Quote:
|
Originally Posted by davidpretorius
yes, they are gods little creatures, but between toilet training , teeth & all the bugs they pick up, it is amazing they survive the parents lack of patience / sleep!
you can always click your heels and say " there's no place like home....."
the jetstream has been looking really good up your way, i spose it is like the NT, lotsa clouds!!
|
Yep Davo, juggling work and family with our chosen hobby(ies) is an art. I've tried clicking my heels, and I can tell you now - it doesn't work.
Before the current spate of monsoonal weather, we had some nights of excellent seeing, albeit with average to poor transparency. That's why I'm so happy with the performance of the 9mm OU Ortho. At 333x with the barlow, the views are spectacular; whereas last Oct/Nov poorer seeing conditions meant that I was a little dissapointed with views of Mars using this same ep. The downside of this ep (at F5) is a slight colour abberation at the edge of fov. This dissapears at longer focal lengths, i.e. when its barlowed.
In side by side camparisons between the Ortho and 4mm and 6mm GSO plossls, the Ortho yields much greater contrast, and is tack sharp at similar mags. I love it.
As I said, imho the Vixen LV would want to be substantially better to warrent its higher price tag.
Dave