On Saturday, 26 May 2018 02:32:32 UTC+2, Davoud wrote:
I have donated my Takahashi TOA-150, my Astro-Physics 1200GTO CP4, and
my SBIG STL1100M camera
http://www.primordial-light.com/observatory.html#twoscopes to my
club, The Howard Astro League https://www.howardastro.org.

Keeping, I am, my Takahashi FSQ-106ED. I've just put it on a new Bisque
Paramount MYT and I have a newish Starlight Xpress Trius SX-36
monochrome camera with a Maxi Filter Wheel with an SX Lodestar guide
camera on the OAG. Photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/primeval ő
though the camera is not yet installed for lack of one lousy adapter,
which arrived late this afternoon.

I did a rough polar alignment using a technique described by my friend
Richard Wright at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9pLz1bzV_A. That
was good enough for goto targets to be well inside the field of a 15mm
eyepiece.

Software Bisque's TheSkyX Professional, running on a MacBook Pro,
controls everything. After I've familiarized myself with the new setup
I'll give my Raspberry Pi, also running TSX Pro, a try. My iPad Pro
running Bisque's TheSky HD can also control the equipment.

There is a punch list to be addressed, mainly concerned with wire dress.

The A-P 1200GTO CP4/Takahashi combination was really superb, *except*
for the fact that it didn't leave much room for me under my tiny
2-meter Observa-Dome. It will be much more comfortable under Howard
Astro's 15-foot dome!

It is my hope that doing narrowband photography with a faster 'scope
will save astrophotography for me under worsening Mid-Atlantic skies.
The FSQ is a 530mm č5 'scope, 387mm č3.7 with a Reducer QE. ]

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I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that
you will say in your entire life.

usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm

Your generosity should not go unnoticed. And certainly not here.
May your rewards be the further enjoyment of your hobby with your new equipment. And the brave new challenges they bring with slightly more elbow room..
The journey is always the thing.
The goals achieved but fleeting moments of intense personal pleasure on the path of life.
To spur one forever onwards to the next exciting hurdle to be overcome.

To have sold your fine equipment might have brought pleasure to one or two others.
Your generous gift must surely inspire many others to exceed their personal boundaries.
To help advance the largely untapped potential of man.
Congratulations on your act of kindness to humanity.
And for your undoubted wisdom and charity.
Would that all men could be so fairly judged in this life!

Best regards
Chris.B