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Hi,
I'm just wondering whether anyone else in Spore has experienced this.
All my Orion 2" filters do not thread all the way into my 2" equipment - WO diagonal, GSO Barlow, GSO EP, both WO 2" EP adapters and Celestron 2" adapter ... - They sort of thread half way in then get stuck ... although it's still useable, it doesn't give a safe feeling if you know what I mean. =) And I'm worried of cross-threading my filters ..
I've read in other forums that this is pretty common cos apparently Orion uses a slightly different thread size for their 2" filters? Apparently 1.25" filters are all ok.
My Celestron and WO 2" filters all fit really nicely.
Anyone encountered similar stuff? Or know a 2" extension tube/adapter that fits Orion?
Jeremy Ng
C8, CR-150HD, TMB 80 f/6
Orion SVP Intelliscope, AstroSlew I
Minolta Activa 12x50WA
Hi,
Hmm... My Celestron 2" filter fit all my 2" item... LuiMing 2" diagonal, GSO 2" EP and including the Orion 2" extension tube... May be you should measure the filter thread.
Anyway, Astro Bargains got sell the Orion extension tube, so you may want to try on it.
Have a nice day.
Yang Weixing "The universe is composed mainly of hydrogen and ignorance."
My Celestron and WO 2" filters all fit nicely ... only Orion dun fit well .... I think the thread is 48mm just that the thread count is different (the distance between the threads) ...
Good idea, maybe I'll try the Orion extension tube ..I'm supposed to get my EP too ... drag too long lioao ...
Jeremy Ng
C8, CR-150HD, TMB 80 f/6
Orion SVP Intelliscope, AstroSlew I
Minolta Activa 12x50WA
"The universe is composed mainly of hydrogen and ignorance." 