My Small Telescope Astronomy Site has moved to: http://www.larrydsmith.com/astro I've improved some of the images with a perl written stacker program, and...
I love it when I find a product that really works as it should. I recently purchased a new astro chair and was so impressed with it that I just had to write a...
Looks pretty good alright, and not an outrageous price. I'm still using an adjustable stool I built from a design another amateur astronomer published. But if...
Lew With the respect to your choices Id go with the Orion 10 on the Atlas mount. I think you would be happier with the mount and the scope as a whole. The...
... and all ... seem ... purpose ... astrophotography. ... from the ... logic ... than ... Hi Rich: I have an orion 10 but am not familiar with an Atlas mount....
Hello, I am a long time user of refractor and Cassegrain design telescopes, and somehow had missed out on Newtonians until now. I have picked up a used...
Interesting!!! What kind of eyepiece are you using? "My advice is free and worth every penny!" -Christopher Erickson Network Design Engineer 5432 E. Northern...
Christopher, I see this with the CCD camera on my computer screen when focusing. I was using the Takahashi supplied coma corrector. I am going to try it...
The star test books quite good. I will try it without the corrector on the first clear night. I have never read anywhere about this phenomena, but I suspect...
Hi Larry, that is a possibility, but when I focused my Mewlon (Dal Kirkham) I never noticed such behavior. I am going to try it once without the corrector to...
Hi Group members. No leads as to the wherabouts of my 6" Dynascope Dob stolen from my home in Schenectady,NY about a year ago. Wanted poster link here. ...
Bummer. How long did you have it? Was it your main instrument? I use 6 inchers myself, kind of partial to them. Sorry you've not recovered it yet. ... ...
Thanks, Larry I had it for about 4 years in the form it was in when stolen, I used the OTA on an eguatorial mount for about 3 years before that. Fortunately, I...
Yes, I just got got one this week. It came with a 2 inch 32 mm eyepiece, got a 26mm and 40mm 2 inch also. The wife said get more eyepiece(s)I can't see the...
Worm gear prices are closely related to their accuracy. The higher the accuracy (and size), the higher the cost. Try contacting Aeroquest Machining in Palmer,...
For those of you who have not already discovered Al Degutis's on-line AstroPhoto Insight Magazine, I think you should take a moment to check it out. ...
Sorry for this a bit of topic..but i invite all to join the beginners group for observing Variable stars, A nEWTONIAN IS PERFECT FOR VARIABLES, just go to: ...
If you haven't started looking at Mars, nows the time. It isn't going to be super big this time around, but you can see some details on it even at that. Here's...
my newtonian is a meade 12" lightbridge, several mods already but biggest one is installing of tech2000 dob driver 2. cheaper than the GEq i would have needed...
Welcome aboard. Sounds like you have quite an instrument there. Maybe you could upload some images of it. I'm a 6" user myself, a pair of 6 inch scopes. One...
Hi there. I began observing several days ago. My best image from Dec 4 is linked: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2121/2090244572_227a504677_o.jpg The lack of...
Darn, I wasn't able to get to your image. I'm having similar problems. What I see are vary faint details, can't really get good shapes for them. It's clouding...
Sorry. This link should work: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dently/2090244572/ Thanks for the reply. The pic seems to match your drawing, I just can't get the...
That's better by far than my photo attempt. It was a wash. I may have to stick to drawing this time around. What kind up telescope and setup did you use? ... ...
My equipment is very modest. 6" F5 Newtonian 2X barlow EQ mount driven in RA Philips SPC900NC Webcam HP Laptop running Vista Images captured using K6CCD and...
That's a very good shot for a 6 inch f/5. I have taken a few moon shots with my 6 inch f/5, available at: http://www.larrydsmith.com/astro/quickcam.html ...
... am brand new to the world of computers, so i really don't know how to do anything with it yet except access the net. downloaded the "cartes du ciel" and...
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