Comdratulations , both Aussie Matt's

[bn1777]

I have just come from CN's refractor forums , and first , My best wishes for both the Aussie's , the Matt's on there decision on going for Istar , lets hear a round of applause .....
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Great choices mates , you wont be disappointed .

Before I go on , I was not impressed with "Jon's " comment in Matt's (Kanama) thread , 'the best way to go' , about my shot ( zoomed in ) of Venus , he was insinuating that it was a fake ? or something ? shit house thing to even think , let alone put it on the web for all to read , thanks Matt ( soon to be a 6 inch f12 Istar owner ) for sticking it to him very well done , man what a tosser ! .

I gave him one as well , sorry Matt ( Kanama ) for hi-jacking your thread , but its all over now ,,, unless the tosser takes the bait ?? .
My spheel is over , thanks for listening ,, but hey what a know it all , he was NOT there ! when I took that photo ...

Brian.

[Mike]

Brian, I don't know if they thought it was a fake or not. I think they were saying if you take an image "afocally" or through an eyepiece this extends the focal length and therefore inherently reduces the false color. Of course this point is pretty lame to even have been brought up in the first place. I always image planets through Televue Powermates. My C14 is F11 and I usually image at F22. Of course this mirror system produces no false color but I'm just making a point. This is the only way to increase the image size. What good would it do to image a planet at prime focus? The planet would appear the size of a pin head. Don't sweat it Brian. It's just CN nitpicking at Istar. Just be happy the thread ended relatively peacefully.

Mike

[bn1777]

Yes Mike , I also use my 2x powremate giving 2000mm or f16 , just about perfect , yes it took the tossers a while but they got there didn't they ?
Pissant's ,,,

Brian.

[boomboom]

Hi Brian,
Thought I should point out the obvious!
Don't forget Mikey was in there as well.
Some of CN is a waste of space but there are still great forums there....binoviewer forum for instance.
Eyepieces is mostly rubbish, look at the guy who did a thread on the box an ES eyepeice came in!!!!!Really some people need a life.
Cheers mate.
Matt (here in called Mattf12 as distinction to Matt 8" !)
Matt f12 or boomboom if you like....