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What PEGASUS OPTICS customers have to say! |
Thru the 30" F/3.75, Canis Major's NGC 2359 proved a big surprise. With Oxy-3 filter, it resembled a giant ring with windswept outliers. The trade-off (with a large short F/ratio) -- collimation of the optics has to be near-perfect. A problem with the secondary's tuning was solved and "light bucket" blips returned to precise star points as the diagonal afterwards kept its tune. California
The two telescopes you made for me, a 24" Newtonian (1.6" thick) and a 12.5" ultra-light, have substantial design innovations. The 12.5" F/4.8 has a plate glass mirror only 1/4-inch thick at the edge of the central perforation yet performs extremely well on the cell you designed. The tube assembly is rigid although it weighs only 25 pounds, even with the 2" focuser and substantial top end components. Your knowledgeability in telescope design and particularly of optical fabrication has given me two very versatile telescopes. They perform extremely well optically, and I have yet to exhaust their full potential. Arizona
I went to a small star party last Saturday night with 20" F/5 (1.5" thick mirror) telescope. Comments went like this: You mean you use full aperture on planets? Really, at moments of good seeing there is more detail than I can describe. The independent test performed by a qualified optician established the extremely accurate figure and confirmed the accuracy of the results you supplied.Florida
[ From a May/2000 Texas Star Party attendee.]
Just a friendly reminder to make sure I'm on "The List" for a 24" (1.6" thick mirror) Starmaster w/GOTO. I was fortunate to spend a little time with Pierre and his new 24". The optics and scope were AWESOME - best views out there of M51 (and everything else). The tracking made multi-person viewing a total snap. The scope owner could stay in a big BS session down below while a long line of people viewed from the fairly short ladder. I did track down the newly discovered pulsar XTE J1118/480. I had previously tracked it down with a 16" and a 20" and was familiar with the starfield. I couldn't believe all the "extra" stars (and an extra galaxy!) I could see easily with 24 that weren't even there in the other scopes. The pulsar is bright at about mag 12.6, but the difference in fainter stars was amazing. Sharp and tight. I'll bet the planetary images are real good too.
As you can see, the silver tube is a happenin' thing... when the sun shines on it, it glows..I saw the pulsar in M-1 (the two 16th mag. stars). Check out page 1855 of Burnham's - top picture. Actually, page 1857 - infrared picture is just about how it looks. ..Also, could see two of a string of three stars (really 4, the center are a close pair -- see page 1855, top picture) at the other side of the nebula plus the four that make a rhombus shape around it. I really have to thank you for an absolutely splendid mirror and the joy that it is going to bring. Ya really done good, man!!! California
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