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It's always a good day when Ed reviews a telescope.
I absolutely love the energy Ed emits whenever he reviews a telescope. It's always a good day indeed to appreciate the smaller APOs in life.
Proud owner of both Ranger and Pronto in Evergreen finish! The Ranger is my favorite travel scope! The Pronto is my favorite backyard grab-n-go! ❤
In my younger years, I would drool over the TeleVue Ranger when I would browse through S&T magazines. Fast forward to the third quarter of 1998, I bought one and in 2023, I still have it and use it.
I just a Ranger again for the first time in years! Playing with it now...
In the very early 2000's I was looking at getting my first scope; even emailed you for advise. Ended up with a Pronto bought at my local astronomy shoppe.....now long gone. Went through the usual jumping though hoops with barlows and such. A few years later I picked up a NexStar11GPS at the other local astronomy shop (again, gone.... :( ). First night in the back yard here in Phoenix I tried out the NexStar - and was not impressed. Barely brighter than my Pronto! This changed for the better; much better! once I got the big gun out in the desert in darker skies. Several scopes later, after filling out my SCT card I'm back to refractors. And I still have the Pronto (many diagonals later, not sure I could mate it up with the original high hat adaptor though......).
I did tire of the purple fringing on things like Jupiter. And why is Mars such a PITA? Jupiter is so much easier!
I'll add that me and GEM's just don't get along. Alt-Az seems to be my strong point. Can't imagine trying to learn a GEM and how to use a telescope at the same time. :^)
I had a Tele Vue Pronto and loved that little scope. I even visually observed some super nova consistently over several nights with it. I saw more in that 70mm telescope than any other telescope I've owned. There was no excuse not to use it. I foolishly sold it to "upgrade" to a TV76. The TV76 was a good telescope, but it never had the snap to focus the Pronto possessed. Alas, both are now gone; however, I often entertain the thought of buying another Pronto. I am still a visual observer, but unfortunately I have mostly neglected the hobby. Excellent review, and clear skies.
I love Tele Vue telescopes and their gear. I have owned the TV-85, TV-102, TV-101S, and many Naglers, PanOptics, and Radians. They still serve me well. I did not go to the pronto as my TV-85 was very portable. You gave a great review Ed. Thanks for sharing your experience with thoughts on the pronto.
Clear skies our super Astro friend
Great video Ed! You explain things so well for beginners like me. Thank you.
Great video Ed. I look forward to watching and learning from each one. I am new to astronomy only a couple years of frequently watching the night skies. I started with an ST 80 and still get a lot of use from it. I have an 8" SkyLine that I enjoy also.
Thank you for the education of the sky and telescopes.
Love your vids Ed!
Very helpful channel. Ed has saved me countless time and dollars with his expert advice. Cheers.
Great review. I sold my Pronto. After mourning the loss for a few years, I bought the TeleVue TV76. I love to see your review.
I just came inside from observing with my TeleVue Ranger and this video came up! Thanks for posting. The Pronto and Ranger, what made them special was their 6.8 focal length, much different from many refractors at the time which were a lot around f 11. My Ranger has been with me now for 15 years. Good quality. Tonight saw the moon and very little false color on the limb at medium magnification. Highlight with my Ranger has to have been the Venus transit in 2012.
Excellent video, Ed! I bought a Pronto new, in 1999. I still use it, even for astrophotography (you're right about the halos, thank goodness for Pixinsight). It still performs great visually. My best views of so many objects have been through this great little scope.
You just reminded me that I have one! Another great video, Ed.
It's an age thing...
love this man
Thanks so much for this video, Ed. I sat with my Evergreen Pronto at my side while I watched this and just beamed. I have owned mine for well over 20 years and wouldn't part with it even though I have an APO and other large reflectors. If I were to be able to tally the exact minutes of use of all my scopes the Pronto is probably number one. It's a perfect telescope that I can be outside with and observing in less than a minute. I know it's not an apo but at the low powers that I use it with the little color that I see doesn't bother me in the least.
