Simple and great idea!!, but I didnīt realized until Davidīs post. To observe M2, low in the horizon last night, I rotated the diagonal and twisted the...
Hi Fernando, ... I think the 9mm will surprise you on Mars if you have not tried it yet. That will give you about the same power as the 23mm with barlows gives...
Nice report Len , enjoyed reading it . I have the AT1010 and had it back 2 yrs ago when Mars was really close in Aug and I must say it was a beautiful sight...
BTW I forgot to mention that I used the 80A blue filter and seem to get best detail with a cooling effect on all planets . The red and green filters I have...
Mark: Thank you so much. There are many sterling observers in Northern California and to be recognized by all the groups that make up the AANC is a true honor....
Len, Great work with the Nighthawk. I have pretty much tried M77 but my viewing site (light polluted) really kept me from catching it. In my larger 6"...
Thanks Ron, David, Walt and Jim, There are only a few galaxies that show much visual structure in the smaller scopes. The astrophotographers show such good...
Thanks David! I have never thought about doing that, but I am game. Sky&Tel and Astronomy had both articles from a number of Optics and Optometrist or...
Yes that was a good article from S&T about eyesight and glasses. I no longer use tinting to my glasses because the coatings just were not durable. But I have...
John, Great first light post! The SV115 is indeed a thing of beauty and a joy forever. BTW, your socks were recorded flying over SoCal at about 7,500 ft at...
There are about 150 known globular clusters surrounding our galaxy. Last night I checked another one off my observing list. The area this globular is in can be...
Chip, If you haven't bought the new mount by November, I will probably have my new ASGT by then and you can check it out along side Len's GM8. The GM8 is ...
Preston, This really doesn't answer your question but ... at RTMC this year I played around with Vic's new optical finder. I replaced the stock EP with an...
Mark, Great report! I wish I could have been there with my 102V. Clear, dark skies, Jim S. Redlands, CA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
In a message dated 8/29/2005 18:50:56 Pacific Daylight Time, mstafforini@... writes: By the way Vic, that club member with the 18" Starmaster only had a...
Len, Congratulations on bagging all the M objects with your Nighthawk. Some of the dimmer objects can be a challenge but yes, it can be done. Looking forward...
Hi Stuart, Thanks! The hardest targets for me were M109, M108 and M74. M33 and M101 also require a dark site. I use a 24mm Panoptic for the searching and...
Derek, An excellent post, citing chapter and verse of your experience. Specifics make it all the more valuable to those of us on the fence about bino...
Hi David, I picked up NGC 6934 tonight with the Nighthawk. I found it by extending a line from Zeta Del to Epsilon Del about that far again and just moving...
With binocs you have two seperate "scopes" so you have twice the image, detail, light gathering etc which results in a slightly better more detailed image and...
... Hi David, Sure Iīll try it. Iīve just printed two pretty charts from my SkyChart program to look for this globular. Delphinus is now in a good situation...
Hi group, Just wondering what eyepieces people have tried and liked in the RA 50 finders. A 24mm Ultima will almost comes to focus... needs just a tad more in...
I wanted to reming everyone that we have a few members that live and also serve in the area devestated by Hurricane Katrina. Scott Beith lives in Gulfport,...
Hello group. Now for something completely different! I recall about 1 year ago folks looking for LED flasher circuits for use at star parties to run LEDs as a...
Hi Mickey, You're right, the helical focuser on the 9x50 finderscope does not have much travel to it. It's been a while but I think all, or nearly all, of my ...
It really has been a bitter-sweet though that the same storm that has been giving me such lovely starry nights is the same one that destroyed the lives of ten,...
