Rich, Agena Astro still has the PST on-sale for $100 off, but I think the sale ends soon. Don't get the case. It's not worth a hundred bucks (ten bucks, tops. It's cheap). You have to re-use the shipping foam to line it. The box the telescope comes in works just fine and you save a C-note. And speaking of the PST, if it clears up a bit more this afternoon, I'm going to try my bino-viewer with it. It never occurred to me until today, so I'll give it a try. Probably have to use the Barlow relay lens to reach focus, but I have a good assortment of paired, long-focal-length eyepieces. One of those sets in combination with the Barlow should get me very close to an effective 10-12mm final eyepiece focal length, which I've found is about right for a full-solar-disk view with the PST. On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Richard Tenney <retenney@yahoo.com> wrote:
Amen to everything Chuck just stated. Loved last night's presentation, and am more motivated than ever to pursue the acquisition of a Ha solar telescope ;)