It's amazing that you should bring up the Veil and 35mm Panoptic with Oiii filter. I showed people this exact setup with the Veil back in the Early 2000's at the Great Plains Star Party in Kansas and they were impressed. It's also great for Lunar Eclipses, Milky Way star clouds, and much more. It's the little telescope that could.....or should I say CAN.
of all the types of channel on youtube, eds telescope videos actually feel like someone who purely does it to help others :)
I bought a Televue 76 (successor to the Pronto I think) back in 2004 and used it visually on a Televue Telepod.. Ten years later, I mounted it on a rather flimsy EQ mount and tried my hand at astrophotography using a cheap Canon DSLR. Around 2019 it graduated onto a HEQ5 mount and I used my first dedicated astronomy camera. Today, in 2023, I am still using the TV 76. It's mounted on an AM5 mount, I use the ASI Air, ZWO Camera and Auto focusser. It's still the best telescope I have ever owned and I'll never sell it!
Thanks for this review. I have a Televue Pronto that I have rarely used. This has reminded me to take it out of the case and use it visually.
Use the Pronto!
Thank you Ed.
Very interesting. There isn't enough TH-cam content about TeleVue, and especially their older kit. I've always thought about trying to get an old Pronto, but have been wary of the condition it might arrive in. Perhaps you could do a video on the process and costs of fixing your old Pronto, compared to not risking the used market, and buying a new TV-76. Many thanks...
IMHO . TV 76 has better optic .
I would only buy a Pronto or Ranger for sentimental or nostalgic value .
TV76 cost the same as TV Pronto in 1993 if you figure the CPI. Inflation .
Of course used tv pronto could be had at 1/3 price of TV76 right now .
@@sofjanmustopoh7232 Yes, you're right. The TV-76 is on my wish list, but I'll need to save a little more. Maybe I'll send the kids out to work... it'll be character building for them!
@@kevinhaynes9091 ha ha ha
Anxiously awaiting AP 3. No pressure, Ed.
I have bought also one, but here in Germany they are rare. It seems to be an older one, the SN 3312. It has definitively not the green ED Objective Lens.
I watch you TH-cam for a few years now, but so far I have not seen any review of a Maksutov-Newtonian/Cassegrain telescopes or have I missed something. I’m interested in Maksutov designs because the design reduces stars chances into becoming comas… I appreciate the work you do. Thanks
Among recent videos, I've reviewed the Intes-Alter M715, and I've ranked the ETXs. There are numerous written Mak reviews on Scopereviews as well.
Ed‘s Line: ‘Shouldn’t have sold that.‘
Semi-Apochromatic is a silly term, but I'd much rather they use this to refer to ED doublets rather than calling them straight "Apochromatic" as if they're equivalent to proper triplets. The distinction is, in my opinion, pretty important!
Wish you would do more new scope reviews
I love that they advertise the ranger specifically for bikes, I wish someone today would make a telescope specifically engineered for us cyclists.
Mr. Ting, have you ever reviewed a refractor with an LZOS triplet in it and what do you think of it in comparison to a TEC , Takahashi or Astro Physics and as a second question ? Have you ever looked through the Skwatcher/Orion MN190 DS Pro maksutov newtonian f5.26 190mm ? I love your videos, but it seems you have never adressed any of these telescopes and I wonder why ?
Thanks for the video, Ed. Though it's been a while since I put some time on mine, the best trip I ever took with it was the Boundary Waters Canoe Area of northern Minnesota. There are zero lights up there and the views were stunning. One thing I've always wondered was how much better are the views from a Televue 85 and is the added price worth it?
Thanks again.
The TV85 is in another league. It is a world class telescope. Whether it's worth it or not...that's a personal decision!
What is the Strehl value of this scopes?
But anyway, I’m using a TeleVue NP101 ( non IS) and this is a very special thing!
What’s the gold telescope in the background?
I remember sitting in study hall in 10th grade in the 1990s, looking at the very TV Pronto ad (sitting atop an Uranometria Atlas if I recall correctly) in Sky & Telescope shown here in the video. I also kept a print out catalog from Astronomics and the Orion Telescopes catalog in my bookbag. I'm sure all the most popular kids did back then. I think TV had another page ad showing a DSO image from the Pronto some months. This completely irresponsible video means I'm going to be checking classified ads, Ed. Not cool. 😃
Will you be doing a review of TeleVue 85mm in the near future?
