How much moisture will the SV66 stand up to? My wife is a budding birder and would like a good scope. How ever we live in western Washington so dampness and...
I would not recommend the SV66 for birding under the conditions you have, unless you take extra steps to protect the telescope from moisture and drizzle. As...
Vic: This is great news! I wanted to comment to folks lurking on here, members or non-SV members, about stuff like this. I had a couple of off-line queries...
Hi David and All, They sure are growing. What is in today's pic on space.com is about what I saw yesterday. Here's my first sketch from today Wed Noon;;;; I...
Darren, Your post pretty well summarized the appeal of SV instruments to we, the faithful. I too wish that more people would take more time and get some...
Hey thanks Tom! That's a great sketch, and very accurately done. It's cleared up here between cold fronts so I "might" get a chance to see them this evening....
I am one of those odd folks who is both a birder and an amateur astronomer. I currently own the Pentax PF65 ED scope for birding and previously owned the...
The SV66 could be used off a covered porch for birding, however. I used to do some birding at a site near Cadburo Bay in Victoria that had a gazebo - used non...
Jay, thanks for that response. You spelled out the differences between an astronomy telescope and a spotting scope much better than I could. I have taken my...
Yeah, and make it with a satin Hunter Green finish using gold trim. VERY Eddie Bauer! They would fly off the shelves! Preston Smith Lots of Sparrows,...
Hey Tom, Very nice sketches. My wife does sketches of the Sun and I always find them interesting. There is something about the viewers interpretation that...
Yahoo is up to it again. In the last couple of days Yahoo has supposedly bounced a bunch of emails. I find it funny in that Yahoo hosts my pacbell dot net...
Tom i also am getting bounced i am not sure how many. every time in the last week or so i will see a responce to one of vics posts that i did not get. when i...
Tom; This has shown up on a moderators/owners group I belong to and seems to be a bug showing up. A moderator can go through and force a bouncing notification...
Tom, Very nice sketch with the NH2! Nice shading and detail. Thanks for sharing. Clear skies, Dave Weixelman Nevada City, CA ... From: Tom Altman To:...
Bill; I checked the SV 2" diagonal at 44.8mm minimum diameter in the nosepiece. The TV 2" is about 44.4mm. My Lumicon is larger at 46.6mm or so but uses a...
Thanks Gentlemen! That was kind of my thoughts also, that a non waterproof scope would be bad in the environment we live in. Guess we'll just have to up the ...
Thanks, David E, David J, David W, Best graphic that I found is here: http://www.spaceweather.com/images2006/02nov06/921_big.gif Clouds with drizzle here so...
Hi Tom and all, I just got back from my "cigarette break" at work and since I don't smoke, I took advantage of the mostly clear skies. I pulled my SV66 in it...
Hi All, This just showed up on my local club's website. Thought I'd pass it on,,,,, The SETI Institute is looking for high resolution photos... By now you are...
David E, I see Poached with Hollandaise :-) Here's another sketch folks. http://tech.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/Stellarvue/photos/view/6676? b=3&m=s&o=0 TA...
No, that's ketchup :) You nailed the spots with this sketch Tom. I was able to use my 2.5x Powermate with the 8-24 zoom but conditions were best for below 60x....
Now we have hash browns too! My latest rendition at 2pm,,, I have the lead spot too big here but you get the idea,,, and should be more arc,,,most of the other...
I've just added the file "Mercury Transit Guide" It's a 6 pg. document that came out in the Nov. "Orion Sky Times" sent out by Orion telescopes. It would be a...
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