Hi Everybody! Just want to wish you all health and happiness for the Holidays and through the upcoming New Year. Tony N. P.S. Hey Terry, hope Black Bart gets...
Best Wishes of the season to you and yours! Hi Rich, I wish I had some great link or something to contribute but I can only reinforce that I've had the same...
With the a;ready considerably delayed start of the current sunspot cycle, and the reports of a very cold winter in Europe, is there a chance that we are...
Dear All, As a present I received a Pocket Sky Atlas of Sky and Telescope from James and Sue of amateurastronomyonline yahoogroup. It's down to mag 7.6 and is...
Streamlight now has a flashlight that may be very good for astronomy field use. It is the model 51056 Night Com Tactical C4 LED flashlight. It has a 105 Lumen...
The 5" f/9 refractor I recently built - top of this page - http://www.telesc0pe.com/t2b.htm - has been lots of fun, easy to use and a new way for me to look at...
Hello everyone, I don't know what time it was, around 5 or 5:30 am. Leo was just about passing my meridian. Grabbed binos (around 15x50). and started hunting...
Now it's too cold out and there's snow on the ground! And the city turned the stupid streetlight back on. (It's one of the new type that doesn't spread light...
HI Frank, Didn't mean to embarrass anyone! I just thought your solutions novel and certainly could put a nice sized instrument into the range of those longing...
I really like my Orion Expanse lookalikes, very sharp in the center and wide enough to be interesting, but I have only a 9mm and a 20. Here is the Orion set -...
These are my personal scopes (OTA's)that are in great and new condition: A 102mm ED APO Refractor and Brand New SC8 - 8" SCT. Both are posted with pictures on...
Hi Frank, I've been following your saga and I have to say I'm very impressed with what you have accomplished! In fact, I've even been sending the image of your...
The long drawtube of the focuser I used on the 127mm f/9 refractor vignettes when I use 2 inch eyepieces, so I use only 1.25 inch EPs at this time. I have the...
Just an FYI - we were discussing using bino charts with a smaller telescope. Just happened to read the Astronomy magazine forum, and under binoculars was a...
WarpsDrive Belt Conversion Kits - Second Call - Open Orders This will probably be the final batch of WarpsDrive Belt Conversion Kits for the Meade LXD55, LXD75...
Someone named Lloyd posted msg #23819. Do we have any more? I've been looking for the companions to M31. They have been seen in binos, but I've had no luck....
Weezy, I admit if you said what kind of observing you do I failed to pay attention so if this suggestion is off base, apologies! Back when I lived out west I...
Maroof called me for directions around Asar time. He was near Noor Jehan / Jehangir Tomb. I couldn't help much as I was not familiar with that area. He asked...
First the rant. I know that aperture can rule in urban observing. It is also a fact that the telescope that you can move, carry, whatever is the one that gets...
The differences between the 6" 1200mm FL achro and the 5" 1140 FL are subtle, not at great as that noted between the 127 and the 102 (that probably because of...
After deciding that a 6" f/15 Sonotube refractor would be impractical - mostly good for planets, unwieldy to mount and difficult to store, and therefore not...
Unless it is against the rules, I will be posting in the files section a summary description of two OTA's I am putting up for sale. One will be a classic...
I've got mostly Vixen/Orion LVW. I've read that if you want to boost contrast in an EP - use a higher power, it will make the sky blacker. I've tried that both...
I was in a bit of a pickle this last couple of nights. Dew has suddenly become a big problem here in 'finally' sunny Florida and I have been lazy and have not...
Baseball is over so put away the bat and glove. Clean the "Pine Tar" off your hands. The wonders of the winter sky await you get those scopes out and lets...
See message 23641 I think it's when posts get too technical that people stop. And just keep hammering on that technicality. I enjoy my 120ST. I get it out when...
Hi Frank, If you think you are observing some softness of focus with your unit, I'd want to be sure it was SA rather than a turned edge that was causing the...
A couple of times this morning (4-6 AM) I used Sirius as a "focusing aid" since I was trying various Barlow - EP combinations. I got thinking about a...
I got up a 4 AM and planned to cruise a few favorites before work (this is David B's fault) and watch Saturn rise. I normally would use a Newt, but, for a...
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