There's an old review on Scopereviews. The TeleVue refractors are all the same. They are all outstanding. Pick the one that suits your needs and budget.
how did you know they would not be good for photography?
Hello Ed, I have a couple questions for you. With your vast experience and knowledge, which achromat gave you the sharpest views, and which did you enjoy looking through the most? An achromat that was or is available to purchase that is. Also thank you for providing hours of content for those of us with the "sickness" to geek out too😀
Off the top of my head, I'd name the Celestron/Vixen GPC102. With achromats, all other things being equal, the longer f/ratio usually wins.
@@edting Thanks for the reply. There is an ad on Craigslist in Phoenix (2hr drive) for a 60mm F15 Unitron that I really want, and would get had I not just purchased a Vixen ED81S. Your glowing review of that scope prompted that purchase FYI😀
Thanks Ed! Can these scopes be prone to optic fungus like slr lenses can between the glsss layers?
Yes. I am also starting to see refractors from this period with degraded coatings.
If there is one thing I have ever learned in life it was this. NEVER sell your Pronto! I made that mistake once
One thing I have learned is that if it says TeleVue it's a keeper! 😁
Though I enjoy your telescope reviews, I'd like to see some reviews of mounts, selecting a mount for a particular scope, mounts for visual and mounts for astrophotography. Would love a review and how to use about HEQ5. To me mounts are as important as the scope.
What's stopping me is I haven't seen everything. There are gaps in my knowledge. I have very little experience with the iOptron mounts, for instance. FWIW my sample size may be small but I have had very poor luck with the entire "5" series of mounts from Sky-Watcher. Club members have had problems. There is a variant in the US known as the Orion Sirius. I've owned 2 Sirius mounts and neither of them worked.
@@edting What sort of problems with the HEQ5 ? Some of what I have read has been coffee grinder noise of the gears due to backlash in the gear train but there are two cures being backlash adjustment or replacing gears with belt. The HEQ5 seems popular. I just bought one and it replaced an iOptron that arrived with defect. I would prefer a Losmandy mount but not in my budget. You were instrumental in my start in Astronomy by recommending the "Backyard Astronomer's Guide."
Keep in mind my sample size is not large, but the last three "5" series mounts within the club did not work. I owned two Sirius mounts; neither one worked. So that is five in a row. For all I know there are perfectly fine units out there but if it's my money I will not buy one.
@@edting How did they not work? Were these dead on arrival or fail after use? I'm in the process of trying to learn to use mine and so far, it is moving.
Ask them to point at an object and they are off by several degrees, or they point at the ground, or they spin round and round forever. I should stress ALL electronic mounts eventually reach this point. Also the last time I checked the "5" series firmware was terrible. You are limited to a 2-star align, and the operating system was soooo slow. Hopefully they upgraded it.
that looks like a meade 314 brass tube behind you in the begining. I have one, and a tele vue renaissance. I have read the review on the renaissance. maybe you can do a write up on the 314
Yes, and I have the blue steel tubed version as well. I've been wondering if there is enough general interest in these to do a video.
@@edting there is always interest ! I say just make the video. these do come up for sale from time to time, maybe not in the brass version. the renaissance is just a genesis with a brass tube. and the 314 is an f/11 towa. but you know all of this already. of course we would love to see a review
A good compromise might be to do a quick review just to get my thoughts out there without taking up 12-14 minutes of someone's time.
I remember when these were introduced at a special price. Couldn't afford it then... 🙄
Ed, help me plz i am living in a bortle 6 location and during summer I go to a bortle 3 location , what would be best (pure visual ) telescope and relatively transportable and yet good for dsos ?
Budget?
@@LJKMagicaround $1000
One telescope that I regret ever selling ! what was I thinking ?
?? Ed, what TeleVue Eyepieces would work best in a TeleVue TV76? Thank you.
It's personal preference. I might start out with a 27 Panoptics and a 13 Nagler and work my way from there to suit my tastes.
@@edting Thanks. Have you any experience with APM Wide Field eyepieces?