MAKE THIS SCOPE THE BEST OF THE SCT. I PLAN ON DOING > MORE OPTICAL TESTS IF OPTICS ARE FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE I WILL SEND BACK TO > BE FIXED OR EXCHANGED FOR EXCELLENT OTA AND BE A HAPPY MAN. If you are getting the planetary views your getting, the mushy star images are due to atmospheric turbulence, and not do to poor optics.
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