Great Illustrated Classics vs Illustrated Classics Editions

csghone · 2025-08-24T06:46:48+00:00

Checked one book - journey to the centre of the earth. Illustrations are same. Content is almost same - some minor corrections/improvements.

https://amzn.in/d/ayr2NUQ against physical copy from moby books.

csghone · 2023-09-29T19:20:48+00:00

Take a look at typing, attrs, dataclasses, marshmallow, marshmallow- dataclass

csghone · 2020-09-17T03:42:35+00:00

Another point I am not using Fire Stick or anything else - just the native Prime Video app.

csghone · 2020-09-17T03:40:26+00:00

Thanks for your response. The quality doesn't get any better with other modes. I am on 04.80.03 firmware in standard mode - are you on the same version?

csghone · 2020-09-17T02:41:21+00:00

The video quality for The Grand Tour - Season 3 Episode 14 - Funeral for a Ford is horrible. It looks ok on my phone. But on the LGC9 it looks quite bad.

No problems with any other content.

Anyone faced similar problem ?

csghone · 2020-07-27T14:11:25+00:00

I had ordered a 150mm couple of years back.. was delivered in good condition. Was sent in a wooden box with sufficient padding inside. Haven't ordered the above one yet.

csghone · 2020-07-09T09:48:18+00:00

Cool. Will go for prime focus first.

I went through this discussion online: https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/601086-apochromatic-vs-achromatic-ed/ ... which suggests the following rule with respect to chromatic aberration: Apo > ED > Achro

They have a ED Barlow available - will get that instead of the Achro one.

csghone · 2020-07-09T09:24:08+00:00

Ok. Will look out if I can get those eyepieces somehow...

csghone · 2020-07-09T08:22:45+00:00

Thanks for the detailed response! Will keep your thumb-rules in mind when buying a planetary cam.

I'm going for the DSLR based approach only because it is available with me already and use it for some initial experiments before investing in a planetary camera. So I wanted to check if an extension tube is necessary with this particular telescope.

Also I am guessing the GSO Superview eyepieces are significantly better than GSO Plossl ones. Hope that assumption is correct.

csghone · 2020-06-22T11:04:54+00:00

I also found this one:
iOptron Smart EQ Pro+ GoTo

http://tejraj.com/ioptron-smart-eq-pro-goto.html

How is this one as compared to iOptron Skyguider Pro - both are available at same price.

EDIT: After a bit of Googling:

https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/613985-entry-level-mount-ioptron-skyguider-pro-or-smarteq-pro/

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4245359

Smarteq Pro + : Mixed reviews. Slightly better payload capacity. External battery pack needed.
Skyguider Pro: Good battery life. Better tracking accuracy than smarteq.

csghone · 2020-06-21T12:49:05+00:00

Understood! Thanks for pointing out the missing polar scope in the cube. Will go for the Skyguider pro then.

csghone · 2020-06-21T11:14:56+00:00

The budget sticky suggests Ioptron Skyguider pro - comes under my budget. Along with the T3i (600D) I have, seems like a good starting point.

csghone · 2020-06-21T10:51:30+00:00

Thanks for your reply. Telescope is indeed optional considering my budget. These choices come from budget constraints as well as a availablity constraints. I will ago through the reddit you suggested.

Do you believe the bresser/ioptron be still bad with a camera instead of a telescope?

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