Per <http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/10819876.html>: "... This week more details of Meade's plans became available. In an " e-mail response to questions...
If you are worried about the weight of the telerads, go to a gunshop and see if they have any of the cheap red dot sights, These are plastic open frame about 3...
Thanks, John! I will try that tonight. I do not have a finder mounted yet. I will put the focuser directly opposite the counterweights and see what happens. ...
This short period comet (6.7 yr.) has revealed itself. It is obvious even in the most light polluted skies (mag 2.9) A G ... morphology has not ... grow at an ...
Comet 17P Holmes UPDATE November 2 - Complete composite posting of all images since outburst: October 25 through November 2 from Arkansas Sky Observatory ...
I would like to know just how reliable, how practical the CCD lens-adapter would be for the RB-60. I would love to capture some of the really awesome images ...
The RB 60 is a simple manual scope, for any astrophotography a motorised mount is really needed. Also the scope and mount is not very robust so adding any...
There is available an "electronic eyepiece" that fits in most telescopes and some microscopes. It has composite (regular TV signal) video output to use on...
... What "CCD lens adapter" is that? I can't find any info on such a product for this scope. There are lots of small astro-cameras that have a 1.25"...
... it that I can find, but my guess is that it's an 8" f/10 LX-5 or LX-10. Since you already have an LX10, you should be able to tell if that's what it is. I...
... Zones re: Daylight Stupid Time are definitely negative. :-) The best valid argument (inferred from the article) *against* the so-called "savings time"...
Not the be the bearer of bad news, but Meade is NO LONGER servicing any part of these scopes; they are now on their new DO NOT REPAIR list. Components are no...
Hat tip to Thad for reposting this elewhere, the message in my overcrowded mailbox had escaped me ;-) Dr Clay: do you have available a complete list? I am sure...
And as Thad mentioned on the other list, Meade only sold the last of the LXD750 mounts on their factory outlet site a few months ago. So will they honor the 1...
Interesting aspect of the core of this comet; the scanning densitometer gradient (right) extends a full 208 arc seconds in P.A. 216, the same as the developing...
Meade factory reps visiting OPT Corp on this coming weekend offer cleaning of any Meade scope while-you-wait. You could attend with your scope if you can...
Fellow viewers of the heavens.... Due to a flurry of interest, I am again taking open orders for the WarpsDrive Belt Conversion Kits for the Meade LXD55 and...
UPDATE November 7 - Latest Image and information New updates beginning Nov. 7 Posted at: http://www.arksky.org/smf/index.php?topic=1445.0 Please see:...
The intricacies of orbital mechanics, the dynamics of accelerated and dispersed particles in open space, and projection of the earth's track in its ecliptical...
... In a word, no. Comet Holmes' orbit never comes closer to the sun than twice Earth's orbit (2.05 AU) -- so its closest approach is well beyond Mars. Pete...
The earth actually never crosses the plane of this comet's orbit as we do ones such as Tuttle, Halley's, etc. So, the debris cloud will remain in the same...
Drat ye naysayers! And here I was planning to spend a night in the pumpkin patch waiting for a spectacular meteor storm. Next you'll be telling me there's no...
