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- Questar 3. 5 Maksutov Telescope - Cloudy Nights
However, the Questar’s design philosophy of being an all-in-one instrument, while commendable, is the telescope’s biggest flaw For those who are unfamiliar with the quirks of the Questar design, the scope has a number of highly unusual characteristics designed specifically to minimize the number of accessories required by the user
- Comparison of the Questar 7 with the Meade 7 Mak - 1996
The Questar told me by the reduction in tube current, clearly seen in the out of focus image as a vertical breakup from the dark spot to the top of the disk (or on the bottom if you are on the other side of focus) This pattern was much clearer than that indicated by Suiter on page 143 The star test was performed on both scopes for over two hours
- Questar 7 - commentary and comparison - Cloudy Nights
A friend purchased a Questar 7 a few years ago and I am going to record my impressions of the telescope I have 20 years experience as an observer specialising in planetary and double star observing I also believe I have a reasonable knowledge of optics and telescopes in general some may think t
- Questar 3. 5 Duplex, ETX, C5+ Comparison - June-July 1996
The Questar takes about 15 seconds, the ETX 2-3 minutes (most of that is sorting through the allen wrenches for the right one In a previous post I mentioned the solar filter that comes with the Questar as being a full aperture The provided filter is actually an off axis reduced aperture filter I also ordered the Powerguide II drive controller
- Cloudy Nights questar 3. 5
Questar - a company with history Questar is a privately-owned business that has been making the Questar line of telescopes since 1952 Located in New Hope, PA, they are the only telescope company to publish the following amazing invitation; We invite you to inspect a Questar at our offices in New Hope, where you are always welcome
- Grok AI solves Questar technical question. - Cloudy Nights
Grok AI solves Questar technical question - posted in Questar Forum: I decided to test Grok with a simple question like we have here I see that it is likely to put the helpful people here out of business! (I note that it missed the key point about the Barlow being engaged while in finder mode) Q: I’m having trouble getting my Questar telescope to focus No matter what I do with the
- Questar tristand astropier substitute - Page 2 - Cloudy Nights
Page 2 of 2 - Questar tristand astropier substitute - posted in Questar Forum: Here is an elegant solution that does not require a machine shop: William Optics High Latitude Base, matching dovetail bar, and a tripod of your choice (standard 3 8 16 bolt) Nice! But isnt there only one (central) attachment point on the base of the mount? So even after attaching it to the dovetail bar how do you
- Deforking a Questar Standard, 2025 update - Cloudy Nights
Deforking a Questar Standard, 2025 update - posted in Questar Forum: Ive decided to deform my Questar Standard Ive had good use of my 2013 BB Q standard mostly for Solar System astrophotography Deforking has become my preferred path Apologies if I ramble a bit Questar RA drive is precise enough for visual use and solar system imaging Deforking for use on a good GoTo mount, will let me do
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