Well, has anyone seen the new prices? I'm especially interested in the 12.5 and 15 inch TDs. Their web site has not been updated and the old prices were in...
Has anyone had success spotting the Perseus Galaxy cluster? I have a 17.5 pdhq and have tried unsuccessfully on several nights recently to spot any of the...
CHRIS: Congratulations on your new 80mm finder, which collects 2.56 times as much light as the 50mm. I installed an 80mm Lumicon finder on my first dob, a...
... stability ... repositioned ... Do you use your ST80 with a correct image diagonal? Do you find yourself wanting a little larger field for finding? The...
Chris, My first view of the Perseus cluster was in my 8" SCT: In the field of N1264/1272/1276, I counted 16 visible galaxies in a slightly more than 1 degree...
HUGH: Live with the narrower FOV of the more powerful finder and rejoice in the increased light grasp! Never go back to a smaller aperture for any reason! ...
In a message dated 2/2/2005 9:43:11 AM Pacific Standard Time, chaines27@... writes: Perseus Galaxy cluster I have the 17.5"f/5 Discovery split tube and...
... on ... fainter ... night ... a ... act ... off ... Hugh, I'm OK with 4 degrees which is what I get with a 24 pan in the ST80. There is usually at least a...
Last year, I marked 15 galaxies as visible in my 10" under mag. 6.7 skies. I see from my notes that I didn't explore the whole field. I think the trick is to...
... Are you sure you're looking in the right ... Don, my tactic, which probably wasn't a good one, was to round all of them up in my widest eyepiece. That was...
... Chuck / Mike, That's 2300.00 and 3000.00 for the 12.5 & 15" respectively. Still a tremendous bargain when you consider the competition and quality of...
I've had this 12.5" PDHQ for almost a month now and this is just the second time I've been able to set it up due to weather. What's been frustrating is we've...
Mike, Enjoyed your report! Congratulations on a positive experience, in spite of mediocre conditions. I remember looking at M42 through a large dob and a low...
Yes - and I think others are following with price increases. Tscopes went up $200 on the 14" TD, for example. I was also told: wait times, quoted from them...
I am very pleased. Very pleased indeed. I ... Mike, you sound like you had a great session. It's exciting to get little glimpes of what your telescope can and...
... <chaines27@c...> wrote:... Placing the fan at the back end to help ... Air ... That's a great explanation of air currents (except it's Grateful Dead to us...
... I'm embarassed. I want you to know I gave the spelling of it a good 20 seconds consideration and came up short. Yes, I've been getting consistantly good...
... see ... of ... Dead ... placing ... read ... post ... Hi, Hugh, Years ago a woman gave me a cassette of the Grateful Dead. One side was Bluegrass and the...
Hi Chris, Thanks for the great descriptions of mirror turbulence vrs upper air turbulence. In my defocused star test I can comfortably say it was upper air...
... side ... rock ... I can feel a run away thread coming on. Quick! radio the dispatcher and warn the residents down the line! (The sound of squealing steel...
... music ... HEY CHRIS... That's right...you have a PDHQ too, which makes you a comrade in spite of our differences in musical tastes! Well...perhaps I should...
Upper air turbulence has its own distinct appearance. I remember one night Jupiter looked like it was under water, sitting at the bottom of a shallow stream....
Hi, I placed my oprder for the 15" Truss 5 months ago and still waiting. I hope they honor the original price they put on the invoice... YC ... days ... a...
I was talking to a personal friend who works for Meade ( he's at Coronado so close enough ) just shootin' the breeze while reading this post and so I asked him...
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