Tom Back

From which of these people would you prefer to buy a telescope? Whom
would you trust in a business transaction of that sort? Gee, that's a
difficult
decision.
Bill Meyers


I think one would probably choose someone local to buy from.

But in many cases, Valery/Aries is probably the vendor of choice simply because
of the size of the optics involved.

I believe that RCOS systems uses Aries Optics in at least some of their scopes.


jon

Bill Foley wrote:

I'm sure that your Russian
grammer is up to the task.


Grammer??
Grammer?????
Clear, Dark, Steady Skies!
(And considerate neighbors!!!)


I didn't say my grammar was up to the task, did I? I suppose my
undergrad Russian grammar might be better, if I could remember any of it.

But I do remember how hard it was to express myself in Russian (the
professor also noticed, providing copious reminders) so, if someone is
willing to make the effort to express himself in English for my benefit,
I'm willing to make the effort to understand what he is saying.

(BTW, grammar != spelling. I'm equally poor at spelling, however, so the
point is moot.)

If TMB are "among the best" then what is THE BEST??

A REFLECTOR!

HA!

Chris

That's right. Everybody knows this. Newtonians are the best.


john

That's right. Everybody knows this. Newtonians are the best.

Naw! Coma-free field of view is too small. When it comes to reflectors,
Maksutovs are better by far!

Roland Christen

On 24 Sep 2003 18:08:55 GMT, (Chris1011) ...reflected:

That's right. Everybody knows this. Newtonians are the best.

Naw! Coma-free field of view is too small. When it comes to reflectors,
Maksutovs are better by far!

Roland Christen

Oh, don't say that, sir; not with my Parks already paid for and on its
way!

....and an f/5 to boot!

Alan

I want to see the 120 or 150 Synta resolve craterlets in Plato with
that there chramcore thingy...

I want to see the 120 or 150 Synta resolve craterlets in Plato with
that there chramcore thingy...

I've seen some images taken by Tom Davis that does show this kind of detail,
with and without the "thingy". This "thingy" does not necessarily increase
resolution - that is strictly a function of the aperture size as every amateur
should know by now. All it does is to re-focus the defocused energy in the blue
end of the spectrum so that the image overall is closer to that of an apo (the
blue is brought to the same focus as the green and red). Without it, only the
green is in critical focus, both red and blue are defocused.

Roland Christen

"Garney Malenfant" wrote in message
...

I want to see the 120 or 150 Synta resolve craterlets in Plato with
that there chramcore thingy...

I've done that with a Celestron/Synta 150 and MV filter.

Clear Skies

Chuck Taylor
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lonk (Bill Foley) wrote in message ...
He's Russian.

And seems to be a crybaby, also...

Maybe we need a NG called
"sci.astro.bitchsession" for this sort of posting.
Clear, Dark, Steady Skies!
(And considerate neighbors!!!)

What's wrong about russians? They make worlds best optics. Even Zeiss
ordered
in Russia, and now TMB is importing those fine optics. They are even
somewhat better than american optics.
So if you are insulting the Russians, in fact you are insulting all
those TMB customers who choosed to buy those fine high quality Russian
optics.
Tom has done a great job in making these optics available in the US.
Without him, most US citizens never would have dared to buy a LZOS
telescope.
The high resale-price for this americanized product TMB is well worth
the trippled price compared to the older LZOS lenses.
The only risk of a steep price-fall would be the next generation
Syntha's with fluorite lenses. But i suppose we will have to wait at
least some 8 to 10 month before the 5" and 6" fluorites will be
available.
(One prototype of a mysterious blue telescope with fluorite element
has been around but had some problem with baffling and low-end
focusser)
So for the moment: the Russians are the best!

Theo Kerstens

"Theo Ker" wrote in message
om...
[SNIP]
What's wrong about russians? They make worlds best optics. Even Zeiss
ordered
in Russia, and now TMB is importing those fine optics. They are even
somewhat better than american optics. [SNIP]

Theo,

Do you have some basis for this opinion? The fact that Zeiss orders Russian
optics does not prove they are superior. Perhaps Zeiss outsources to Russia
because it is more cost effective.

Clear skies, Alan