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44498 JohnA
also_nc Send Email
Apr 28, 2013
1:42 am
... I use my XT10i primarily for DSOs and my XT6i mainly for lunar/planetary and occasional double star observing. The Orion COL is invaluable for easily...
44499 skyquest-telescopes@y... Send Email May 1, 2013
10:36 am
Forum Rules This message, like the "Welcome Message", is sent automatically to new forum members, as well as being sent out automatically each month. The...
44500 skyquest-telescopes@y... Send Email May 1, 2013
10:36 am
skyquest-telescopes: Welcome and Introduction Page Revised October 2003 1. Introduction and Background The skyquest-telescopes forum was founded in...
44501 skyquest-telescopes@y... Send Email May 1, 2013
10:36 am
Posting Photos Please do take full advantage of the captioning possibilites that exist only in the "Photos" section to add labels and explanatory information...
44502 Max
davenporttennis Send Email
May 2, 2013
7:26 pm
Hi all, I've noticed when I collimate my XX14i that if I collimate it about 50 degrees above the horizon that I've I move the telescope almost overhead or down...
44503 tallchip1 Send Email May 3, 2013
5:36 pm
... @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@$ I had the same problem. So, I turned the collimation screws all the way in. Then I did my collimation. The screws will...
44504 kent tousley
ozman_rulez Send Email
May 4, 2013
1:47 pm
 Well that sounds like something Ive had to do more then once.I believe I had to do the same thing a couple of years ago.Never gave it any thought about the...
44505 kenny_bahmer Send Email May 4, 2013
3:23 pm
I was wondering if there are any modification user have done the xx14g? I had a Meade Lightbridge and there was some plastic plates you could buy to...
44506 johnklems@...
johnklems... Send Email
May 12, 2013
4:41 pm
It varies from month to month. Had 12 posts in Feb but only 5 in Jan. None in Mar. But I haven't been keeping up due to other factors in my existence. JohnK...
44508 PhilL
kb0nes Send Email
May 14, 2013
9:00 pm
John, Well the group is still here and working. Not many people are very active it appears. I know that as for me I haven't had the chance to get a scope out...
44509 Mike Souza
mike_souza Send Email
May 15, 2013
8:53 pm
I'll bite on stirring the pot here. I have an old spreadsheet where I calculate various eyepiece parameters and I don't remember where I got the formulas...
44510 Philip Forsyth
pilipkorea Send Email
May 15, 2013
9:14 pm
Hi,   Hello Mike,   A little too busy to check these myself today, but the formulas are all over the webs and books.  Maybe these will help: ...
44511 Mike Souza
mike_souza Send Email
May 15, 2013
9:44 pm
Thanks - those look like good links. Mike   ________________________________ From: Philip Forsyth <pilipkorea@...> To:...
44512 Philip Forsyth
pilipkorea Send Email
May 15, 2013
10:00 pm
You are welcome ________________________________ From: Mike Souza <mike_souza@...> To: "skyquest-telescopes@yahoogroups.com"...
44513 Kevin Lahey
rokkaku99 Send Email
May 17, 2013
3:59 pm
As long as we're looking for something to talk about, I was curious about the white plastic cylinders that serve as azimuth bearings on my fairly early XT10i....
44514 PhilL
kb0nes Send Email
May 17, 2013
5:54 pm
Mike, I'd suggest you look here for a bit: http://www.televue.com/engine/TV3b_page.asp?id=154 The article half-way down "Telescope Formulas, Common Telescope...
44515 PhilL
kb0nes Send Email
May 17, 2013
6:22 pm
Kevin, I haven't had one of the new XT10i scopes apart yet so I don't entirely understand how the base is assembled. I do find it odd that they chose to make...
44516 JohnA
also_nc Send Email
May 18, 2013
3:38 pm
... Very early IntelliScopes had loose azimuth bearings simply dropped into recesses in the ground board. Later on, the 3 flat Teflon pads were stapled to the...
44517 Richard
ap777200 Send Email
May 19, 2013
3:25 am
Hello All, I am wanting to sell my Orion SkyQuest XT10i IntelliScope Dobsonian telescope, which I bought a few years ago. I has only been used a handful of...
44518 K B
firefoxkb Send Email
May 19, 2013
12:11 pm
Hi Richard. Personally I would ask more for the scope. I take it your scope has the manual go to system. I would ask at least $650 if it's in very good ...
44519 Philip Forsyth
pilipkorea Send Email
May 19, 2013
12:53 pm
Hi Richard,   I would disagree Karsten.  That is less of a discount than many of Orion's sales offer ($650 is less than 20% off).  I get their emails and...
44520 Jason Creager
lasergecko Send Email
May 19, 2013
2:36 pm
Orion refuses to support secondary owners with part purchases. That figures heavily into the price of any used Orion gear by anyone who knows astronomy gear. ...
44521 JohnA
also_nc Send Email
May 19, 2013
3:54 pm
... Checking the already-sold Cloudy Nights Classifieds is one way of determining what used telescopes and accessories have sold for recently. A quick search...
44522 David Aucoin
musicman3236 Send Email
May 19, 2013
10:14 pm
I would stick with the $500. Scopes lose value over the years from continued use and wear and tear. Despite the electronics still working, they do age as well....
44523 Philip Forsyth
pilipkorea Send Email
May 19, 2013
10:16 pm
Very well put Dave. ________________________________ From: David Aucoin <stargaz3r45@...> To: skyquest-telescopes@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 19,...
44524 Richard
ap777200 Send Email
May 20, 2013
2:45 am
I would tend to agree, I would even take a bit less for it. I do like the scope and would keep it if I could, but in order to get a new scope my wife is making...
44525 K B
firefoxkb Send Email
May 20, 2013
3:53 am
Sorry guys, I don't know. I can't think of not getting the best you can for it. If it doesn't get any responses then drop it but to low ball off the top you...
44526 Kevin Lahey
rokkaku99 Send Email
May 20, 2013
1:56 pm
On Sat, 18 May 2013 15:38:42 -0000 ... Ahh, thanks, that sounds like what's going on. The fix seems like the kind of project to take on when I get access to a...
44527 JohnA
also_nc Send Email
May 20, 2013
3:38 pm
The manual with my 2005 XT10i hadn't been updated and still shows the drop-in Teflon pads and recessed holes in the ground baseplate. A separate addendum was...
44528 Kevin Lahey
rokkaku99 Send Email
May 20, 2013
8:29 pm
On Mon, 20 May 2013 15:38:06 -0000 ... Heh. I guess that's the way things sometimes happen. :-) I'm glad that Orion had the guts to switch things around when...
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