Any Aries lover there ?

The SAA is rather dull compared to the old times when engaged discussion
raved here and also Valery Deryuzhin of Aries, Ukraine participated.
He somehow disappeared, who knows how the wheels of history touched him.
Last time, he posted here under the nom the guerre Vader...
The fond memories of past were back reading the Astromart ad 431263 for
an Aries 10" Mak:

"Older model (original) Aries 10" f/13.5 Maksutov Cassegrain with
adjustable secondary and helical focuser. I have mechanically enhanced
this scope and implemented an internal cooling fan capability along with
the rear side ring handle and finder bracket seen in the images. The
scope was also professionally painted and looks mint. I have even
included an original (as received) image in order to provide a sense of
the enhancements I have made to this scope. The images above speak for
themselves and it looks even better in person.

HERE'S THE RUB... It was sold to me with claims of a 1/11 wave figure
but the fact is that it has never lived up to this spec in the field...
Star tests show reveal far too much energy in the outermost diffraction
rings and images are soft, irrespective of how well the scopes
collimated. There is also a small chip on the edge of the primary. My
conscience would never allow me to pass it off at as originally
advertised, hence the price. My mechanical restoration efforts were a
labor of love and I had hoped to have the optics ultimately restore as
well. Personal reasons force me to sell it now and abandon the project.
My hope is that there is an amateur or professional telescope maker out
there with the expertise to analyze and refigure the optics. Hopefully
the right person will see this telescope as a project worth pursuing and
restore it into an observatory class instrument."

David wrote:
The SAA is rather dull compared to the old times when engaged discussion
raved here and also Valery Deryuzhin of Aries, Ukraine participated.
He somehow disappeared, who knows how the wheels of history touched him.
Last time, he posted here under the nom the guerre Vader...
The fond memories of past were back reading the Astromart ad 431263 for
an Aries 10" Mak:



Hi:

Well, I _guess_ I can understand you missing the Valery Wars (well, not
really...I guess I never will understand people who live to fuss), and
hoping to troll him back into a fight.

But a reality check? Every single piece of Aries gear I've used was
top-notch. And whether you liked Valery's personality or not, you could
usually take whatever he said optics-wise to the bank.

I guess Russian gear is out of fashion now, but they did good for a
decade. ;-)

Peace,
Rod Mollise
Author of _Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_
and _The Urban Astronomer's Guide_

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David wrote:
The SAA is rather dull compared to the old times when engaged discussion
raved here and also Valery Deryuzhin of Aries, Ukraine participated.
He somehow disappeared, who knows how the wheels of history touched him.
Last time, he posted here under the nom the guerre Vader...
The fond memories of past were back reading the Astromart ad 431263 for
an Aries 10" Mak:



Hi:

Well, I _guess_ I can understand you missing the Valery Wars (well, not
really...I guess I never will understand people who live to fuss), and
hoping to troll him back into a fight.

Well I personally learned quite a lot from those threads as it inspired me
to look into things related to optics that that I would not have otherwise
considered. On the down side it certainly showed up a bad side of human
nature. In some ways it is a shame many of those knowlegable posters don't
contribute any more.

Klazmon.


But a reality check? Every single piece of Aries gear I've used was
top-notch. And whether you liked Valery's personality or not, you could
usually take whatever he said optics-wise to the bank.

I guess Russian gear is out of fashion now, but they did good for a
decade. ;-)

Peace,
Rod Mollise
Author of _Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_
and _The Urban Astronomer's Guide_

Like SCTs and MCTs?
Join the SCT User Mailing List.
http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/sct-user

See my home page at
http://skywatch.brainiac.com/astroland/index.htm
for further info

For Uncle Rod's Astro Blog See:
http://journals.aol.com/rmollise/UncleRodsAstroBlog/

"Llanzlan Klazmon" wrote in message
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"RMOLLISE" wrote in news:1148846158.444412.257730
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David wrote:
The SAA is rather dull compared to the old times when engaged discussion
raved here and also Valery Deryuzhin of Aries, Ukraine participated.
He somehow disappeared, who knows how the wheels of history touched him.
Last time, he posted here under the nom the guerre Vader...
The fond memories of past were back reading the Astromart ad 431263 for
an Aries 10" Mak:



Hi:

Well, I _guess_ I can understand you missing the Valery Wars (well, not
really...I guess I never will understand people who live to fuss), and
hoping to troll him back into a fight.

Well I personally learned quite a lot from those threads as it inspired me
to look into things related to optics that that I would not have otherwise
considered. On the down side it certainly showed up a bad side of human
nature. In some ways it is a shame many of those knowlegable posters don't
contribute any more.

Klazmon.

Of course, the reason many don't contribute here anymore is thanks to folks
like David...

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But a reality check? Every single piece of Aries gear I've used was
top-notch. And whether you liked Valery's personality or not, you could
usually take whatever he said optics-wise to the bank.

I guess Russian gear is out of fashion now, but they did good for a
decade. ;-)

Peace,
Rod Mollise
Author of _Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_
and _The Urban Astronomer's Guide_

Like SCTs and MCTs?
Join the SCT User Mailing List.
http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/sct-user

See my home page at
http://skywatch.brainiac.com/astroland/index.htm
for further info

For Uncle Rod's Astro Blog See:
http://journals.aol.com/rmollise/UncleRodsAstroBlog/