The Nagler Terminator has arrived

[westsky]

Hey Tony have you got an "IN" with the bloke upstairs?
the clouds are clearing and it looks like you will get to use that hunk of glass tonight

David

[Comet Hunter]

Phoar! What a massive EP Tony! lucky you've got a ute Cant wait to see it in action out at Mark's

[mch62 (Mark)]

Even though the 31mm Nagler is a nice eyepiece...dont they
recommend a parracor for an F5 scope.

Actually the parracor is for any newt from f4-f8 although it works best for f4.5 ish .
I find at f6 coma is not that much of a problem .
Just interested to see how it goes in an f5 without a parracor as there are a stack of f5 forum members who might be interested.


BTW $2:00 a look or 3 looks for $5 [/B]

Hey just make sure all these other guys are behind me in the line, mate, pal ,friend ,buddy

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Hey Toe-nails,

Nice looking peice of Hardware!

Pity about the little bit of rust around the bottom.

Is that the usual quality for Kmart?

[ving (David)]

81mm? holly cow batman!

nice tat bwt tony, what is it?


ken, kyou realy do have too much time on your hands.

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

David,

Why do I keep getting asked that whenever I put a graphic in the posts? It only took about 5 minutes to do.

Crappy EP he bought isn't it!

[janoskiss (Steve H)]

Indeed! Way too much time on Ken's hands.

Still, I had a good chuckle! Thanks Ken!

[astro_south (Andrew)]

ROTFL

Great stuff Ken

Even noticed the chunk out of the eyecup.

On second thoughts Tony - I'm not sure I want the rust near my JMI DX2 focuser.

[Starkler (Geoff)]

I'll keep an eye out in the 'for sale' section for this one

[westsky]

what about the big crack down the right hand side

[Dave47tuc (David)]

Nice Tony

Good choice enjoy.

[Striker (Tony)]

Ok...I have done a thorough review on my 31mm Nagler.....

Review: ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT Review Complete.....lol

Paul......I had it all set up with Microfocuser, 2" Diagonal and the 31mm Nagler......to balance it, all I needed was just 1 of the weights out of the 3 that comes with the Meade weight set...it was the heaviest one but I was a little surprised....I thought it would have needed a little more to balance.

I took some pics mainly of the moon...I want to compare them to my moon shots I took with GSO 30mm eyepiece.....

I also took a saturn shot just for the hell of it.....i'm bit scared even to look at that one but I will....the night was poor with all the clouds but was fine for moon shots....

One thing I thought really stood out with the 31mm Nagler besides the FOV was the M42...for such a poor night for viewing I could clearly see heaps of the green colour...lot more then the normal viewing I get from my light poluted house......

Anyway......their is probably going to be a few of us going to Mark Hodson's place midweek so mark can review the eyepiece properly.

[Astro_Guy]

If you think that the 31mm Terminagler is big...

This morning I opened up my first Meade Series 5000 24mm UWA. This eyepiece is at least as big as the 31mm Nagler, which can only leave one to wonder at the size of the 30mm Meade.

Poor weather here has prevented me from testing the new Meades at night, but I'll post some impressions when available.

[beren]

Wow enjoy the view Tony ....... just watch your meade 2 inch diagonal {i think thats what youve got }, the silver tube part screws from the main body {helps in cleaning the mirror} and can come loose over time , main did and i had my 14UWA in it at the time .

[acropolite (Phil)]

Now all you need now is a new 16 inch RCX400 to go with those.....

[Striker (Tony)]

That would be nice Phil.......but considering my scope is only 3 months old I think I should atleast wait till the end of the year before upgradding....lol

Stuart......I realised that on friday.....I happen to be looking at the thread for any 2" filter I may be looking at and noticed it can be screwed off...so I will be keeping an eye on that...thanks.