I currently own an orion ED80t triplet apo that is pretty handy being portable and works good on the moon and terrestrial. If I wanted to do higher mag...
Well we have gone and done it again. Just when Saturn was getting good, we go and reverse all our gains for the last two months in order to pay homage to an...
Looks like it. David E ... From: "Kchula-Rrit" <kchularrit@...> To: <Stellarvue@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 6:00 PM Subject: Re:...
The Golden State Star Party Early Registration Period comes to a close in just a couple of weeks. Through March 30, the fee for all four days and nights of...
AT LAST! I finally got out with a telescope tonight as the first clear night in March surprised me after dinner. Because it was a surprise I left my large...
Hello, Any non-US based SV All Stars here renewed their membership recently? I'm trying to renew my membership, but it seems the SV online store has changed...
For those in the eastern U.S., a good opportunity to catch an occultation of a 3rd magnitude star by the moon tonight (March 13). See Sky and Telescope at...
I am looking at using a solar filter on my 90mm Raptor - what are you folks using for this or similar scopes? In addition to the usual 'white vs orange' solar...
Dear Dave, David E., Lewis, et al: This exchange of posts has been exciting to follow. Thanks to all! I decided to take my SV80Aplanat out. It was quite cloudy...
I had posted a picture of the Elephant Trunk Nebula and asked if anyone liked the picture. That was a stupid question. My apologies. The picture was taken with...
I know the optics are the same as per Vic, so what's the difference between these two Nighthawks? Is one better than the other - other than optics-wise? Jeff...
Hi all, Last Thursday afternoon to yesterday (Sunday) a few of us met for a March gathering at Joshua Tree Nat. Park. Our group was smaller than in the past...
Just got back from a 10 day vacation to Tucson ,AZ to play tourist and visit an old friend. The last time I visited him (in 2008) I was able to convince him...
Being new to refractors, I am running in to an issue with my new 90T Raptor that I did not expect. The scope is working wonderfully - a real gem! - but I am...
Hi Guys You've all been so helpful I thought I'd ask your advice on this as well. I got a stellarvue 30mm lens and a Baader 5mm lens to get going and they've...
Some interesting shadow play on the terminator tonight, south of Theophilus. Just northwest of Zagut is a black horse shoe-like feature. And crater Rabbi Levi...
One of our newest employees has been out for more than a month recuperating from surgery. Yesterday she returned, ready to continue her training. While I now...
Hi,SV'ers- Here's a recent image of IC443 Jellyfish nebula with my SVR90T. Tried unsuccessfully to get some more data for this last night but the weather was...
A 200mm DIA. with 800mm F.L. was given to me. What could I do with that, optically spoken of course. All help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Peter...
Sorry, nevermind about my last email; I just realized how I could do it with what I have. Patrick Wayne pwayne@... SVR105-3 SV80ST2 ... [Non-text portions...
Forget about what other EP's are in my collection right now - suffice it to say that are all TV with few exceptions. What I want to hear - is your experiences...
Neil, 'Cracking' scope you say? Sounds good, Just my thoughts: Verify voltage of course Are you positive that you have inputed all of the parameters correctly...
HI Everyone I see there have been a couple of other new people so I thought I'd introduce myself as well. I live in Scotland just south west of Glasgow. It...
Just a quick hello from a new member to the group. I currently have an SV70ED, which I find very nice to use. I have a some questions for SV102ABV owners: Say...
Hey, does anyone want to do my Fluid Mechanics homework so I can do some observing tonight? Takers? Anyone? Anyone? ..................I can't wait for Spring...
Well, it's not the most perfect night out there, but the sky cleared unexpectedly around sunset, so after it got dark enough, I brought the new 90mm Raptor out...
