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- From: tonya@hpldsla.sid.hp.com (Tony Arnerich)
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 23:02:43 GMT
- Subject: Re: Coulter Dobsonian Telescopes; Opinions?
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- bunner@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Dana A. Bunner) writes:
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- [Coulter 13" comments]
- > I have found my Coulter to be less than hoped-for on planetary and
- > double-star observation but very good on deep-space objects. Also
- > at powers higher than 200x, I've never achieved a sharp focus. A
- > recent collimation helped but everything is very noticably fuzzy
- > at 240x. On the other hand, at 60-120x, it is wonderful. I usually
- > use either a Meade extra-wide 24.5mm or super-wide 13.8mm plossl.
-
- > Dana Bunner
-
- FYI I compared a Coulter 17.5" and an Astro-Physics 5.1" Starfire triplet
- refractor side-by-side, with the same eyepiece (9mm Nagler). The Starfire
- fairly easily showed the 5th member of the Trapezium group, while in the
- Coulter there was no evidence of it whatsoever. However, the Coulter did
- an absolutely incredible job on the nebulosity of M42 - simply stunning.
-