Reverse Snobbery

Plus Bill, there would be the factor of young eyes vs. the 60 year
old eyes....the younger the eyes, that would be the automatic
winner! At 60+, I'll give up right now! (or just won't participate).
TW.

Yeah, but think of all that experience your have, heck, even if you can't see
M74 you can imagine it right there where it is!

Maybe this is the time for sort of an Astrovestion of "Junkyard wars" or
whatever that show is was.

How about building a Newtonian with one of the magnifying bathroom mirrors,
their about $20 and around 6 inches in diameter.

Secondary might be a pocket mirror or some such thing...

Eyepieces, maybe cheat here, at least at first, and use a real Kellner or maybe
even a Plossl, after all every scope comes with a 25mm Plossl.

jon

On 22 Jul 2003 14:21:58 GMT, (Scribe2b) wrote:

there should be a marathon.
who can find the most faint fuzzies with the cheapest equipment?

Many of us own the ST-80 under one name or another, so . . .

How about organizing special "sky quests" with 80mm and smaller
apertures at amateur, dark sky, star parties? Those with larger
telescopes can stop their optics down to 80mm (or smaller) and
participate as well.

Even binocular and naked eye observers could compete. Prizes could be
offered for the largest number of objects found by individuals in
different categories. The participants would be required to write a
verbal description or make a quick sketch (a sort of "quick draw"
competition?) of each object.

Bill Greer