What I do know is you can't see mag 14 with a 114. The sums just don't add up, its quite simple, if you saw Iyeja Zhang then it was brighter. All other bets...
David Woodford
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Aug 1, 2002 9:33 am
4504
actually I double checked and today Cartes du Ciel gives Iyeka Zhang as 12.5: Comet C/2002 C1 (Ikeya-Zhan 2002- 8- 1 10h36m Magnitude: 12.5 Phase: 23 ? ...
David Woodford
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Aug 1, 2002 9:35 am
4505
Congrats David on the new 8". I am starting to get aperture fever myself and would be interested in knowing where you got the 8" for £250. Kevin. ... that...
it was 500 including the sturdy EQ 5 mount - which you'll need to carry the scope. Barry, the moderator for telescopesuk yahoo group is the main sales guy for ...
David Woodford
david.woodford@...
Aug 1, 2002 3:27 pm
4507
Hi, You probably know about this, but I just came across a handy focusing trick. I just made a Hartmann mask out of cardboard for focusing properly. It works...
What worked for me was getting the neighbour interested first, with a late night beery session looking through the scope, and then broaching the subject (and...
Kevin, This sounds like a neat trick. How large should the holes be? Larger = brighter dots to converge when focused Smaller = better defined dots????? (just...
hi jim light i have problem with is street lights on a main road near me they very high and cast a lot of light up as well as down i seem to remember a while a...
I ran across a great "astronomer's" song, and have a link to it on another eGroup that I recently started. "The Galaxy Song" is from Monty Python's "The...
ISS swerved across the London sky at exactly 11pm tonight, right on cue. I didn't have my digi cam with me, but I did have the maksutov and meade 4504 set up. ...
Dave, The prize that was offered is a Camera Adapter from Seibert Optics. Win, and you might be able to talk Harry into trading the value of the adapter in ...
... The LX90 owner i mentioned before tried again... his photos are at: http://www.geocities.com/tegwilym2/astrophotos/Iss_July31.jpg He couldn't get the...
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Meade4504Telescopes@y...
Aug 3, 2002 12:14 am
4517
Dave: 8" of aperature turns globular clusters into a whole new world. Where you could barely resolve any stars in any globular cluster in the 4504 (globs...
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Meade4504Telescopes@y...
Aug 3, 2002 11:02 pm
4520
Hi All, My name is Johnny Perkins. I'm from Mechanicsville Va. , right outside of Richmond, Va.. I have been interested in Astronomy for about 35yrs. I joined...
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Aug 4, 2002 5:02 pm
4522
wow what can I say! thats very exciting Steve... I'm off camping in the south of England for a week in August and will be taking both my Mak and this new...
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Meade4504Telescopes@y...
Aug 4, 2002 8:20 pm
4524
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Meade4504Telescopes/files/Patches/patch2 6a4.zip Hi... On Friday, Meade posted v26Ea firmware for the 495/497 Autostar... but it...
Dick, Does this mean that the 4504 is now fully supported on the 497 controller? I thought until now, it didn't properly account for where the tripod is...
hi all when i got my scope it had 4mm 12.5mm 25mm lens no coatings yuk cheap the 4mm i tryed on jupiter and saturn not very good a while a go i managed to get...
never mined keep trying its raining here in manchester AGAIN my web feet are coming on fine i liked the song as anybody found a use for the 1" 4mm lens wtf...
... No one has reported crashes to me, so i am not aware of such a problem. This patch is the same one i've been publishing since the LXD55 was added... (i...
Wohoo! For me that is a "first": Yesterday night I spotted my first planetary nebulae. The "lagoon nebula" (which is diffuse) as well as the Ring nebula. I...
Wait until you see Orion. Stay up till about 4-5 in the morning, and check the eastern horizon. You'll fall in love.. David Page. ... From: cbuchner1...
I wish I could get line of sight on the southern constellations from my garden but there's an apartment block with security lights blocking the southern aspect...
David Woodford
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Aug 5, 2002 8:56 am
4532
Hi Jim and Dick, I have a 497 with the patch that Dick has so very kindly provided. The 497 has much better crash avoidance for the tripod than the Starfinder...
