Let me know if you ever see bands on Jupiter with it and how you accomplished the feat. I haven't been able to do it yet and I live outside of the city....
Frank, It sounds like your scope might need to be collimated. A 10" should surly show bands on Jupiter. John "Frank R. Skroh" <zxlp@...> wrote: Let me...
Absolutely. I easily see bands with my 6 inch, even with a little ETX90. Aligning short focus, sizable Newtonians is a bit trying at first. And a poorly...
I guess this is what I get when I use a product fresh out of the box. Frank ... _____________________________________________________________________ ... ...
Don't feel bad. I did the same thing with a Discovery 6 inch EQ I bought several years ago. It's an f/5, so I wasn't expecting spectacular performance. What I...
Halloween is a long way off but I remember, when it was here, that WalMart had some low-cost ($1 or $2) eye patches for pirate outfits sold separately. This...
Thanks for the hint Frank. I know when I'm out staring down a planet, my closed eye really suffers from fatigue. I'll keep your suggestion in mind. ... ...
In a message dated 2/21/2008 11:06:51 AM Pacific Standard Time, ... Good quality black eye patches are also avilable from most large drug stores (Walgreen's,...
If I re-gring my 10" mirror to a long enough focal length (high "F" number), I wouldn't have to parabolize it. Collimating would be easier, so they say. I...
That is true Frank. But I wonder if a compromise might be worth considering. A longer, but not long focal length. Maybe f/7 or so. It would need to be ...
I have three Ultra wide (80 degrees) eyepieces of the old style. They are about a pounds weight apiece and are being replaced by the new variety that is...
Our public library has put out the latest issue of Sky and Telescope magazine. Would you believe it; it is the April issue? And it isn't even March yet. Boy...
AFAIK, the only publicly traded astro company is Meade. Personally I would hesitate to invest in any company that I had an emotional attachment to. It makes...
... If you go to the Palomar Observatories website they have the video with commentary to tell you what they are doing, and why, instead of the musical...
THE BIG BANG NEVER HAPPENNED by Dr. Eric J. Lerner ISBN 0-679-74049-X HOW AMERICA FAKED THE MOON LANDINGS by Dr. charles T. Hawkins ISBN 0-9749405-4-2...
Why are you posting this crap here? "My advice is always free and worth every penny!" -Christopher Erickson Network Design Engineer 5432 E. Northern Lights...
And that is not all! When we purchased our house out in the Antelope Valley (California desert) I was happy to move to a location with no street lights,...
I can still see, a bit, the Milky Way from my back yard. But my neighbor across the street has a motion sensor light that's set so sensitive that every car...
... Whenever the conspiracy nutcases want to gush about the moon landings being faked, I have two replies. First, the Soviets tracked and listened to the...
If we've never been to the moon, then I sure wasted a lot of time developing lunar orbiter pictures in the late 60's, and processing Apollo science package...
--Humph- takes all kinds I guess. Never have been able to figure out people who can look you right in the face and deny facts. Lots of them around though. But...
Hello Members of the NewtonianReflector Yahoo Group, I am a new member of this auspicious group, but I have been associated with amateur astronomy since the...
Welcome to the group. Thanks a fine looking telescope you've made. I'm sure you'll get some spectacular views through it. I used to have a similar sized (but ...
Thanks for the welcome and for checking out my website, Larry. Yes, the 10" f/5.6 performs quite well. Just last weekend, I brought it out to a remote...
One of these days I might get another 10 inch. I had one back in the days when John Dobson was just starting to popularize his mount. Mine was on a homemade...
Thanks for the update, though it is quite sad. He was, and will always be, my favorite author. ... http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1309902,00.html...
Larry, Thanks for the link to your website which shows off you 6" f/5. Very nice scope. I really like the curved vane spider you installed. I hope to do the...
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