Re: Borg turret...?

From: George Hein (zweisteinREMOVETHIS_at_optonline.net)
Date: 03/29/05 

Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 17:46:12 -0500

Gaz wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I anyone used/got one of these? There is a piece on them at
> Cloudynights but it's a bit vague to say the least ("try one and see
> what you think" is the upshot of article).
>
> Can you get adaptors to non-Borg scopes? I'm thinking specifically of
> LX90 and refractors.
>
> cheers
> Gaz
>
I currently have one on a Borg77acro. I took it off for a while since
quality is just OK. The eyepieces it comes with are poor quality, my
old plossls are much better, but heavier. It makes no sense to use it
with a Nagler since you cannot lock the eyepieces which are held by
short rubber holders, even the plossls do not fit properly.

I used a Celestron turret (no longer sold) on my C8 for many years -
also probably of OK quality.

However I graduated to a TV85 with Naglers recently.

I put back the turret on my Borg for now with the plossls to use as
quickie scope.

Putting this turret on a non-Borg scope would be a problem and not worth
the effort.

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