On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 03:28:46 GMT, "Orion" ...reflected:

Virtual billboards?

My point being that with Orion Telescope
celebrating its 28th year in operation, how
then could you have possibly begun using
"Orion" as a Usenet handle prior to the
company's inception, Citizens Band
notwithstanding, and with even
that cutting it a bit close, not
to mention its utter irrelevance.

I've yet to purchase a 2" eyepiece, as I've
only just received a 2" compression-ring ocular
adaptor for my FS-102. I also got a 2" sleeve
in order to attach the 1.25" compression-ring
ocular adaptor that came with the O.T.A. to the
2" version, which will then allow for straight-
through observing with the many 1.25"
eyepieces that I have. However I'll have to
get a 2" extension if I want to do any straight-
through observing with any 2" eyepieces I
finally decide upon, or else a 2" star diagonal
with a 1.25" adaptor. I'm also having a JMI
NGF-DX3 2" focusser integrated with the
Parks 8" f/5 Newtonian that I've custom-ordered,
and to mount on a Vixen GP-DX, alternately with
the Takahashi.

Orion's Optiluxe 2" oculars look promising,
particularly with its 62-degree apparent field,
and using only four lens elements.

I wonder if these are made by Kokusai Khoki
in Japan, the same company that makes the
University Optics orthoscopics. If so, I would
like one of these myself.

Alan