Anyone seen this comet yet? Should be within range in early evening for the next week or two. I am thinking of getting out of town the next clear night and...
Hi Scott I did go out for some first light in the new refractor. Here was my notes which I posted to the TEC group. Mike First light was encouraging and...
Awesome report, Mike. The seeing here at my place last night was better than some nights but of course I never saw the details on Mars you saw. Wow, such...
I think my view was quite close to yours. In that animation, I can see many of the same details I saw last night, but I had moments of nice granularity within...
Got my new binoculars today and will step out to see how well they are after dinner. Mars will make a great first target. They are a cheap Chinese brand I got...
The bright star in the western sky,is that Vega? Nearly opposite of Mars in the sky. Just stepped out with my new binocs and I was amazed at how much of the...
Vega is a very bright and electric blue star. Do you find Sulafat and Sheliak just to the S and E of Vega? That would clinch it. They are naked eye here. Also...
They're great. Too heavy and too high power to handhold, but really fun on a tripod. They're also underused, and thus chipping in to the big refractor fund, so...
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/4 "My advice is always free and worth every penny!" -Christopher Erickson Network Design Engineer 5432 E. Northern...
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Well I sure tried to get everything ready to bring the 8" TEC in tonight. In reality, its not much different than transporting previous setups. Same mount.....
Get a custom case made by Case Club. Consider going for 1" foam walls instead of 2". Otherwise maybe too big overall to handle. Make sure to get wheels and a...
Good stuff Chris, thanks. I would go immediately for ScopeGuard but I know the shipping would be like $300 <<gasp>> Seems to be the problem when a case is...
Scope Guard was a bit snotty with me when I tried to have my last case custom made. He refused to make me a case if I wanted to leave the rings on the scope....
Sorry to hear about your experience there. I've had good luck with ScopeGuard, this would be my 5th case from him. The TEC160 case was customized to allow...
Mike, I stood in for Chris tonight at the ERNC since he was under the weather. We had clear, dark skies until the fog rolled in at about 9:30 pm. With the 4"...
Thanks for the report Scott! Sounds like fun, I was still a bit under the weather so coming tonight would have been a bit irresponsible from a public health...
Awesome report Mike! My Firefox cannot open that link of your Mars drawing. Can you post it in your Photos section in this group? Last night after viewing...
Hi Scott I threw it in"mike c's photos" although, it is a drawing. http://tech.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/AlaskanAstronomy/photos/view/5eed?b=12 I went out and...
Who says scientists have no rhythm? http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XPdTlHK1h_0 "My advice is always free and worth every penny!" -Christopher Erickson Network...
I have haze, very lightly but enough to give me fuzzy ball. I staged hoping it will improve a little later. michael ... From: "Christopher Erickson"...
Only catch is the insanely dysfunctional low temperatures... I didnt know it was -11F but I started figuring it out pretty quickly. Processing some AVI...
... earned ... Mike, I'd be interested in seeing your results. I captured some images but the seeing wasn't that great and the processed images were not the...
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