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11061
Now one for an 80 Backpacker too! Paul ... the ... might ... I...
paostwald
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May 3, 2006
3:44 pm
11062
Nice tease photos but I wish that if they have progressed enough to have photos that they would also update the web site with some technical information. Rich...
Rich Wood
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May 3, 2006
11:14 pm
11063
I have heard about this scope but had not heard it would be an ED. For $200 it will be in a class by it's self. If someone sees one at NEAF let us know. Mike...
Mike
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May 4, 2006
5:37 am
11064
...for planets and the moon? I have been following a string on another forum that said you will get much better views if you spend the extra money then you...
Mike
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May 4, 2006
5:37 am
11065
Mike; I tried posting an answer yesterday and it disappeared without a trace. IMO performance of the inexpensive binoviewers is highly dependent on the...
Rich Wood
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May 6, 2006
3:57 am
11066
Hey, All. Bill R. here, just dropping in quickly to let you know that NEAF is over and there is much to write about. I'll be posting my report in the next...
allthatucanc
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May 8, 2006
4:19 am
11067
Hello All, Here is my review of the Northeast Astronomy Forum, I hope you enjoy it. The vendor turnout was very high this year, and the amount of people that...
tmboptical
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May 11, 2006
5:29 pm
11068
Dear Thomas: Thank you so very much for taking the time from your understandably busy schedule to inform the many List members who could not make it to NEAF...
Norman L. Rubenstein
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May 11, 2006
9:28 pm
11069
Thomas, thanks for your report, it was great to read it. I was turning blue waiting for Bill R to weigh in so you've got me breathing again. 8^D Thomas...
Mark Vincent Costello...
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May 11, 2006
9:34 pm
11070
Well, I was going to write up a NEAF review tonight, but Thomas filled the bill very nicely; there is not much more I can add; he pretty much covered all the...
Bill Reynolds
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May 12, 2006
5:03 pm
11071
Thomas; Unfortunately I am afraid you are right and I blame it in large part on three things. First is the urbanization of the whole industrialized world....
Rich Wood
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May 12, 2006
8:08 pm
11072
Hey Bill, thanks for your report on the goings-on at NEAF. Although Thomas told us much of what happened there, there were some interesting things you added...
Mark Vincent Costello...
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May 12, 2006
9:38 pm
11073
Hey, Mark. Thanks for the kind words. Sorry about the slight editorializing, but sitting on your ass while your (that's right, YOURS and MINE!) Science...
Bill Reynolds
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May 12, 2006
10:52 pm
11074
Hey there Bill. Here's one last short. It's a very clear cool night out here so my Burgess 102mm is going to take me on a little guided tour of the heavens -...
Mark Vincent Costello...
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May 13, 2006
1:11 am
11075
Which show is it that you recommend, the BFSP or neaf??? ... From: Bill Reynolds To: BurgessRefractors@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 1:01 PM ...
dennis
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May 13, 2006
2:41 am
11076
NEAF is a show and is over; BFSP is a star party and happens later this year in late August. I recommend them BOTH, to be honest! ;^) Bill R. dennis...
Bill Reynolds
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May 13, 2006
5:47 am
11077
Bill; Been using your MRF and like it a lot. Definitely prefer your choice of reticles to those on the brand "S" version. The one change I would like to see...
Rich Wood
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May 13, 2006
9:07 pm
11078
... margins. ... I have read this many times and have a little bit of an issue with it before I shed a single tear for Herb. Profit margins are just one ...
Darrel
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May 13, 2006
9:48 pm
11079
An immediate fix, Bill, might be to use sunglasses whilst using the MRF. Donald Bill; The one change I would like to see incorporated is decreasing the ...
Donald Rosenfield
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May 13, 2006
10:14 pm
11080
Dear List Members: With NO attempt to single out anyone or to criticize anyone I DO want to remind the List members that, while the occasional incidental...
Norman L. Rubenstein
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May 13, 2006
11:44 pm
11081
Donald; Sunglasses do make it a lot harder to see the stars that the MRF is being aimed at unfortunately ;>) One advantage of many of the "plastic wonder"...
Rich Wood
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May 14, 2006
3:38 am
11082
Since I did not criticize, I'm off the hook. I merely noted who was there and who wasn't. Anacortes has been there the last two years and this year they...
Bill Reynolds
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May 14, 2006
5:05 am
11083
I purchased a set of 6 eyepieces from an astronomical store about 5 months ago. They were on backorder. Still they have not arrived from China. Does anyone...
astroham2003
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May 14, 2006
12:56 pm
11084
Bill it's an unusual cirumstance when you've avoid the "hook" :) I really enjoyed your account of the NEAF and found your comments on the short changing of...
robert peterson
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May 14, 2006
5:18 pm
11085
It would help to know the make and focal lengths of the oculars and the name of the store from which you ordered! Donald ... From: astroham2003 To:...
Donald Rosenfield
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May 14, 2006
11:07 pm
11086
... Rich, since I prefer the small dot to any of the other reticles, I prefer "brand S" better. The intensity is much more suitable to astronomy as you've...
Jim Bessette
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May 14, 2006
11:23 pm
11087
Did the New Burgess 24mm binoviewers get a good debut at NEAF. I bet these are going to give the Denks II a run for their money. I plan on getting one when...
John Marshall
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May 15, 2006
5:40 am
11088
... Unfortunately, the new binoviewers didn't arrive in time for NEAF....
Mark
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May 15, 2006
1:21 pm
11089
Hi John, I am expecting delivery of my 24mm binoviewer either today or tomorrow. I already have a three position power wheel and I will be testing the...
dddurbin123
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May 15, 2006
3:29 pm
11090
Since the Burgess has the shortest light path, it should be the easiest to focus.:) John marshall ... a...
John Marshall
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