... to ... the ... with a ... M51, ... sky ... small ... it, ... get. ... It's ... case ... my ... Yi-Cheng, Well, if your post doesn't give Tony more...
Hello, Carl... That would be very much appreciated. I'm still not satisfied with what I have at this point. What one template has, the other doesn't, so it ...
Jim, Lets get you started. Sharpen that pencil:) ~ For your first assignment,I'm sending you to the Astronomical League's website: http://www.astroleague.org/...
Jim, When you get on the Astro Leagues website http://www.astroleague.org/ ,go to the League Info tab,and drop down to "Astro Notes". Louie ... [Non-text...
Dear group, I can sympathize with Tony. Not only have been waiting since February, my first promised delivery, more than half the time they are not even...
Eurvin, Just out of curiosity, how long did it take to receive your 12.5" scope from the time you ordered it? Discovery is telling me that because they...
In a message dated 6/2/2005 1:42:20 PM Pacific Standard Time, fourhunters@... writes: Scott I got the 12.5"f/5 Discovery scope from someone in Portland...
In the last e-mail, I asked about ... Steve, I also have a 17.5 pdhq with a 3.5 secondary. I just ordered a 3.1 flat, holder and dew heater from Astrosystems....
Thanks for the info, Eurvin. I hate to say it but I'm actually prepared to wait six months after reading about how long of a wait some of Discovery's...
Though I think a smaller diagonal may work, I think you may have underestimated the secondary to focus distance. It's 10.25" on my 12.5. I would guess 13.0 to...
... focus ... Don, I measured to the focal plane, determined by focusing an image of the Moon on a piece of thin paper and measuring from the OTA to that...
I understand why I need to have a stop to use the DSC's. I've looked at the diagram in "The Dobsonian Telescop" for how to make one but what I don't...
Thanks for the feedback -- it's good to hear that there are a few people out there that have received there scope in a timely manner. Scott ... <Pensack1@e...>...
Hi, I have an older-model 10" DHQ with the squarish white base and comet logos and am wondering if anybody knows if it's possible to buy the components from...
I tried without success to sell this at the RTMC last weekend, so it's back on the open market again (see Astromart ad 356261). Installed Discovery-branded...
I have spent most of this afternoon trying to install DSC's which came with really terrible instructions. After much trial and error I have finally got the...
Maureen, My only recommendation is that if you choose to have "vertical" be your DSC "home" instead of "horizontal", that you instal a felt bumper of some sort...
In a message dated 6/5/2005 10:55:58 AM Pacific Standard Time, Pensack1@... writes: Don Pensack I'm having problems with my mount, as I go zenith it...
-Thanks Don. In my search for better instructions yesterday I came across info that indicated the DSC's I purchased from Discovery were NGC -Max and that JMI...
The message may be a garbled one, but moving dobs at the zenith is always a problem, regardless of size. Though there are many solutions, one of the easiest...
In a message dated 6/5/2005 4:18:48 PM Pacific Standard Time, Pensack1@... writes: Don Pensack Thanks, my thinking was it was something wrong with my...
I recently posted that one of the mirror clips on my 12.5 truss scope came off the mirror. In order to fix it I took the mirror cell out of the mirror box and...
A few folks on this board expressed a desire to see some observing reports so here is one! Hope someone, anyone actually reads it. After the hopeless, endless...
I just went after HCG68, I didn't know last year with my 17.5" scope what group the three galaxies I saw belonged too. How I know! Out in front of Alkaid I was...
Maureen, The laser dot does not move on the primary when you turn the primary adjustment screws. This motion is effected by turning the SECONDARY collimation...
Don, If I might add something that works for me. In addition to the drop of oil, I installed flat washers under the wingnut/knobs. That seemed to help make...
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