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Date: 07 Nov 2006 15:44:01
From: Luca
Subject: microscope binocular heads any good for telescopes?
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Hello group:
I have seen that it is possible to get cheap binocular heads for
microscopes on eBay.
Even the zeiss ones look quite cheap, compared to other ones.
I was wondering whether it is possible to adapt them ,with some minimal
work,
to a telescope such as a newtonian or a shmidt cassegrain.
I am sure somebody must have already tried this idea before.
Thanks in advance
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Date: 07 Nov 2006 16:04:04
From: Luca
Subject: Re: microscope binocular heads any good for telescopes?
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Hi
RMOLLISE wrote:
> Hi:
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> How cheap is "cheap"?
A zeiss inverted head with oculars sold for about 150
> You can get a binoviewer set up for a telescope for about 200US$ now,
> often with a couple of eyepieces.
Thanks , I guess I really sholuld make more research...
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Date: 07 Nov 2006 15:56:28
From: RMOLLISE
Subject: Re: microscope binocular heads any good for telescopes?
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Hi:
How cheap is "cheap"?
You can get a binoviewer set up for a telescope for about 200US$ now,
often with a couple of eyepieces.
To use a binoviewer with a Newtonian you will, at the least, need to
use a barlow with it. Otherwise you won't have sufficient focus travel.
Luca wrote:
> Hello group:
> I have seen that it is possible to get cheap binocular heads for
> microscopes on eBay.
> Even the zeiss ones look quite cheap, compared to other ones.
> I was wondering whether it is possible to adapt them ,with some minimal
> work,
> to a telescope such as a newtonian or a shmidt cassegrain.
> I am sure somebody must have already tried this idea before.
> Thanks in advance
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Date: 08 Nov 2006 06:50:52
From:
Subject: Re: microscope binocular heads any good for telescopes?
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Luca wrote:
> Hello group:
> I have seen that it is possible to get cheap binocular heads for
> microscopes on eBay.
> Even the zeiss ones look quite cheap, compared to other ones.
> I was wondering whether it is possible to adapt them ,with some minimal
> work,
> to a telescope such as a newtonian or a shmidt cassegrain.
> I am sure somebody must have already tried this idea before.
> Thanks in advance
It's possible and it works. I don't know if it's worthwhile today with
the proliferation of binoviewers retailing for ~$180. But a few years
ago I built on (with help from dear old dad) out of a Nikon (Japan)
bino head. There are pictures of it at http://tinyurl.com/yx4ddh.
It's since been sold when I got a great deal on a Denk FMC.
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