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no subject by
Cathy
Seeing the seven sisters, the moon, the beehive cluster, Jupiter and
Mercury come over the horizon has been great. Venus arrives a bit late,
yet I still hunt...
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Digital slr camera control via Pc? by
Beta Persei
"Anthony Ayiomamitis" wrote:
I will thrown in my two cents as well since I have (and cherish) my
Nikon Coolpix 995 ....
I'm not aware or any digital...
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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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Binocular Support by
Robert Braddy
Bought the new Celestron 25x100 weighs 10 #. Good news great optics. Bad
news heavy. Got any suggestions for support?
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solar filter - normal by
GoldfishPanda
I just got an Orion Solar Filter for my Star Max last week. I just used it
for about 10 minutes as the sunw as going down.
While it wasn't blinding, my eye I...
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Speeing up Registax with a RamDisk by
Leor Zolman
Even with a 1.9Gig processor, Registax runs pretty slow on my fastest
machine. In the next-to-last issue of LangaList (Fred Langa's PC
newsletter), Fred...
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newbee question:2x Barlow, why? by
Michael A. Covington
A 20mm eyepiece with a 2x Barlow is probably more comfortable (especially if
you wear glasses) than a 10mm eyepiece by itself.
You are right that the 6mm...
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Celestron eyepiece and filter set bargain by
Danny
I've just sent off for the $99 Celestron eypiece and filter set by
purchasing a low-cost ($80) Celestron refractor and having them
bundled. Should be with us...
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October 18th 03 02:23 AM
by steve s
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October 18th 03 03:15 AM
by Scutter
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WARNING: Geomagnetic K-index of 5 expected by
Sam Wormley
Space Weather Message Code: WARK05
Serial Number: 337
Issue Time: 2003 Oct 18 0205 UTC
WARNING: Geomagnetic K-index of 5 expected
Valid From: 2003 Oct 18 0207...
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Apogee, Inc. by
donutbandit
Has anybody ever dealt with this firm? They have very good prices on
achromatic objectives. Quality?
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Celestron Calibrated Eyepiece by
W. Watson
I have a calibrated eyepiece, but often forget to turn off the power switch. It doesn't take long
for the 2 small 1.5v 357 watch batteries to drain. There goes...
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Meteor sightings? by
Andrew Morrison
We saw several meteors last night between 9:45 and 10:15. They appeared
to be radiating from the NE low in the sky. (We are near Chicago.)
To me, it doesn't...
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Hermes Recovery Story by
Bill Ferris
As you may have heard, asteroid 1937 UB (Hermes) was recently recovered. Some
of you may ask, what's the big deal about finding a numbered and named
asteroid?...
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Stopping Dew Forming by
Tim Walker
Can anyone give me advice on how to stop dew forming on a 16" mirror which
is permanently mounted in an observatory.
--
Regards
Tim
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Double Stars - Aitken revisited by
Martin Nicholson
The Aitken formula log(separation) + 0.2(Magnitude) 2.8
has been quoted from time to time in relation to double stars.
However there appears to be some...
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