Within the next 2 years I plan to own a Wm.-Yang 102mm semi APO chromatic 680mm focal length telescope, a 3.6" 1020mm focal length off-axis Newtonian as well as hopefully a 14" Dobsonian telescope. Recommendations as per binoviewer-TeleVue, Denkmeier, Siebert, would be appreciated.The first two telescopes will be for planetary viewing + clusters and doubles, while the 14" will be used for deep sky objects.
Thanks.
Steve

You might consider the Burgess Optical Binoviewer for $199. Two pix of it are at:

http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/burge...case.yahoo.com/

and details are at www.burgessoptical.com

Donald

Having used a variety of binoviewers my advice is to consider a Denkmeier unit.

i'm curious why you would want an off-axis Newtonian when you're also planning on getting a refractor of larger aperture. Did you know that off-axis Newtonians can be a real pain to collimate? If the 14" has a good mirror and the seeing is reasonably good at your location I guarantee you'll be using it for planetary observing too. BTW, star clusters are also considered to be deep-sky objects.

Dave Mitsky

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