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Nov 1, 2004 3:36 pm
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I've posted some pictures of the lunar eclipse on my website, including an animation I put together over the weekend. I took around 200 photos for the first...
I have noticed that the number of Meade 4.5" reflector telescopes on eBay has decreased lately. Previously, there were typically 8-15 scpes available on eBay...
Indeed for a good product that is (or seems to be) not "feeding the market from the top". Have a feeling marketeers are moving up the value chain. ccs_hello ...
Just wish to mention in Meade-DS-Telescope group, there is a recent posting on the mod. of the short tube 114 newt. from Carlos Nogueira "Converting a...
The Full Message Archive Basic Search tool, provided on the Meade4504Telescopes eGroup Home Page, and via links on the Members' Support Web Site, is hosted by...
We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. Leonid Meteor Shower Date: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 Time: 12:00AM CST (GMT-06:00) The best time to...
Meade4504Telescopes@y...
Nov 9, 2004 6:02 am
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Hi I'm collimating my Meade 4.5" Newtonian ( the one with a motor for one axis on a Eq mount). I have centered the secondary as viewed from the focus tube. I...
Jack, Supposing that your scope is already roughly collimated, so you can obtain an image (of a distant landscape) at the eyepiece, please put it in focus....
Before getting into this month's night sky post I would like to apologize for being so late with it this month. Things have been very hectic here lately with...
We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. Comet Alert - 78P/Gehrels Date: Thursday, November 11, 2004 Time: 12:00AM CST (GMT-06:00) Estimated to...
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Nov 10, 2004 6:02 am
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Fellow Astronomers... I would like to share with you all my experience of the Occultation: I had planned my time at the Adler Planetarium for this event, and...
I bought a used 4504 a while ago and am ready to get out and start checking out the sky. The scope was missing the "sky chart" software that originally came...
From: "zoxxxxoz" <RANDYMEIJER@...> ... Hi, If you are looking for something free, may I suggest Cartes du Ciel? It's not an online chart, but rather...
Carlos, Thanks for the help. It was a function distance up and down the focuser axis. Duh I'm using a collimation eyepice. I'm close enough now to tweak based...
... start ... software ... that ... around ... what ... Ciel? It's not ... original ... English "Sky ... also the Sky ... Dave: Thanks very much for the...
... Hi, Jim ... Done (in the Star Charts folder). And I added another, too, to the Hawaiian Astronomy Society, as they have many good maps of constellations. ...
By assuming the center of the equilateral triangle formed by the primary mirror clips is also the center of the primary, the radius r from the center to the...
We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. Leonid Meteor Shower Date: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 Time: 12:00AM CST (GMT-06:00) The best time to...
Meade4504Telescopes@y...
Nov 15, 2004 6:02 am
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From: "jackcs123" <jackcs123@...> ... The instructions with my laser collimator suggest the low-tech method: cut out a circle the same diameter as the...
The cutting inaccuracies, the inaccuracy of placing the paper exactly over the mirror (and clips?), and the horror of touching the mirror were all reasons I...
The first arc was less than 1/8" long in the approximate center drawn with a soft pencil on a protractor. The other two arcs simply put a dot on the arc. The...
Hi Jim, I saw an ad in Astronomy for "yeswatch" (www.yeswatch.com). It has a 24 hr dial showing sun/moon rise/set times among other functions. I'm interested...
Yes. In Forum Home Page, Meade4504Telescopes Members' Support Web Site, click Links > Moderator's Site, you'll find a very good description on the Spreader...
