Post by erikruud on Aug 10, 2007 10:54:10 GMT -6
Hello,
If you read my initial post in the “New Member Introductions” you will see how I came to be the owner of a new Bushnell Voyager 70mmX800mm reflector.
The scope originally came, with three eyepieces (12.5,8 & 4 mm’s), a diagonal, an erecting eyepiece, a different Alt-Az mount with lighted degree scales, a red dot finder, a compass, and a hand held talking SkyTour device. The mount has a slow motion adjustment for the azimuth but not for altitude. There is no clutch, just a thumbscrew to engage or disengage the slow motion control. The altitude does have a thumbscrew to lock it in place.
My first light experience was a bit mixed. I was able to get good views of the nearly full moon using all three eyepieces. I was also able to view Jupiter and four of the moons with the 12.5mm. Trying to get a better view of jupirt with the 8mm and 4mm did not work out. The mount was to wobbly.
My second night of viewing was slightly better and I was able to keep Jupiter in view and get it focused with the 8mm and 4mm. We could even see one of the bands as a faint line.
At this point was able to identify two problems. A large amount of slop in the azimuth axis that translated to about a degree of movement in altitude made it hard to set the correct altitude and it also cased the altitude setting to jump if the slow motion control was used. The other problem is that the red dot finder has a lot of play in the adjustment knobs that makes it hard to keep aligned.
I am going to update this thread as I try to whip this scope into shape.
Thanks for listening,
Erik Ruud
41.9N 88.3W
If you read my initial post in the “New Member Introductions” you will see how I came to be the owner of a new Bushnell Voyager 70mmX800mm reflector.
The scope originally came, with three eyepieces (12.5,8 & 4 mm’s), a diagonal, an erecting eyepiece, a different Alt-Az mount with lighted degree scales, a red dot finder, a compass, and a hand held talking SkyTour device. The mount has a slow motion adjustment for the azimuth but not for altitude. There is no clutch, just a thumbscrew to engage or disengage the slow motion control. The altitude does have a thumbscrew to lock it in place.
My first light experience was a bit mixed. I was able to get good views of the nearly full moon using all three eyepieces. I was also able to view Jupiter and four of the moons with the 12.5mm. Trying to get a better view of jupirt with the 8mm and 4mm did not work out. The mount was to wobbly.
My second night of viewing was slightly better and I was able to keep Jupiter in view and get it focused with the 8mm and 4mm. We could even see one of the bands as a faint line.
At this point was able to identify two problems. A large amount of slop in the azimuth axis that translated to about a degree of movement in altitude made it hard to set the correct altitude and it also cased the altitude setting to jump if the slow motion control was used. The other problem is that the red dot finder has a lot of play in the adjustment knobs that makes it hard to keep aligned.
I am going to update this thread as I try to whip this scope into shape.
Thanks for listening,
Erik Ruud
41.9N 88.3W