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Old March 19th 04, 05:25 AM
Edward Smith
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Default I really need to move to someplace darker

All I can say is, "SIGH".

I had to go up to the California Central Valley this week, Lemoore to
be exact (if any of you are trying to find it on a map, find Frenso
and go a bit south). I took my star charts and binoculars but left
the Telescope at home.

I wish I could have brought it with me. I went out two nights and
just drove a few miles out of town and then off on dirt roads that
line the fields (this is a big agricultural area). Very dark, Easily
found clusters, and even resolved a few stars in some of them, that
are just hazy hints from San Diego. The Orion Nebula glowed like a
neon light. It was beautiful.

So, I decided I had to stop by OPT and buy something on the way home.
I got the brand new 2" William Optics Dielectric Star Diagonal and
ordered a Televue 35mm Pantropic (they didn't have one in stock). Of
course, the fog had come in.

Jon - Does that offer to let me borrow that Focal Length Reducer still
stand?
 




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