Hi Bart- Thanks for the info. I can certainly understand your appreciation for classic telescopes. I've had a few occasions to view through the 12" Clark...
eric719@...
Aug 30, 2000 2:14 am
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Hi Eric, I mentioned it in another post I just emailed, but here is some further detail. It was produced sometime about the time Allegheny, PA was incorporated...
Bart Fried
astral@...
Aug 30, 2000 1:39 am
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Hello all, I am both an old refractor nut (the telescopes, not me) as well as a List Manager for three Egroups - Oldscope, the home on Egroups for the Antique...
Bart Fried
astral@...
Aug 30, 2000 1:28 am
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That's a nice old refractor. Just curious, but could you tell us more about it, how old it is, what the views are like. Thanks for sharing the photo. Eric Deep...
eric719@...
Aug 30, 2000 1:23 am
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Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the Refractors group. File : /four and a...
Refractors@egroups.com
Aug 30, 2000 1:14 am
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Hi Folks, Thanks for starting another great group! As we all mostly know, the refractor has it's place, it is not a do all scope, (at least in the apertures...
markdambrosio@...
Aug 30, 2000 12:59 am
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Yes, I'm on the interest list. Rich...
Rich N.
rnapo@...
Aug 30, 2000 12:35 am
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Hi Rich N. and welcome! My mistake for not being specific...no need for you to apologize. That Mak-Cass you're talking about, could it be the AP 10" f/14.6? ...
Bill Becker
bbe51@...
Aug 30, 2000 12:07 am
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Hi Chuck & welcome! The WYO 100mm/f8 sure sounds like a great scope. I'm looking forward to your receiving it and hearing your impressions of it. If you'd like...
Bill Becker
bbe51@...
Aug 29, 2000 11:59 pm
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Oops, sorry, I see you were talking to Rich Anderson. Rich...
Rich N.
rnapo@...
Aug 29, 2000 11:46 pm
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Hi Mary and welcome! I haven't come "face to face", so to speak, with any VX102ED owners before...give us the "dirt" on those fellows, will ya? ;^) As for your...
Bill Becker
bbe51@...
Aug 29, 2000 11:43 pm
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... Hi Bill, Well, I have a couple of Takahashi refractors. Maks, MCs, and MNs all have their strong points. There's a MC I wouldn't mind having. Rich...
Rich N.
rnapo@...
Aug 29, 2000 11:41 pm
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Welcome Rich! Yes, I agree, we are living in a golden age....so many choices of refractors out there and the quality seems to get better all the time. I have...
Bill Becker
bbe51@...
Aug 29, 2000 11:32 pm
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Hi everyone, Chuck Lane here in Roswell, Georgia (just North of Atlanta). Although I've owned several scopes, I've only owned 1 decent refractor, an early...
Chuck Lane
clane47@...
Aug 29, 2000 11:13 pm
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Thanks for starting this group. I am a refractor nut also. I've had a VX102 ED for about three months, and I love it. Just sold my 90mm refractor. (C5 is in...
dsinger@...
Aug 29, 2000 11:03 pm
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... What is nice about small refractors is the way they saturate the colours of stars. Large scopes tend to burn out colour in brighter stars but small ones...
Richard Anderson
rander3127@...
Aug 29, 2000 10:53 pm
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Hi Bill- Thanks for the kind words on my web site. I have a lot of deep sky observations made with the 5" before I got the C11. I'll try and post some of these...
eric719@...
Aug 29, 2000 10:53 pm
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Many of us grew up in the dim time when the 60mm dept. store refractor was the first scope we received/bought. It was still fascinating to watch Jupiter night...
Richard Anderson
rander3127@...
Aug 29, 2000 10:49 pm
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Hi Tom, After reading Dave N.'s fine review of the TMB 100/800 on Cloudynights, I don't think you'll be disappointed! Sounds like the contrast is the equal of...
Bill Becker
bbe51@...
Aug 29, 2000 10:44 pm
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Hi Eric, I thought it was about time that refractor lovers everywhere had their own site! I just visited your website and found it very impressive!(I urge all ...
Bill Becker
bbe51@...
Aug 29, 2000 10:34 pm
10
I just wanted to say hello to everyone and to think Bill for starting this group. After 20 years in this hobby I got the refractor bug last year at Astrofest...
Thomas Hall
artglass@...
Aug 29, 2000 8:27 pm
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Hi all- I just wanted to pop in and say hello. I've been a refractor nut for years and even though I use a C11 now for deep sky, I still prefer the views from...
eric719@...
Aug 29, 2000 7:18 pm
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Hi and welcome Darren! I know what you mean....I've been a Mak nut for most of my observing "life" and am just now learning how good a refractor can be....
Bill Becker
bbe51@...
Aug 29, 2000 5:17 am
7
... From: Refractors Moderator <Refractors-owner@egroups.com> To: rnapo@... <rnapo@...> Date: Monday, August 28, 2000 9:52 PM Subject: Welcome to...
Rich N.
rnapo@...
Aug 29, 2000 4:56 am
6
Hi all! Bill, first of all, I must say that I think this group is a great idea! Thanks for taking the time to set it up. It will [hopefully] get rid of the...
Darren
dhennig@...
Aug 29, 2000 4:55 am
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Hi Tom, I thoroughly enjoyed your observing report as well as your web page! I too like to frame the double cluster and agree that it just doesn't have the...
Bill Becker
bbe51@...
Aug 29, 2000 4:39 am
4
Hi Dan, I was COUNTING on you to join this list. To you folks out there that don't already know, Dan is an object finding machine! Give him 5 minutes and he'll...
Bill Becker
bbe51@...
Aug 29, 2000 4:31 am
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STARLOG August 27, 2000 Observer: Tom Campbell Location:Iola, Kansas (Long: 95 30' W Lat: 37 55' N) Telescope: 60mm f/11.7 Refractor Time: 10:45pm - 11:50pm...
Tom Campbell
softech@...
Aug 29, 2000 4:13 am
2
... pride ... have ... before ... long! ;^) ... Guess who..?! What's another forum, right? Greetings, all. My name's Dan, and I live in Westminster, Colorado ...
Dan DuBal
ddan7@...
Aug 29, 2000 4:09 am
1
Welcome to Refractors! My name is Bill Becker and I live in Casper Wyoming. My current pride and joy from the refractor world is a Vixen 102 Fluorite which I...
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