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What I learned tonight by
Dave Nay
Still being new to amateure astronomy...here is what I learned tonight:
- I don't like full moons! I want to look at stars, planet and fuzzies.
- Don't look...
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September 18th 03 10:06 PM
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The "Hunter," and the "Pup"... by
Alan W. Craft
I observed several objects this late evening/
early morn with my Takahashi FS-102:
Mars was utterly hopeless, swimming about
in its descent towards the west. ...
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Eclipse and Airplane by
macnmotion
I caught a plane crossing a partially-eclipsed moon:
http://www.macnmotion.com/eclipse/eclipse32.jpg
Here's a sequence of the first half of the...
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Science accuracy in movies example by
Richard
In the new Crowe movie, Master and Commander, a view through a refractor
telescope in 1809 shows chromatic and spherical aberration. Way to go,
Peter Weir for...
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scope for light pollution by
Patrick
Right now light pollution in my yard isn't bad at all (about mag. 5),
but by next fall there will be a shopping plaza and parking lot built
adjacent to it, so...
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BK7 vrs. float glass in SCT correctors? by
Gary Heath
I was surprised to see that (according to Meade's ads) they no longer use
BK7 for the corrector of the 12" SCT's as they did on the "classic" 12"...
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December 3rd 03 06:51 PM
by Al M
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Cooldown time? by
PJ Savolainen
Hi all
Any knowledge of which type/brand of telescopes have shortest cooldown time?
Regards
Pena
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Beginner Scope - Dobsonian? by
MW
Hi, I've been considering getting a telescope for when we're out
camping. I want to get something that I will not grow out of for a
while. I'd prefer to keep...
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Lousy weather is expensive by
Trane Francks
I swear, I only get GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome) when I get
socked into bad weather for an extended period of time.
Literally, it's been months since...
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To C8 Orange Tube Owners by
Roy Dionne
Hi All,
What started with a curiosity to try to find what year my daughters
Orange Tube C8 was made has turned into part time hobby.
First thing I found was...
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Mirror cleaning for a Newtonian by
Bob Bethune
A friend of mine has a Newtonian reflector. He says it's got some fairly
heavy spotting on it, probably due to condensation and evaporation. It's
been years...
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Book (old Scopes) by
Starlord
I was given a book a few weeks ago, "Telescopes for skygazing" by Henry E. Paul.
This was writen well before the DOBsonians became the number 1 scope sold,...
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Daytime Collimation? by
Dan Wenz
Is there any reason why star-collimation at night via stars seems to be
the way most folks are doing it rather than on a small
ball/ornament/bearing at an...
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I wish Burnhams by
Engineer Scott
had a star chart at the beginning of each constellation with all the
objects described in the text plotted.
Scotty
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October 17th 03 07:25 PM
by Al Hall
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Well, here it is..... by
Stephen Paul
Since I shared a bit of the process with you all, I thought you might like
to see some of the end result.
http://users.net1plus.com/spaul/House/ (just click...
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Those Low Down Synta Blues by
John Kulczycki
I wrote this for a friend who sold his Synta.
Just your basic blues go around.
Those Low Down Synta Blues
Well I ain't got no more blues,
since I sold my...
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