... Corbin, I have 2 basic pieces of advice for you. One, don't get too critical about your equipment to the point that it becomes an obsession which diverts...
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astrseeker
Sep 1, 2007 10:10 am
Hi Corbin, Great news about your SV102ED, Harvey, returning to you. And you are so right about how wonderful it is to do business with Vic, Jennifer and ...
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David Elosser
asterhunter
Sep 1, 2007 11:55 am
Hi Corbin, Good to know that you are getting a good start with your new SV102ED. I enjoyed reading your itenerary as I have not been able to do much deep space...
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F. Hunter McLaughlin,...
kk6wt
Sep 1, 2007 1:03 pm
The viewing session started at about 04:20 AM PDT and ended around 05:22 AM PDT September 01, 2007. During that hour or so, 12 meteors were recorded. 3 had...
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Len Neub
llneub
Sep 1, 2007 1:18 pm
Hi Corbin, I enjoyed your report of things looked at with "Harvey". Enjoy your SV102ED. When I started this hobby I was alone, too. No one else with a...
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david james
astrseeker
Sep 1, 2007 1:28 pm
Hi Doc, Thanks for the report. My bride and I live in the Missouri Ozarks and saw just one meteor but it was "golly gee wiz" on the "WOW" scale. "I'm still...
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Darren Hennig
doktorphoton
Sep 1, 2007 3:03 pm
Hey all! I enjoyed reading the eclipse stories. I was invovled in a big trade show in Calgary when the event was happening, and was just bagged - I even slept...
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Bill Schlein
boojag85
Sep 1, 2007 3:41 pm
Hi All, I agree with Mary - a finder is very helpful. I actually have a RDF and an F50 on my SV4. I'm not sure if the RDF will stay, since the F50 seems to...
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stellarvue1
Sep 1, 2007 3:44 pm
Hunter: Thank you for your input. Let me explain to you why it is not a good idea to make a 90ED telescope "to our standard." We made the 102ED to be light in...
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stellarvue1
Sep 1, 2007 3:49 pm
Corbin: Thanks for your thoughtful post. Jennifer and I are very happy you are up and running without reservation. That is the important thing. Harvey was my...
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Stuart
unleaded55
Sep 1, 2007 3:52 pm
Hello all. I spent the night teaching some astronomy to a group of boyscouts and their parents. We had extremely clear and steady skies. Some of the parents...
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Stuart
unleaded55
Sep 1, 2007 4:06 pm
Darren, Let us know how it turns out on ol' Sol with your G7 camera. I haven't sprung yet on getting a Hyperion Zoom, but almost have. I guess my astro dollars...
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James Braddy
jdbraddy
Sep 1, 2007 4:55 pm
Look at it from Vic's point of view. He's running a buisiness, and has eaked out a particular nitch. He's sold thousands of various model 80-102mm models, how...
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jimandlaura26
Sep 1, 2007 6:08 pm
I agree and identify with the points you make, that's why I put the informal group poll in place here for more moderate priced large SV achros (see posts...
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oblio1010101
Sep 1, 2007 6:28 pm
Thanks for all of the encouragement, everyone! I uploaded a photo of "Harvey" on my GP-DX in the photo section. Clear skies, Corbin...
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david james
astrseeker
Sep 1, 2007 7:46 pm
Corbin, ol Harvey is look'in good on your GP-DX! David J ... From: oblio1010101 <oblio1010101@...> To: Stellarvue@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday,...
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astrseeker
Sep 1, 2007 8:04 pm
Hi Everyone I have started having trouble getting both axis on my M-6 to tighten enough to keep my SV105 in place at times. I mean I have to put a gorilla size...
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David Elosser
asterhunter
Sep 1, 2007 8:13 pm
Really does look nice, and I see you got the Cat's Eye Nebula in the background :-) David E ... From: "david james" <abidingoak@...> To:...
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david james
astrseeker
Sep 1, 2007 8:35 pm
Howdy Stuart, Sounds like all had a great fun. I think there is a little boy or girl in all of us and it is great when we are able to just let loose and have a...
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k75jim@...
k75jim
Sep 1, 2007 9:09 pm
In a message dated 8/31/2007 20:08:18 Pacific Daylight Time, oblio1010101@... writes: "... I'm kind of on my own as far as learning astronomy out here....
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F. Hunter McLaughlin,...
kk6wt
Sep 1, 2007 9:26 pm
... Good afternoon Vic. You are more than welcome for the product line input and for providing you the opportunity to explain Stellarvue's product line mix and...
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Jim
k75jim
Sep 1, 2007 10:27 pm
"The universe has a huge hole in it that dwarfs anything else of its kind. The discovery caught astronomers by surprise... The hole is nearly a billion...
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Mary
flyingpinkpig
Sep 1, 2007 10:30 pm
Tom, LOL, I didn't eve catch the err, talk about lapses! Please tell your son to be careful driving! I never knew what the word "fear" meant until I started...
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Michael Paul DiOrio
astrodio
Sep 1, 2007 10:43 pm
hi, I know, I know.this is a long shot. lrt mr know off group thanks Michael D mdiorio1 at wi dot rr dot com...
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Robert Gewanter
rgewanter
Sep 2, 2007 1:44 am
TO ALL, After many weeks of reading everybodys posts on their viewing with new 102ED scopes and having been content to view just Jupiter and the Moon. I had a...
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David Elosser
asterhunter
Sep 2, 2007 1:51 am
That was a nice report Bob. I'm still waiting for a night where I can count the stars on more than one hand. I see we have yet another fan of the 16mm Konig. ...
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markleewebb
Sep 2, 2007 3:00 am
The 16mm Konig is my most used ep with the 102ED....
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TA
globbustertom
Sep 2, 2007 3:38 am
Nice Bob, I guess your eyes were nice and opened up in the dark skies! Sounds like good fun. What was the neb filter you were using? Was it heavily dark,,, the...
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Freddy
freddylq
Sep 2, 2007 9:38 am
I went out at 4am to start checking for meteors. I saw my first one at about 4:15am. Really nice and long....went through Cassiopeia. I saw a total of 9, most...
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Freddy
freddylq
Sep 2, 2007 9:42 am
Since I now have the SV 2" dielectric diagonal with my SV102ED I'm considering getting the Orion Q70's. These will be my first 2" ep's. Any recommendations...
