Coronado PST

Great review, David! By the way, what small tabletop mount are you using? It
looks like an Orion slo-mo head, but I don't recognize the tripod.

I was thinking about getting a Bogen 410 geared head and a tabletop tripod as
well as using it on my Slik 400DX tripod.

Mark
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Mark Rosengarten wrote:

Great review, David! By the way, what small tabletop mount are you using? It
looks like an Orion slo-mo head, but I don't recognize the tripod.

I was thinking about getting a Bogen 410 geared head and a tabletop tripod as
well as using it on my Slik 400DX tripod.


Let me add my kudos for the review.

I have the 410 head and would like a small tripod, too (use a Manfrotto
475 as primary, but a tiny one would be nice for air travel). Please
keep us posted.

Phil

Mark Rosengareten wrote:

Great review, David! By the way, what small tabletop mount are you using? It
looks like an Orion slo-mo head, but I don't recognize the tripod.

I was thinking about getting a Bogen 410 geared head and a tabletop tripod as
well as using it on my Slik 400DX tripod.

I don't know who made it (probably Chinese), but it was purchased at the
Nebraska Star Party a number of years ago from Eagle Optics. It is similar to
the Bushnell "Shooter Stand" table-top tripod except that the head has 2-axis
slow motion. In fact, the head is indeed very similar to the micro one
currently being sold by Orion. It works pretty well, although eventually, I
will probably try something a little different. Clear skies to you.
--
David W. Knisely
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Hyde Memorial Observatory: http://www.hydeobservatory.info/

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Good work, David! I can see Orion making a ton of money from all the
PST owners ordering a 10mm Sirius plossl after reading it.

Your review brings a question to mind regarding the "white light"
view. How does that WL view compare to a Baader solar filter view
(assuming you've looked through one of 40mm aperture)?

Bill posted:

Your review brings a question to mind regarding the "white light"
view. How does that WL view compare to a Baader solar filter view
(assuming you've looked through one of 40mm aperture)?

Its about the same except that faculae patches don't show up quite as well as
they do in the slightly bluer Baader filter. I don't often de-tune the PST
that far, as it is vastly more interesting to see what the Chromosphere is
doing. Clear skies to you.
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Hyde Memorial Observatory: http://www.hydeobservatory.info/

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Great job David! Knisely... er, nicely done! )

Cheers,

Paul


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David Knisely wrote:
Well, its finally finished and up in the CloudyNights Reports section (you
will need the Adobe Acrobat reader to read it). Check it out at:
http://www.cloudynights.com

David Knisely wrote in message ...
Well, its finally finished and up in the CloudyNights Reports section (you
will need the Adobe Acrobat reader to read it). Check it out at:
http://www.cloudynights.com
--
David W. Knisely

David,

I had a look at your review a couple of days ago. You did a fine job
as always.

I've used my new PST every day since Monday and have had some great
views. On Friday afternoon I saw a loop prominence. Today I took the
PST to the annual Astronomical Society of Harrisburg picnic and
everyone was suitably impressed.

Dave Mitsky