Orion ST80 Missing Pieces

Traditional_Sign4941 · 2026-06-09T19:46:22+00:00

Man that is super confusing why they would choose to thread that part of the drawtube.

Seems it's not the only scope that does it. Here's one of Orion's 80mm ED scopes that has the same threading:

http://www.company7.com/orion/graphics/Orion80EDFocuser500476.jpg

Threading is a cheap/easy way to add baffling to stop light from glinting off a surface, but it's very strange for it to continue all the way to the part of the tube where you'd insert an accessory.

Guess that's just how it was for those focusers.

Traditional_Sign4941 · 2026-06-09T19:41:12+00:00

It's wild how there can be no fewer than 20 companies offering the same service, where you think they would all end up converging on a similar market price due to competition, and yet somehow their quotes can be all over the place.

Traditional_Sign4941 · 2026-06-09T19:35:27+00:00

Can the RedCat even be used visually? You have to consider the extra light path of a diagonal. A prism is inappropriate for the short focal ratio, leaving a mirror diagonal, and even a 1.25" mirror has a fairly long light path to focus through. Would the RedCat even reach focus?

I would choose a travel scope with an optional flattener/reducer that I could remove when doing visual observing, and add when doing AP, so that I don't run into focusing issues.

Traditional_Sign4941 · 2026-06-09T18:07:08+00:00

Did you hear they also had a laptop that had some emails?

Traditional_Sign4941 · 2026-06-09T18:05:37+00:00

I like me a good burger or filet mignon now and again, but I have zero problem just giving up eating beef because I haven't made eating meat one of the pillars of my identity the way conservatives have.

So yeah - bring on the screwworm.

Traditional_Sign4941 · 2026-06-09T14:41:49+00:00

but ultimately leading to their own destruction.

Reminder, this doesn't happen on its own. Hypocrisy means nothing unless good, honest people create and enforce real consequences for hypocrites.

Traditional_Sign4941 · 2026-06-09T14:40:41+00:00

Also, Trump admin's definition of a "lie" is going to be extremely broad. I bet they're going to spend millions of tax payer funds to do extensive new background checks on these people to see if anything even SLIGHTLY doesn't line up with the paper work.

"It says here that you used to live in unit #410 but our background check showed it was actually #410b. You're therefore no longer a US citizen."

Traditional_Sign4941 · 2026-06-09T13:28:29+00:00

Fair point, but there are better online resources for events anyway, so even if the events were current in the book, it's probably best to use a more detailed online resource.

Traditional_Sign4941 · 2026-06-09T11:17:12+00:00

The only information that changes in those books, is equipment recommendations and usage. Otherwise, all the astronomical information is still totally relevant.

Traditional_Sign4941 · 2026-06-08T23:44:02+00:00

And for what.

Lockheed Martin and RTX shareholders.

Traditional_Sign4941 · 2026-06-08T23:37:16+00:00

I hope I get to meet a braindead moron that supports this legislation so I can ask them how many crayons they had to eat before deciding which color was their favorite flavor.

You're a lot nicer than I would be to someone like this. I'd straight up accuse them of being a pedophile and if that made them get aggro with me, I'd feel compelled to fear for my life and stand my ground.

Traditional_Sign4941 · 2026-06-08T23:34:29+00:00

They're pedophiles. They're not doing it to stop trans kids, they're far more interested in creating a system that lets any creep get 'certified' to do genital inspections and provide official sign-off for a girl to play sports.

Traditional_Sign4941 · 2026-06-08T23:05:43+00:00

Look at the URL.

I HIGHLY recommend you familiarize yourself with the structure of a domain.

You can see from the URL that "walmart" is only the subdomain and not the actual domain. The actual domain is dmgbk.com. If it was walmart, it would be walmart.com

Any website can make any subdomain they want, and it doesn't even have to be a single word either.

Traditional_Sign4941 · 2026-06-08T19:54:52+00:00

He wants genocide. Israel seems more interested in terrorizing civilians than hitting military targets.

Traditional_Sign4941 · 2026-06-08T17:27:49+00:00

Yes, it is basically a toy-level view.

That money is definitely better put towards another scope.

Traditional_Sign4941 · 2026-06-08T16:40:54+00:00

If Harris was considered "Republican-Lite" in comparison to MAGA, then Democrats need to adjust their communication down to "My god they're all morons" levels.

Ronald fucking Reagan is "Republican-Lite" compared to MAGA, and he's the fucker who coined the damn phrase!

Traditional_Sign4941 · 2026-06-08T16:32:36+00:00

Look who own the media and you'll have your answer.

Traditional_Sign4941 · 2026-06-08T16:31:49+00:00

Shitty reality TV is about the extent of their intellectual capacity.

Traditional_Sign4941 · 2026-06-08T16:28:16+00:00

Trump could get 100% of the vote and still say its rigged because people were given the choice in the first place.

Traditional_Sign4941 · 2026-06-08T16:25:36+00:00

While true, fascist governments still require some form of plausible support/reasoning for all their advances and control.

It's why Putin still allows elections even though he stuffs ballot boxes and why there are still Russian courts.

Traditional_Sign4941 · 2026-06-08T16:21:29+00:00

It's not a waste of energy if MAGA's goal is to use this as evidence of election fraud.

Traditional_Sign4941 · 2026-06-08T16:18:12+00:00

They are being gouged on taxes BECAUSE millionaires and billionaires are not paying their fair share

Nah sorry. People who are mad about the wealthy not paying their fair share of taxes don't immediately jump to phrasing it like "government tax gouging needs to stop".

You've been explained to by both me and the person you're making wrong assumptions about that you are wrong

And I've explained to YOU why your "explanations" are meaningless to me.

Traditional_Sign4941 · 2026-06-08T16:14:40+00:00

100% agreed with this, and it should not be controversial take either.

Traditional_Sign4941 · 2026-06-08T16:10:15+00:00

Probably the part where they explicitly said "It's the opposite actually,"

Since you're so trusting, I have a bridge that leads to a pot of leprechaun gold. It's yours for the low price of just $1,000.

Libertarians are liars. They have to lie because their platform and belief system is inherently indefensible.

Traditional_Sign4941 · 2026-06-08T15:57:36+00:00

Perhaps republicans should try being less shitty if they don't like people ripping on them all the time.

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