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Homemade Bayonet Mount for Astro EPs in Kowa 883
Henry, Thanks for your comments. I like the TMB Planetary, but I guess I just can't expect to squeeze much more detail out of the Kowa 883 than I have already done. John Wright- Sirius Birder
- Post #9
- Forum: Kowa
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Homemade Bayonet Mount for Astro EPs in Kowa 883
Kimmo and Steve, Thanks for the comments about eyepieces. Kimmo, perhaps I will look for a suitable 6mm lens. Steve, I am familiar with the attributes of several of the high end astronomical eyepieces (although I have never purchased one.... yet). I know that I don't want to deal with short...- Sirius Birder
- Post #7
- Forum: Kowa
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Homemade Bayonet Mount for Astro EPs in Kowa 883
Kimmo, I have spent a little time comparing the Kowa 20-60X zoom eyepiece ($500) to the TMB-type 5mm Planetary eyepiece ($60) which I have put in my home made bayonet mount. As I stated previously, the magnification with the 5mm is about 100X. Actual field of view, as would be expected, is...- Sirius Birder
- Post #4
- Forum: Kowa
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Homemade Bayonet Mount for Astro EPs in Kowa 883
Kimmo, I will post a performance report on the TMB 5mm lens as soon as I get the time and good weather. Perhaps a couple of days. John Wright- Sirius Birder
- Post #3
- Forum: Kowa
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Homemade Bayonet Mount for Astro EPs in Kowa 883
I have recently made a cheap but very nice astronomical eyepiece adapter for my Kowa 883. I was looking for some way to use higher powers than the 60X of the zoom eyepiece. The adapter I have made is designed around the TMB/BO Planetary eyepiece, as sold by Burgess Optical, or an equivalent...- Sirius Birder
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- Forum: Kowa