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What PEGASUS OPTICS customers have to say! - Continued |
| The process of shopping for quality optical components can be very confusing and complicated..so it's been educating, if not downright entertaining on occasion, to find out who could sell me what I needed to fulfill my initial abstract ideals. As it was, through this process of researching and calling, you and your company had an unsolicited reputation for quality and honesty...and it was for these reasons, and my own preferences towards the individual craftsman over the high production shops, that told me to take a closer look. I don't part with $1500 easily! Finally, it was my personal dealings with you, and your immeasurable and invaluable assistance with my design problems, clarifying my misunderstandings and pointing me in the right direction for other services and answers, that impressed me the most! Doing business with you has truly been a pleasure. My sincerest thanks! New York
Received my 20" f4.8 mirror (1.5" thickness) and set up under clear, but cold and damp skies. I promptly split Castor, then found the planetary NGC 2371-72 in Gemini. It was clearly defined into two components and the central star (v. mag 15.55) could be held without averted vision. The Owl (M97) exhibited detail but the damp night didn't yield very dark 'eye holes'. The central star (v. mag 15.88) could be glimpsed most of the time even through all that nebulosity. Doubles were beautiful when they exhibited color differences. I could not believe how similar the views were to a 12" refractor that I've used in Ocean City. That scope is a 12" f10 and the image size is fairly similar, so quality comparisons are easy. Thank you for a caring job on a mirror that marked the finish to a three year project. I know that I made the right decision when I chose Pegasus and John Hall as my mirror maker! Maryland. P. S. Your 20" f4.8 mirror was a big hit at the DSP. There were two other 20's, 120 people and scopes from 50 mm to 20". The images were said to be the best many had seen in any 20 inch scope. "Stars snap to a tight focus" said one...You wouldn't expect the quality of star images to be competitive with a refractor, but everyone seemed to marvel that there was no tradeoff. Everyone...would ask "Is that a [Company X]?" I would reply "No, I went with Pegasus. You can't beat the personal attention and care that John puts into a mirror. His specs and testing philosophy guarantee these kind of images." Of the 50 or so scopes there, my scope and a 10 inch were said to have the best quality images. I know you produced a diffraction limited optic for me. P. S. I gave you a plug on internet:sci.astro when mirror makers came up.
I finally got around to sending you some pictures of our [22-inch] telescope. I have since added digital setting circles (Lumicon Skyvector II). I recently observed the Veil Nebula from my back
yard and it was more spectacular than any photograph I've seen of this object. Michigan
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