Have Fun! Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>*
On Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 2:07 PM Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > Yesterday afternoon a friend posted to facebook that the local Goodwill > had several “big telescopes”. > > Long story short a Celestron 127EQ followed me home and my wallet was $27 > lighter. > > https://photos.app.goo.gl/7UYbofECKNpLnG3e6 > > It’s rated at 1000mm f/8 because it has a 2x Barlow, otherwise it would be > a 500/4. > > It doesn’t have an eyepiece, but I already owned a T-2 to K mount adapter, > just in case a stray telescope ever followed me home, I wanted to be > prepared. It’s also missing a counterweight, and a couple other minor > bits. > > I tried a quick test on some of the neighbor’s trees, I’m not thrilled > with the image quality, especially around the edges, it’s too cloudy to > really do any tests at night. It also isn’t thrilled with having the weight > of the K-3 hanging off of it, the 2-second delay is mandatory. My K-3 III > is supposed to arrive tomorrow, and it’ll be interesting to see how it > works. To complicate matters, a week from tomorrow my job is moving from > San Jose to Riverside, and I’m going to be way too busy to do much of > anything. > > But for under $30, I’m not going to complain. > > -- > Larry Colen > [email protected] sent from ret4est > > > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
