Best $100 you've spent on the hobby?

Telrad - $45
Rigel Collimation Cap - $5
Tirion & Skiff's Bright Star Atlas - $17
Rigel LED Skylite - $35

rat

What, no Baader film?

Rolando

Larry Stedman wrote in news:stedman-
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In any event, what's the best $100 that YOU ever spent on this hobby?

My Telrad and Brent Watson's finder chart books from SkySpot Publishing
http://www.sky-spot.com/ on the Messier Objects and "Overlooked Objects"
because they gave me confidence that I could actually find these things
myself.

A 10" f/5.8 mirror for $129, circa 1986.


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Best $100 I spent in this hobby was probably my first pair of
binoculars, a Planisphere and Peterson's Field Guide, long before I
bought a scope or anything else.

edz

Larry Stedman wrote in message ...

...what's the best $100 that YOU ever spent on this hobby?


Tuthill Isostatic Mount for my C8. I love the leg room. Yeah, yeah,
I know they retail for around $350...I found mine on Astromart for
$25!

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Shark

Rolando,

The Baader material is probably the best buy out there! I
realize that a Telrad is a vital/critical piece of equipment and I
cannot do without it but just thinking about all of the wonderful views
of the sun using the baader material makes my spine shiver with joy.

Anthony.

Chris1011 wrote:

Telrad - $45
Rigel Collimation Cap - $5
Tirion & Skiff's Bright Star Atlas - $17
Rigel LED Skylite - $35

rat



What, no Baader film?

Rolando

Larry Stedman wrote:

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In any event, what's the best $100 that YOU ever spent on this hobby?

And why?

Larry Stedman
Vestal


Paying $100 to become a sustaining member of the Mount Wilson
Observatory Association (MWOA)

It gives me four nights on the 60 inch telescope and invitations to some
of the most interesting astronomy lectures around.
It gives me access to the observatory, which is steeped in history and lore.

Matthew Ota

Prescription eyeglasses. I got my first pair a year ago. I can see
about 1.5 magnitude dimmer stars than without, and the stars I see are
now pinpoints, not flares.

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004, Larry Stedman wrote:
In any event, what's the best $100 that YOU ever spent on this hobby?
And why?

In any event, what's the best $100 that YOU ever spent on this hobby?

And why?

I didn't spend it, but it was probably the $100 my parents spent when $100
would still buy a respectable Tasco scope (4.5" reflector on a GEM). And
yes, the Tascos of that day were not the junk they are today. They weren't
Zambuto mirror scopes, but it kept me happy on many a night!

As for the best $100 I spent, I went back and forth but finally settled on
the first several years of S&T subscription to guide me in using that scope.

Clear Skies

Chuck Taylor
Do you observe the moon?
Try http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lunar-observing/
And the Lunar Picture of the Day http://www.lpod.org/
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Telrad - $45
Rigel Collimation Cap - $5
Tirion & Skiff's Bright Star Atlas - $17
Rigel LED Skylite - $35

rat

What, no Baader film?

Rolando

Oh yeah...Baader film, I forgot.
rat
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