Comments on: I hear ER’s getting his new scope ready for this month’s eclipse https://habitablezone.com/2017/08/01/i-hear-ers-getting-his-new-scope-ready-for-this-months-eclipse/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:15:13 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mcfly https://habitablezone.com/2017/08/01/i-hear-ers-getting-his-new-scope-ready-for-this-months-eclipse/#comment-39850 mcfly Tue, 01 Aug 2017 21:50:54 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=65975#comment-39850 I had a no-name 60mm refractor when I was in my 20s and it always blew me away. The optics were pretty decent for a cheap scope, though I can only imagine that your Orion would make my old scope seem like the spindle from a paper towel roll. Still though, that little scope showed me the rings of Saturn, so I'll always love it. Sold it ages ago in a garage sale. Hope it has a good home. I had a no-name 60mm refractor when I was in my 20s and it always blew me away. The optics were pretty decent for a cheap scope, though I can only imagine that your Orion would make my old scope seem like the spindle from a paper towel roll.

Still though, that little scope showed me the rings of Saturn, so I’ll always love it. Sold it ages ago in a garage sale. Hope it has a good home.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2017/08/01/i-hear-ers-getting-his-new-scope-ready-for-this-months-eclipse/#comment-39849 ER Tue, 01 Aug 2017 21:31:25 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=65975#comment-39849 My scope is an Orion 4" f/5 equatorial refractor. My climate and seeing don't support anything more elaborate. My scope is an Orion 4″ f/5 equatorial refractor.

My climate and seeing don’t support anything more elaborate.

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2017/08/01/i-hear-ers-getting-his-new-scope-ready-for-this-months-eclipse/#comment-39847 RL Tue, 01 Aug 2017 21:18:26 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=65975#comment-39847 Dude, that is SO 18th century! Dude, that is SO 18th century!

]]> By: mcfly https://habitablezone.com/2017/08/01/i-hear-ers-getting-his-new-scope-ready-for-this-months-eclipse/#comment-39846 mcfly Tue, 01 Aug 2017 20:25:43 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=65975#comment-39846 Weird, I always pictured ER with a Celestron... Weird, I always pictured ER with a Celestron…

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