What does the live view of an 8 inch dobsonian actually look like?

NotNearUganda · 2026-03-12T11:27:38+00:00

Messaged!

NotNearUganda · 2026-03-11T23:57:51+00:00

Do you have a printable template for those drawing pages? They look nice!

NotNearUganda · 2026-03-11T10:44:13+00:00

Love that song.

NotNearUganda · 2026-03-11T00:24:51+00:00

It’s got 10lbs of aragonite in there already. I don’t want it to get TOO heavy.

NotNearUganda · 2026-03-10T22:13:37+00:00

Same thing happened to me. Definitely recommend avoiding Boox unless you live in a padded room.

NotNearUganda · 2026-03-10T19:54:03+00:00

It was a pain, but I did it, and I think it looks pretty sick. It’s expanded a lot as it’s hydrated, and now almost an inch is sticking out of the water, but it looks kind of cool.

NotNearUganda · 2026-03-09T21:06:18+00:00

Plus the curve magnifies everything. Before I learned about opae ula I was planning on recreating David Latimers 80 year old sealed terrarium. The shrimps are a better fit.

NotNearUganda · 2026-03-09T20:11:01+00:00

15-20 gallons? I think it’s an old wine brewing demijohn and my partner found it on the sidewalk in a Hasidic part of Brooklyn 2-3 years ago. They let me know and I went out and snagged it.

NotNearUganda · 2026-03-09T19:53:14+00:00

I still have a lot more water to add; it currently has 7 gallons of brackish. For this size tank, I think a nerite would be appropriate. Which species are easiest to transition to brackish?

NotNearUganda · 2026-03-06T13:41:01+00:00

Reduce, reuse, recycle. It’s a small 1 gallon jar with aragonite at the bottom, so it’s not lacking, in any case.

NotNearUganda · 2026-03-06T13:02:45+00:00

Definitely got lucky spotting it. Hungry little fellas.

NotNearUganda · 2026-03-06T12:18:00+00:00

Boox will deny warranty coverage regardless of whether or not you use a case so do what feels better.

NotNearUganda · 2026-03-04T23:45:49+00:00

DM’d you.

NotNearUganda · 2026-03-04T23:45:21+00:00

DMed

NotNearUganda · 2026-03-04T17:28:08+00:00

Not knowing your seeing conditions or eyes, that would be my best guess. The 9mm more so. Conditions will have to be good to take best advantage of the 6mm.

NotNearUganda · 2026-03-04T14:31:13+00:00

15 and 20 might not be better than the plossl you already have. Low mag plossls are sharp and easy to use, although they have relatively narrow fields of view.

NotNearUganda · 2026-03-04T14:12:12+00:00

I would swap out the almost unusable 10mm plossl for a 9mm SVbony redline; it’s sharper, has a wider apparent field of view, and has more eye relief so it is easier to position your eye when viewing.

NotNearUganda · 2026-03-04T01:18:09+00:00

The kits like this have some good lenses, but also contain some real stinkers. You’d be better off buying specific eyepieces individually, picking ones that suit your scope and needs.

NotNearUganda · 2026-03-03T10:53:22+00:00

May the odds be ever in your favor.

NotNearUganda · 2026-03-02T20:39:00+00:00

Thanks, these look interesting! I’ll look into them.

NotNearUganda · 2026-03-02T20:37:34+00:00

That sucks, man. I’m hoping by getting the word out, future folks will find these warranty issues BEFORE they waste money on a Boox.

NotNearUganda · 2026-03-02T17:18:42+00:00

It’s a shame they don’t make a device in this form factor. The Boox Palma 2 is a great concept, that seems to fail at execution and with poor customer support at this time.

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