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DaveC426913
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I am debating whether to throw good money after bad, as it were.
My 5" Newt (Orbitor 4000) badly needs its secondary re-silvered. Debating on whether I might as well get the primary done at the same time, even though that will balloon the cost. Primary is in a lot better shape - I might be able to get away without doing it. Anyone know of any places in Ontario or even in Canada? I can't seem to find any that won't cost me customs taxes.
It is on a manual (eq) mount. With my webcam's mag, objects cross the FOV in about a minute, which makes for a lot of fiddling. If I want planets to be any larger than a large freckle on my laptop screen, I'll have to increase the mag, which will narrow the FOV even more, maybe even beyond the range of usability. I wonder if I should invest in a motor mount. Can it be cost effective to replace only the mount while keeping the scope and tripod?
Somebody else has the identical setup:
My 5" Newt (Orbitor 4000) badly needs its secondary re-silvered. Debating on whether I might as well get the primary done at the same time, even though that will balloon the cost. Primary is in a lot better shape - I might be able to get away without doing it. Anyone know of any places in Ontario or even in Canada? I can't seem to find any that won't cost me customs taxes.
It is on a manual (eq) mount. With my webcam's mag, objects cross the FOV in about a minute, which makes for a lot of fiddling. If I want planets to be any larger than a large freckle on my laptop screen, I'll have to increase the mag, which will narrow the FOV even more, maybe even beyond the range of usability. I wonder if I should invest in a motor mount. Can it be cost effective to replace only the mount while keeping the scope and tripod?
Somebody else has the identical setup: